Career
A Gaelic-speaker from the Outer Hebrides, Macleod worked part-time at two British Broadcasting Corporation local radio stations, one in Stornoway and the other in Aberdeen, whilst at college. Upon completing his studies, he joined Grampian Television (now STV North) as a bilingual trainee in 1987 and later joined the North Tonight team as a reporter and newsreader. Following a major revamp of the nightly news programme in 2006, he became the programme"s chief solo anchor, a duty he shares with Andrea Brymer.
Macleod has previously presented and produced some of STV"s Gaelic-language programming and the station"s online video blog Northern Exposure.
