Paul Coia (born 19 June 1955, Glasgow) is a Scottish television presenter and continuity announcer who was the first voice on Channel 4.
Coia was schooled at St Aloysius' College in Glasgow and then at the University of Glasgow before going into hospital radio and eventually getting a job as a disc jockey at Radio Clyde.
In the early 1980s he also worked as a continuity announcer for Scottish Television and when he joined Channel 4 on its launch,...
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Paul Coia (born 19 June 1955, Glasgow) is a Scottish television presenter and continuity announcer who was the first voice on Channel 4.
Coia was schooled at St Aloysius' College in Glasgow and then at the University of Glasgow before going into hospital radio and eventually getting a job as a disc jockey at Radio Clyde.
In the early 1980s he also worked as a continuity announcer for Scottish Television and when he joined Channel 4 on its launch, was the first voice heard on air: "Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be able to say to you: Welcome to Channel 4!" Unusually for continuity of the time, Coia could also be seen in-vision, usually late-night (esp. immediately prior to closedown) Subsequently he became a presenter of BBC One's daytime magazine programme, Pebble Mill at One.
In 1988 Coia became the host of the BBC gameshow Catchword, memorable for the fact that seemingly every contestant endeavoured to employ the word floccinaucinihilipilification during their efforts, and has...
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