say how much they had missed me and
at the end I had to do a little interview
with him before he announced to all
the listeners that I was going to be on
that very night – it was an unbelievable
response.
The ratings shot up after I returned
following the 18-month break we went up
by 60,000 listeners.
Within the first month
of the Love Hour we
were getting letters hundreds. We used
to get 200 to 250
letters a week.
Another boss, Clive Dickens, came down
from London and said about me ‘He’s
worth it. That’s why we’re paying him all
this money.’
I didn’t have any long hair to swish like
in the L’Oreal adverts but it was just
amazing and I stayed there for another
four years after that, my final programme
was in 2003.
After that I concentrated on my PR
company which was founded in 1997,
we’re still going and, touch wood, it’s
doing okay.
I went on to join Juice FM doing a
programme called Love In which I did for
four nights a week and now I’m doing the
Soul Breakfast Show which is on Sunday
mornings, so that’s how my radio journey
has been.
It’s funny, my parents wanted me to be
a doctor but I couldn’t get into university
to do medical studies but I got in to do
chemistry and that’s what I did. To be
quite honest I had no idea I was going
to finish up broadcasting. It all happened
by accident. The best things they say
happen by accident.
It’s still chemistry, just a different sort of
chemistry, isn’t it? The chemistry of love…
It’s been quite a journey.
Over the years I’ve done loads and
loads of different things. I used to work
in London at Annabelle’s nightclub,
the posh people’s place in Mayfair. I
was the resident DJ there for about 18
months. That place was like a different
world. I met lots of people including Mick
Jagger, Bryan Adams and Madonna. I
also met Michael Flatley, Rod Stewart,
his wife Penny - all kinds of really
amazing people. I had the residency
for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. I
couldn’t do it all the time.
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