Is this really your 22nd year in radio?
Yes I’m afraid it is…March 1983 I made my debut on Aberdeen’s Northsound Radio.

Which other stations have you worked on?
Northsound, Clyde Century, Piccadilly, Jazz.

You presented some TV as well, did you enjoy that?
Not nearly as much as Radio! I did some bits for Granada Sky and Discovery! I think some people are suited to TV…I’m not really one of them, though I did benefit from the experience of reading the news on Grampian Television, especially during the Piper Aplpa and Lockerbie disasters.

You’ve won a few awards for you’re radio presenting!
Yes for my sins, I have a Gold New York Award, a Sony and two BRAs!! (British radio Awards)

You’re married with kids, what do they think of your exploits on radio?
My wife Tracy thinks it’s juvenile drivel and along with my Mum wonders when I’m going to get a Real job!! My kids think its pretty cool though!

Would you encourage them to follow in you’re footsteps?
I wouldn’t actively, but if they wanted to I’d certainly give them some advice! It’s the greatest job in the world, but it can be fickle. There’s no such thing as a job for life and if the ratings drop….you do to!

Would you have some advice for any budding radio presenters?
You’ve got to be yourself, the listener knows if your being genuine or not. The trap that most fall into is they try and sound like somebody else who is already on the Radio…..That’s why I sound like Marconi.

This the first time you’ve worked with a team, how different is that from solo shows?
Very, very different! At first it took a lot of getting used to. But with my co-host on the Real breakfast show Cat Harvey, Lindsay Ingram on news and Mr Wilson our heavy-handed producer, we make a fine team!

The wind ups are popular, are they easy to do?
They can take forever to record, they are always done in advance and can take an enormous amount of time to get right. The Hector and Old Mrs G ones can be slightly easier than the nominated ones, but for every 100 that are sent in, maybe only 50 are doable, and only 10 might make it to air. So it’s a long, but worthwhile process.

This year you started a weekly column in The Scottish Sun, how has that gone?
You’d have to ask the editor! But I seems to be going really well, with lots of great feedback. I feel it compliments the show and a lot of what we talk about between 05:00 and 10:00 is used in the column. It’s a look back at the week’s news and when there’s an action packed news week, then it’s easy to write, but it takes a lot longer when there’s not much happening!  But I’m not complaining, having your own column in a National newspaper is a dream come true!