He was brought up in Southampton. At the age of 16 he became Britain's youngest professional radio disc jockey when he joined Power FM in Hampshire. He was a disc jockey for Key 103 in Manchester, and then Heart FM in London.
He moved to BBC Radio 1 in 1998. He was given the early show aired between 4 and 7 am. From 1999 he was the regular stand-in for Sara Cox, the presenter of Radio 1's breakfast show from 7 to 10 am. He also became an occasional presenter of the Top 40 chart show on Sundays.
He decided to make his sexuality public in April 2001 because he realised that as he became better known it would emerge anyway. He agreed to interviews with newspapers and magazines including The Guardian and Attitude. He also agreed to appear on That Gay Show, the new programme on the digital television channel BBC Choice.
Source: The Knitting Circle, U.K. - http://www.sbu.ac.uk/stafflag/people.html
