Bob is a founder director of Quality Radio (was Paisley FM 107.5) and presents programmes on Quality Radio from time-to-time and is the voice of weather forecasts.
Bob has worked mostly in the media with a 15-years at the BBC in audience services and co-ordinator on BBC Radio 2 programmes. He also worked on national and local newspaper sales and marketing.
He started his working life on Boxing Day 1965 at the Scottish Daily Express, then Scotland’s biggest selling daily newspaper and was with the Scottish Daily Express for 7 years, leaving to do some DJ work abroad, which included a few weeks living on board the Mi Amgo – the Radio Caroline South ship when in Zaandam, Holland.
Bob had a long spell at the ‘Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette’ group of weekly newspapers (includes the Johnstone Gazette, Barrhead News and Eastwood Mercury titles) which were printed and published at 18-20 Gordon Street, Paisley.
He was at Radio Clyde 261 for a year on their ‘Clyde Guide’ project.
He was a founder director of Paisley based Q96 when the commercial radio station launched on 96.3 FM on 1st September 1992.
He then had a four-year appointment as a non-executive director with Castle Rock FM 103 / Your Radio in based in Dumbarton.
Bob was with the BBC for 15 years as BBC Helpline Programme Co-ordinator for the Jimmy Young / Jeremy Vine lunchtime programme on BBC Radio 2. He was a ‘digital champion’ with BBC Reception Advice for the digital television switchover and the introduction of BBC DAB radio services at BBC Information.
Bob was a former Governor/director with the Heartland Radio Foundation Ltd., t/a Heartland FM 97.5 across Highland Perthshire.
He is a director of Paisley FM (2017) Limited, which was awarded an Ofcom community radio licence in February 2018 to serve Paisley and Renfrewshire. He wrote and produced the licence application document sent to regulator Ofcom.
Paisley FM 107.5 came on-air on 1st March 2019 and on DAB+ digital radio across Glasgow.
Paisley FM was re-branded as “Quality Radio” in September 2022 to appeal to the entire population of Renfrewshire, to include the former Burgh towns of Johnstone and Renfrew plus DAB radio coverage across Paisley and Renfrewshire and Glasgow west.
Bob started living in Renfrewshire when he married Margaret some 48 years ago, and looks after “Asia” – a Norwegian Forrest Cat.
