Paul Harper
| Paul Harper | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 September 1981 Aberdeen, Scotland |
| 💼 Occupation | Radio Personality |
| 🌐 Website | impaulharper.com |
Paul Harper[1] (born 20 September 1981) is a Scottish radio personality. Harper currently presents afternoons on Pure Radio Scotland (weekdays from 1pm-4pm)[2], and The Saturday Night House Party on Boom 97.3, Toronto.[3]
Early Life[edit]
Harper was raised in the Bieldside area of Aberdeen and attended Cults Academy.
Radio[edit]
Harper began his career aged 13 at Grampian Hospital Radio in Aberdeen.[4] Whilst still at school, Harper joined Northsound One in 1997 to present weekends, before landing the Tay FM breakfast show in 1999. Following the 2001 Capital Radio Group acquisition of Beat 106, Harper signed for the dance music station. There he fronted the Beat 106 Breakfast Show, winning the Presenter of the Year at the British Radio Awards in 2004. He featured on the Microsoft Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 2, appearing "on air" during game levels set in Edinburgh, Scotland.[5] Harper spent 2006 on air hosting weekends and evening swing at 2Day FM, Sydney, Australia.[6] In 2007 he returned to Scotland, hosting Real Mornings on Real Radio.[6] During this time, Real Radio achieved record ratings of 809,000 listeners a week and a 31% reach (Q3,2007), with Harper's programme (Sunday-Friday 10am-2pm) attracting more listeners than the entire weekly audience of every programme on rival stations Forth 1 and Forth 2, combined.[7] Harper was opening DJ for Robbie Williams Take The Crown Tour at Hampden Park.[8] On 6 May 2014, Real Radio rebranded as Heart Scotland and Harper transitioned to the new station to host Heart Drivetime.[9] In May 2019, Harper joined Dundee publisher DC Thomson as a consultant, working across its new radio portfolio and with Robin Galloway to create a new Scottish radio station.[10][11] Pure Radio officially launched on Wednesday 27th November 2020 at 8.00am.[12] Since January 2020, Harper has presented afternoons on Pure Radio from his home studio in Toronto, Canada.[13][14] During this spell working from home, his daughter accidentally broadcast herself singing Let It Go, from the movie Frozen.[15][16] Harper joined Boom 97.3 to host The Saturday Night House Party at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, and is regular stand in for Stu Jeffries on the boom 973 morning show.[3]
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie[edit]
Following the Scotland national football team qualification to Euro 2020, Harper played the 1977 disco hit and newly adopted Scotland fan anthem Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, 45 times in a row over a three hour period.[17]
Charity[edit]
Harper was trustee of children's charity, BASH Fundraising Events, and was part of the Real Radio team that raised £1,000,000 for the Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS). Harper is a distant relative of philanthropist Rachel, Lady MacRobert, namesake of the CHAS hospice, Rachel House.[18] [19] [20]
Personal Life[edit]
Harper is a lifelong Aberdeen F.C. fan. He lives in the Leslieville area of Toronto with his wife and two girls. [21][13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "DC Thomson to launch new Pure radio station for Scotland". BBC News. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "On-Air". boom 97.3 - 70s 80s 90s. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "Grampian Hospital Radio :: History". www.grampianhospitalradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ Project Gotham Racing 2 - Credits, retrieved 2021-04-18
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ex-Beat man gets Real". RadioToday. 2007-03-31. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "RAJAR". www.rajar.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "Crown Prince Robbie wows the Hampden faithful". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "Heart arrives in former Real Radio areas". RadioToday. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "DC Thomson buys radio stations Kingdom FM and Original 106". BBC News. 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ Archive, STV News. "Robin Galloway announced as host for new radio station". STV News Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "DC Thomson Media launch Pure Radio". D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "A Scottish radio show ... from Toronto? Och, aye!". torontosun. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "Pure Radio's Paul Harper emigrates to Canada". RadioToday. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ Keyden, Nicholas (2020-05-12). "Scots radio DJ's daughter hijacks show and belts out Frozen's Let It Go in". Daily Record. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ McLeman, Alex. "VIDEO: The moment Pure Radio presenter Paul Harpers's show is hijacked... by his daughter". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "DJ plays I Can Boogie for 3 hours in world record attempt after Scots victory". The Scottish Sun. 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "Kind DJ to host Miss Scotland's Tiara Ball". The Sun. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ McIver, Brian (2016-03-26). "20 years of Chas: Children's hospice mark 20th anniversary milestone". Daily Record. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ "BASH FUNDRAISING EVENTS LTD - Officers (free information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ↑ Reporter. "Pure Radio's Lynne Hogan and Paul Harper are bringing their unique flavour to Tayside". The Courier. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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