Paul Evans, Presenter & Writer. Paul Evans went to school with Billy Idol and a number of lesser-known rock musicians who never got any work done. So armed with only a handful of GCSEs - well, all right, O levels - he tried his hand at being an Estate Agent ("I was fired for wearing scruffy shoes") and an ice-cream salesman ("I was always forgetting to turn on the fridge!"). After hitting an all-time low as a debt collector ("People who owe money always have the most frightening dogs") he won a DJ competition on Radio Luxembourg, the legendary Fab 208. The prize? Presenting his own show. Paul has since worked for radio stations up and down the country, finally settling in Dorset in 1995 after feeling homesick for the South Coast - though he did sneak off to do radio in Wales when his partner was asleep! Career highlights? "Interviewing comedy heroes like Michael Bentine and Bob Monkhouse, and playing in panto with cast members of my favourite soap, Home and Away. Oh yes - and all that name-dropping at parties!" Low-lights? "Road-testing a new theme park ride for Disneyland Paris live on-air." Rumour has it he's terrified of heights! So Paul must have been mad, then, to begin his flying lessons? "My boss at CFM put me up to it. You'll do anything for a live broadcast. So I didn't actually finish them." I hear you did draw the line at looping the loop though, Paul? "I'm loopy enough already."     I'm currently taking time out from full-time radio to concentrate on new business interests, promote my first novel and complete the second. For a synopsis of my latest, 'Cardinal Knowledge', please email me. 2005 - 2006: Drivetime on Dorset's Wessex FM. 2004: Breakfast on Swansea Bay Radio. 1999 - 2003: Midnight Caller across South Wales, on 96.4FM THE WAVE, Swansea. 1998 - 2003: 1170 Swansea Sound: Main Cover, Drivetime. 1995 - 1997: WESSEX FM, Dorset: Breakfast / Saturday Sport. 1994 - 1995: METRO FM, Newcastle: 'Heart to Heart'. 1994 - 1995: GREAT NORTH RADIO, Newcastle: Album chart. 1993 - 1994: C.FM, Carlisle: Weekday mid-mornings. 1992 - 1993: VIKING FM, Hull: Late Night Love / Phone-in. 1991 - 1992: TOUCH RADIO, Cardiff: Weekday mid mornings. 1990 - 1991: CHILTERN RADIO SuperGold: Mid mornings. 1989 - 1990: FOX FM, Oxfordshire: Late Show / Sunday Breakfast. 1986 - 1989: SOUTHERN FM, Brighton: Chart Show / Swing. I have also freelanced briefly at Spire FM and Signal Cheshire. Here is a typical freelance editorial I've written for the media industry press: 'English Radio Reigns in Southern Spain'.