Dave Cooper

And yeah, it's all just about reflecting back

The world as it is at the moment, which can be quite a challenge sometimes for LGBTQ plus people.

You know, there's a lot of people who want to come for our rights and, you know, sort of dim our light and what have you.

So for a lot of what I do, it's about finding the joy in the morning.

And I've just got, honestly, I know a lot of people in radio say this, but I really do have the best listeners in the world.

I absolutely adore them.

I didn't really ever set out to be a radio presenter, much to the dismay of a lot of people who have been plugging away for years and make it their whole life.

I'm a DJ by trade.

So I've always been a DJ since about the age of 18, 19 in the clubs around the UK.

I've traveled a fair bit as well.

And then I ended up getting involved with Gadeo on like a volunteer basis just because they needed somebody to produce some music shows.

So as a DJ and a music producer, I knew how to do that and, you know, sort of make stuff sound cool.

And they said after a little bit, oh, you should maybe like try presenting.

I said, no, I'm not really interested.

I'm not really too fussed about that.

I think I tried doing a demo.

One of my mates, Craig Law, shout out to Craig Law, incredible DJ.

He's a real radio man.

And he has been involved in radio for a long time.

And he said, oh, let's go to the studio.