BIOGRAPHY

Paul Burnett was born in Hulme, Manchester, in 1943.

He began his broadcasting career overseas with the RAF Aden Forces Broadcasting Association in the Persian Gulf in 1964.

In 1966, he left the RAF to become a Pirate, joining offshore Radio 270, which broadcast off Scarborough, and aimed at the Yorkshire region. After Pirate stations were banned he joined Manx Radio on the Isle of Mann and then moved on to Radio Luxembourg, where he stayed for 7 years, hosting the chart show.

Paul joined Radio 1 in 1974, where he hosted a Sunday morning show and sat in on the Top 20 show. From July 1976, he posted the lunchtime show, and this included revealing the new singles chart on Tuesday lunchtimes.

This show was very popular and it included features such as Pub of the Day, Fun at One and Is, Was, Should Have. 

Paul was a regular presenter on Top of the Pops and presented the Radio 1 Roadshow during the summer. In 1981, he moved from lunchtimes to later in the afternoons. His last show before leaving Radio 1 was on a Saturday morning.

In 1976, an on-air parody of the US hit "Convoy" resulted in a single being released with fellow DJ Dave Lee Travis, and this reached No 4 in the British charts and No 1 in the Luxembourg charts.

During the 1980's Paul presented on Radio 2, Pennine Radio, Southern Sound and Capital Radio, where he remained for 10 years.

Between 1974 and 2001 Paul presented on the BBC World Service - the Vintage Chart Show.

In June 1996 presented Early Edition, a music based programme with guest interviews broadcast on a network of UK Radio Stations.  

In 1994 Paul joined the GWR Classic Gold Network presenting the lunchtime show.

In March 2009, Paul started his show on Glastonbury Radio - "Legends of Glastonbury" looking at bands and artists who have and haven't played at Glastonbury Festival over the years, featuring music from the bands and artistes.

Paul returned to KCFM 99.8 radio to present the Sunday lunchtime show "Weekend R & R" in October 2009, concentrating on the biggest songs of the late 50's through to the late 70's.

Paul is married with two sons and is the proud owner of a Classic 53 Studebaker Starliner.