1. My first PAID radio job was reading travel bulletins for Telford FM. I had trouble saying the sponsor's name and had to beat the Worcestershire out of myself to sound reasonably good.
2. To this day I contest that the most effort and time I put into a radio show was when I wasn't getting paid for it: Thank Tonto It's Friday on Youthcomm Radio was a labour of love every week!
3. I walked from my house to Wyvern FM's headquarters in Barbourne (about a 40-minute walk) three days in a row to ask if they'd listened to my demo - they eventually rang me and told me to stop bothering them!
4. My first radio appearance was on Wyvern in 1994. I was ten years old and the presenter asked me why all the girls loved Take That and all the boys hated them. In my naivety I answered "because the girls don't know that two of them are gay."
5. During my five-month stint as Breakfast presenter for The Severn Oswestry, I lived in a Guest House up the road paying £20 a night, coming home back to friends and society at weekends.
6. Whenever I do Breakfast cover for Beacon I stay at The Fox Hotel in Wolverhampton. The room is £20 a night...and it's what you would expect for that price.
7. I have judged four local talent contests including the Shropshire Star Battle Of The Bands and the prestigous "St. Martin's Got Talent".
8. The best idea I ever had but never did: to dress as a Wizard and wander round Oswestry. The feature title: The Wizard Of Oswestry.
9. My interview with Youtuber Brookers was actually RIPPED from my Youthcomm Radio show and turned into Youtube videos by avid fans. People obviously liked it!
10. My longest run in a single slot is my current one: I have hosted Drive Time for ten months and two weeks.
11. The closest I've come to BBC Radio One is about two feet. That was where I met Chris Moyles and had the photo above taken.
12. If somebody emails the radio station asking for a job, I always make time to reply. Nobody afforded me this service when I was trying to break in, so I'm paying it forward.
There you go! Now clear off my lawn!