Love began his radio career in 1966 working for the pirate station
Radio City on the
Shivering Sands Army Fort. He moved ashore with a stint on the
BBC Light Programme, which led to work on the
BBC World Service. In the early 1970s, Love became station manager at
United Biscuits Network, an internal radio station serving the factories of
United Biscuits. Due to the lack of commercial radio in the UK at the time, the station became known for breaking new acts. While there he recruited
Roger Scott and
Graham Dene, with whom he later worked at
Capital Radio, and gave
Dale Winton and
Steve Allen their radio breaks. The launch of commercial radio in 1973 led Love to move to
LBC, to present
Nightline, and then to Capital Radio, where he stayed for eight years, presenting an evening phone-in programme,
Anna and the Doc, with agony aunt
Anna Raeburn.
BBC Radio In 1981, Love returned to the BBC, presenting programmes on
Radio 1,
Radio 2 and
Radio 4. In 1982 he was sacked from his award-winning show on Radio 1 for broadcasting while drunk. Love later spoke of his alcoholism, and occasionally shared experiences with listeners. Five years after being sacked from Radio 1, he returned once more to the BBC in 1987 working for Radio 2, initially presenting the daily afternoon show
Love in the Afternoon. He was dropped from the schedule in 1990, but continued to present documentaries and special shows for the station such as
Time Cycle and
Pop Score. Love also deputised for other presenters, including
Ken Bruce and
Sarah Kennedy, before leaving the station in 1994.
Later career Love worked at other radio stations, including
BFBS,
102.2 Jazz FM and
Classic FM. He was part of the starting line-up when Classic FM was launched in September 1992. While at Classic FM, Love was Chancellor of the Oblique University, from which listeners could get a degree. The requirement was to apply for a research grant for something ephemeral, such as why a cup handle ends up at the back in a microwave, or to submit a basic truth such as "Women do not change their minds, they make further decisions." An A4 certificate was awarded to listeners whose submissions he read out. There were between 50 and 100 awarded. Love spent his last four years as a presenter at
BBC Southern Counties Radio. ==Personal life and death ==