Dan Gasser

Daniel Joseph Gasser (born 25 October 1976),[1][2] known professionally as Dan Gasser, is a British radio presenter, currently employed by Global as the weekend afternoon presenter (4pm–7pm) on Radio X.[3]

Early life and career

Gasser was born in Enfield, London, and was educated at the Edmonton County School. He began his radio career in the 1990s; he was a presenter on Invicta FM in Kent during 1997–98[4] before joining the Capital Radio Group (CRG), for whom he presented on Capital FM.[5] He then moved to the Sussex-based station Southern FM,[6] also owned by the CRG,[7] where he spent a large part of his career.[8] He stayed with Southern FM through their rebranding to Heart Sussex in 2009 and covered for other time slots across the Heart network.[9]

Between 2012[10] and 2016 Gasser co-presented the breakfast show,[11] firstly with Andrea Fox, and then with Hanna Neter, on the Brighton-based station Juice 107.2.[12] He left the station in 2016 and covered shows on KMFM in Kent[13] before re-joining Global and working on the Heart network,[9] including Heart Cambridge[14] and Heart Kent.[15] He presented his first show on Radio X on 13 May 2017.[16]

Personal life

Gasser lives in Polegate, East Sussex.[17] His partner, Kate, proposed marriage to him live during one of his shows on Juice 107.2 in 2016.[18] The couple have two daughters.[18][19] He has a son from a previous relationship.[20]

References

  1. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, Volume 12, p. 571.
  2. Dan Gasser Twitter status update, Twitter, 5 September 2020.
  3. Profile: Dan Gasser, Radio X, accessed 21 June 2020.
  4. Dan Gasser Twitter status update, Twitter, 18 March 2020.
  5. "Flirtation", Hammersmith & Shepherd's Bush Gazette, 10 July 1998, p. 4.
  6. Dan Gasser Twitter status update, Twitter, 20 July 2018.
  7. "Southern FM axes DJ no.3", The Argus, 16 October 2003. Accessed 21 January 2021.
  8. Dan Gasser Twitter status update, Twitter, 6 April 2020.
  9. "Eastbourne Youth Radio", Sussex Downs College, accessed 21 June 2020.
  10. This Week: Juice FM presenters Dan Gasser & Andrea Fox, Latest Brighton, 11 September 2012.
  11. Section 355: Review of output, Juice 107.2, OfCom report, accessed 21 June 2020.
  12. "A day in the life of Brighton's Juice FM, The Guardian, 11 May 2013.
  13. Dan Gasser official Instagram, accessed 12 July 2021
  14. Dan Gasser Twitter status update, Twitter, 20 June 2017.
  15. Dan Gasser official Instagram, accessed 12 July 2021
  16. Dan Gasser Twitter status update, Twitter, 13 May 2017.
  17. Dan Gasser Twitter status update, Twitter, 10 June 2017.
  18. Juice presenter gets live on air proposal, Radio Today, 2 March 2016, accessed 21 June 2020.
  19. Dan Gasser Twitter status update, Twitter, 7 May 2020.
  20. Dan Gasser Twitter status update, Twitter, 27 January 2019.
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