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PaulRobert Harper (born 20 September 1981) is a Scottish-Canadian radio personality, DJ, and broadcasting consultant. Harper began his career aged 13 at Grampian Hospital Radio in Aberdeen. In 1997, Harper joined Northsound One to present weekends. Two years later, he moved to Tay FM to present the morning show. Harper signed for the dance music station Capital Scotland in 2001, where he fronted the Beat 106Breakfast Show and for which he won the UK Radio Awards' "Scottish Presenter of the Year".
In 2006, Harper took a break from broadcasting in the UK and spent the year on air in Australia, hosting weekends and nights at 2Day FM in Sydney. He returned to Scotland in 2007 to host Real Evenings on Real Radio, later rebranding to Heart Scotland and the show Heart Drivetime.
In 2019, Harper joined Dundee publisher DC Thomson as a Broadcasting Consultant and assisted in creating and hosting on Pure Radio, a then-new Scottish radio station. Pure Radio officially launched ahead of St. Andrew's Day in 2019.
Moving to Canada in 2020, Harper continued to present afternoons on Pure Radio from his home studio in Toronto, Ontario. Harper then joined boom 97.3 (CHBM-FM) to host The Saturday Night House Party and was a regular stand-in host for fellow DJ Stu Jefferies. He also hosted the morning show on Stingray Radio's sister station to boom 93.5 Today Radio, and was a guest/stand-in presenter at Z103.5.
Harper currently presents the Paul Harper Show on JACK 102.3 London, having joined the station in 2025 and then moving to London, Ontario.
Personal life
Harper was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 20 September 1981 and was raised in the Bieldside area of Aberdeen. He attended Cults Academy Secondary School in Cults, Aberdeen. He is married and has two daughters.
Harper emigrated from Scotland to Australia in 2006 and returned to Scotland in 2007. He then emigrated to Canada with his family in January 2020 and settled in the Leslieville area of Toronto, Ontario. Harper became a Canadian Citizen in 2025 and then moved London, Ontario.
Harper continues to be a lifelong fan of Aberdeen F.C.
Career
Harper began his radio career while still at school, presenting a weekend slot at the age of 13 on Grampian Hospital Radio in Aberdeen. In 1997 and while still at school, Harper joined Northsound One to host weekend shows and in 1999 was selected to host the Tay FM Breakfast Show out of Dundee, Scotland.
In 2021, following the acquisition of the dance music station Capital Scotland by Capital Radio Group, Harper signed to host the Beat 106Breakfast Show. During his tenure he also hosted live outside broadcasts, including T In The Park (2021 to 2025), Party In The Dark (2002) and Ibiza Bora Bora (2003). His success hosting the Beat 106Breakfast Show culminated in him being honoured at the 2004 UK Radio Awards (supported by organizations like the Radio Academy) with the "Scottish Presenter of the Year" award. His popularity also lead to him having a cameo part on the Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 2, appearing "on air" during game levels set in Edinburgh, Scotland. Harper continued to host the Beat 106Breakfast Show until December 2005.
Harper relocated to Australia and spent 2006 on air hosting weekends and nights at 2Day FM in Sydney. In 2007 he returned to Scotland, hosting Real Evenings on Real Radio. Real Radio was rebranded to Heart Scotland on 6 May 2014 and the show renamed Heart Drivetime. During this time, Real Radio achieved record ratings of over 800,000 listeners a week and a 31% reach in Q3 of 2007, according to the radio audience measurement system RAJAR. Harper's show broadcast weekly from Sunday to Friday, 10:00am to 2:00pm, and attracted more listeners than the entire weekly audience of every programme on rival stations Radio Forth 1 and Forth 2, combined.
Harper emigrated to Canada in 2020 and continued to present his afternoon show on Pure Radio from his home studio in Toronto, Ontario. It was during this time that his daughter accidentally broadcast herself singing Let It Go, from the Disney movie Frozen. Harper then joined boom 97.3 (CHBM-FM) to host the Saturday Night House Party and was a regular stand-in host for fellow DJ Stu Jefferies. He also hosted the morning show on Stingray Radio's sister station to boom, 93.5 Today Radio, and was a guest/stand-in presenter at Z103.5.
Harper joined JACK 102.3 London in 2025 and moved to London, Ontario.
Following Scotland's national football team qualifying for the UEFA2020 European Championship, Harper played the 1977 disco hit and newly adopted Scotland Fan anthem 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' by Baccara, on a continuous loop for three hours in a World Record attempt. This resulted in the song being played in full for a total of 45 times.
