Vic Galloway

Vic Galloway

Michael "Vic" Galloway (born 4 August, 1972, Muscat, Oman) is a DJ on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 1, Vic presents a self-titled show on Radio Scotland (formerly known as Air) every Monday from 8:05pm-10pm and does the BBC Introducing Scotland Radio 1 programme Wednesday evenings/Thursday mornings from 12:00-2:00am

When he was young, he moved to the Lothian town of Haddington and attended a local secondary school in Musselburgh where he proudly achieved three A-levels, two Highers and eight GCSEs. Vic was a member of the National Youth Theatre, and during his time performed in many amateur theatrical and musical productions. He was in the band Huckleberry before joining the BBC.

He still plays with The Deaf Mutes (the band he helped form) but has also worked in the other side of the music industry - writing for fanzines, working as lighting director and co-ordinator at The Venue in Edinburgh, helping to set up and develop the independent Copper Records, and working as press and radio promoter for Human Condition Records in Edinburgh. Vic also has his own club night at the Barfly in Glasgow, called Funhouse which occurs every Friday night and has written an article called "Why more DJ's must be like Peel" [http://www.sundayherald.com/45632] for the Sunday Herald. He also writes for The List magazine, and Forum.

Vic co-presented BBC Scotland's T in the Park television coverage in 2006 and has also presented the station's The Music Show


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