Tiger Tim Stevens

Who is Tiger Tim Stevens?

"Tiger" Tim Stevens MBE is a veteran disc jockey, working in the West of Scotland since 1973 on the radio, primarily Radio Clyde. He moved from Clyde 1 to Clyde 2 at the start of 2008. He presented his last show on Radio Clyde on Saturday 8 May 2010 on Clyde 2, which featured friends and colleagues paying tribute to him.

Stevens was born on 4 February 1952 and was brought up in Easterhouse, a housing scheme in Glasgow. At the age of 17 he started disc jockeying at The Electric Gardens nightclub in Sauchiehall Street. He was recruited to Radio Clyde in 1974 and has remained a regular broadcaster there, with a temporary stint at West Sound in the 1980s. His first show on Radio Clyde - broadcast on Monday evenings between 8 p. m. and 10 p. m. in the mid-1970s - was entitled The Aff Its Heid Show.

Stevens left Radio Clyde in May 1975 to try his hand at being a pop star, but he would return to the Clyde airwaves shortly afterwards.

In 1987 Stevens was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but continued to work in radio despite the steady progression of the disease. In March 2010 a benefit night was held to raise funds for treatment for Stevens. Stevens then travelled to Katowice, Poland for a new experimental treatment of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency. Stevens reported initial results as promising.