Jim Gellatly is a Scottish radio DJ and presenter from Dundee. He is educated at the High School of Dundee and Strathallan School, and he completes a media studies course in the mid-1980s before entering radio through voluntary work at Moray Firth Radio in Inverness.

Early radio work

At Moray Firth Radio, he presents two weekly shows and takes over The Headbanger's Show before moving on to The Groove Machine, a programme that promotes local new bands. In 1990 he moves to Northsound Radio in Aberdeen, where he continues to champion emerging artists and also writes a weekly column for the Aberdeen Evening Express.

Beat 106 and later broadcasting

When Glasgow station Beat 106 launches in 1999, he establishes The Beatscene, a programme that becomes closely associated with new music in Scotland. After the station changes its music policy, that version of the show ends in 2000, but he later works with the Chrysalis-backed internet radio project puremix.com and continues presenting a version of Beatscene while living in London during the week and returning to Scotland at weekends. He returns to Beat 106 in 2001 for a weekly Sunday night edition of the programme, then comes back to Scotland full-time when Puremix folds.

XFM Scotland and BBC Radio Scotland

He later presents X-Posure on XFM Scotland and is credited with being the first DJ in the world to play artists including KT Tunstall, Glasvegas, Biffy Clyro and Union Of Knives on radio, as well as The Fratellis, The Enemy and Sergeant. He is also a notable supporter of The View. In 2007 he presents Amy MacDonald with a platinum disc onstage at the Barrowland in Glasgow after first playing her on the radio. He later launches The Music Bed on BBC Radio Scotland with Amanda Millen.

Other work and recognition

Gellatly also DJs at venues across Scotland, produces and presents the weekly podcast Jim Gellatly's NEW MUSIC through iTunes and Radio Magnetic, and serves as the voice of Glasgow - A Music Capital, an audio guide to Glasgow’s music scene. He appears in the Evening Times Glasgow 100 and the Daily Record's Razz Hot 100. In 2008 he receives The Radio Academy PRS John Peel Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio.

Personal life

He is married to Candy and has three children. He is a lifelong Dundee FC supporter; his late father, Ian Gellatly, is chairman of the club and president of The Scottish Football League.