Tom Wilson was a highly respected music producer, club and radio DJ. His multi-award-winning radio show “Steppin Out” on Radio Forth ran for 15 years from the mid-1980’s and was legendary. People would drive up from England to be in a transmission area to listen in every week. A pioneer of the Scottish dance music scene, Tom was at the forefront throughout the 80’s, 90’s and early 00’s. He release
d around 10 singles including the club classic “Technocat” which gave him a Top 40 hit in the UK and Europe. He compiled the popular “Bouncin Beats” dance compilations as well as lending his hand to remixing, with his name appearing on releases by chart acts such as N-Trance, TTF, Belinda Carlisle, Ice MC, Scooter, Mary Kiani and DJ Dado. He continued to be a highly sought-after club DJ but named “Fantazia - The Big Bang” at Glasgow’s SECC in 1992 as his favourite gig of all time. He famously headlined a controversial Hogmanay rave, Rezerection, billed as "an all night jelly party", in 1996. And in 1992, he played a special message to Scottish death-row inmate Kenny Richey on his radio show. After a brief spell working at several other Scottish radio stations, including Beat 106, Tom rejoined Radio Forth in 2003 as Head of Music for both Forth One and Forth 2, hosting two weekly shows including the ever popular Tom Wilson’s Old Skool on a Sunday evening. Tom died suddenly and unexpectedly on Thursday 25th March 2004. His loss was huge but his legend lives on in the scene.