DJ Jim Gellatly was born in Dundee and educated at the High School of Dundee and Strathallan School. He is married to Candy and they have three children. He is a lifelong Dundee FC supporter (his late father, Ian Gellatly, was Chairman of the club and President of The Scottish Football League). He completed a media studies course in the mid eighties and first broke into radio by doing voluntary work for Moray Firth Radio in Inverness, Scotland.