Early Life
Whelan was born in Dublin in 1956. An only child, he was overprotected by his parents but was always surrounded by other children. He later commented on his childhood, "I had cousins, friends constantly to play with -- my memories are all in the company of children." Whelan attended school in Killester. He spent five years working with an insurance company before he made the break into radio with the pirate radio station Radio Dublin. Left this station as part of a split along with most of the DJ's to form the Big D in April 1978 - Whelan still working on weekend shows, but in a new schedule in September 1978 he got his first daytime slot doing the drivetime show each evening which rather established him with the car bound audience.
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