Before beginning his radio career, he worked for Burton tailors and as a song plugger in Soho.
The launch of commercial radio in 1973 led Love to move to LBC, to present Nightline, and then to Capital Radio, where he stayed for eight years, presenting an evening phone-in programme, Anna and the Doc, with agony aunt Anna Raeburn.
He was dropped from the schedule in 1990, but continued to present documentaries and special shows for the station such as Time Cycle and Pop Score.
Love also deputised for other presenters, including Ken Bruce and Sarah Kennedy, before leaving the station in 1994.
The requirement was to apply for a research grant for something ephemeral, such as why a cup handle ends up at the back in a microwave, or to submit a basic truth such as "Women do not change their minds, they make further decisions."
[3] Love died on 10 March 1999, from a second lung collapse in the Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, aged 54.