[2] He began his career as a reporter for The Big Breakfast, and in 2001 he started writing a music column for The Guardian.
He became a reporter for Liquid News in September 2001, becoming a presenter in 2002, replacing 34-year-old Christopher Price who died of meningoencephalitis.
He is a stand-in presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live, having covered for Richard Bacon, Tony Livesey and Simon Mayo.
In 2008 Paterson did an interview with Noel Gallagher in which he asked him to comment on Jay-Z's being booked as a headline act for the Glastonbury festival.
This resulted in much media controversy and Jay-Z hit back at Noel's comments by playing out Paterson's interview with the Oasis frontman before his headline set on the main stage at Glastonbury.