Daniel Leon Foster (September 26, 1958 – June 17, 2020), popularly known as The Big Dawg,[2] was an American radio personality and media consultant based in Nigeria.
[3] Foster was born in San Francisco and raised with his three siblings in Prince George's County, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. by their father Samuel, an Air Force veteran.
Foster immersed himself in his adapted country's culture, dropping phrases from the vernacular into his on-air Baltimorese banter, and hosting various segments including Inspirational Thought and Candid Phone which quickly became popular with Nigerian listeners.
In 2007, Foster was a judge on the one-off Idols West Africa series, alongside Nigerian musician Dede Mabiaku and Ghanaian singer Abrewa Nana.
Veteran journalist Ben Tomoloju praised Foster for raising the bar in broadcasting, stating "There is a pan-nationalistic dimension to his personality, a role model, a solid phenomenon on air and off-air.