David Gresham (born 1943 in Mbabane, Swaziland) is a South African independent record producer, publisher, promoter, and radio & television personality.
[2] His break back into LM Radio occurred a few years later when he met the editors of the station at a jazz concert in Swaziland.
[5][6] At the same time as working for Teal, he was offered a freelance position as a host of on the SABC's Springbok Radio's 5.30pm drive show The Record Express.
[7] In 1971, Gresham was asked to host Springbok Radio's Top 20 on Friday nights, rebroadcast on Saturday afternoon as SA Hits Of The Week at 5.00pm.
[9] When television arrived in South Africa in 1975, Gresham presented a variety show, Sunshine 30, on the SABC test channel.
[9] When television officially started in 1976, he presented the early evening music show on Friday's called Pop Shop and would host it for two years.
Gresham courted controversy in the conservative parts of white South Africa when on Pop Shop, he played a music video featuring an American black singer for the first time on television.