Born Martin Wesley Goble, Mark began his radio career at just 17 years old on the offshore pirate station Radio Essex in October 1965, presenting…
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Born in Liverpool on 30 September 1942, Mike Ahern was educated at St Bede’s Secondary Modern School until he was 15. His first job was…
Born Alan Zeffertt in 1931 and educated in Portsmouth, Mike Allen devoted much of his time to songwriting. In this field, he was very successful…
Mike was born Austin Churton Fairman in London on 15 November 1924. He was the son of the actress Hilda Moore. Before becoming a DJ,…
A former guitarist and singer in Manchester clubs, and known for his lustrous hair and cheesy voice, Mike Read cut his teeth in hospital radio…
1 9 4 8 – 1 9 6 9 (UK) 5,531 x 15 minute episodes “I’m awfully worried about Jim”. First broadcast on 5 January 1948…
During the 1960’s, Murray Kaufman – who called his show “Murray the K and his Swinging Soiree” was the undisputed king of rock’n’ roll radio…
1 9 4 0 – 1 9 6 7 (UK) This daytime radio programme featuring live popular music was broadcast by the BBC twice daily on…
1 9 5 9 – 1 9 7 7 (UK) This long-running BBC radio sitcom was set aboard a (fictional) Royal Navy frigate named HMS Troutbridge. …
Born in London in April 1947, Nick Bailey was educated at the Lycée François until he was 11. It was then that his father, actor…
Essex-born Edmonds – an ex-public schoolboy and the son of a headmaster and a student teacher – turned down the chance of going to university…
Paul Burnett was born into a show-business family in 1943 and attended 12 schools, living mainly in caravans. He began broadcasting while serving with the…
Born in Montreal (Canada) in 1942, Pete Brady first tried his hand at DJing at Radio Jamaica before moving to Britain and joining offshore pirate station…
Peter Drummond-Hay was born in Wales in 1943 and set out to be an actor, but was sidetracked into radio while touring America, capitalising on…
Born in San Francisco, Pete Myers (aka “The Mad Daddy”) was the wildest Disc Jockey from America’s golden age of Rock & Roll radio -…
Peter James Barnard-Powell was born on 24 March 1951 in Stourbridge. His first broadcasting job was with BBC Radio Birmingham in 1970, and he was…
1 9 5 5 – Current (UK) This long-running 60-minute BBC Radio programme was first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme on 4 October 1955…
The 1960s pirate radio phenomenon rested on a simple loophole and a clever understanding of maritime law. If a ship was moored three or more…
Radio 1, the BBC’s pop music station, began broadcasting on 31 August 1967, with Tony Blackburn spinning Flowers In The Rain by The Move. The…
The first British pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, was founded by Ronan O’Rahilly in 1964. He was inspired by Dutch offshore stations like Radio Veronica and…