Profile of Bob Le-Roi
From Offshore, Private, Independant, BBC to the ILR Network.
Specialist in Presentation, Interviewing, Commercial Production,
Voice Over, Music Programming, Documentaries, Consultancy & Radio
Support Services:
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1965 Radio City (1965 - 1966) |
Well the last few years were the culmination of a promise I'd made when I joined Radio City. I was reminded by a listener who told me that in those long gone days, I'd said that I'd have my own radio station one day. I have to say that at times it was doubtful, I'd ever realise that ambition. Winning a license is an amazingly difficult, time consuming & expensive process
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1993 Medway FM 1993 (1992 - 2000) |
However, I was part of the winning team successful in securing the North Kent licence in face of fierce competition. In its first 3 years Medway FM became a credible, respected & highly successful radio station. In my role as Programme Director & mid-day presenter at Medway FM I was instrumental in growing the audience to 20% throughout Medway & 15% in the rest of North Kent |
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1993 - Thanet Local Radio
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In addition to Medway I was involved most of the Kent ILR applications. With TLR (Thanet Local Radio) I worked on five of its seven broadcasts, & wrote part of its application. I worked on the Dover/Folkestone, The Sound, White Cliffs Radio, & Coastline. In Canterbury I was an integral part of EKR (East Kent Radio) all as a prelude to licenses being awarded in those respective areas. I was also responsible for three Maidstone RSL's run under the Medway FM banner
1973 BBC Radio Medway
BBC Kent Kent - Born & bred in Kent it was natural progression for me to become involved with one of the first BBC local stations. BBC Radio Medway launched on 18th December 1970 @18.00 hours. I was to be a freelance from 1973 & again work for the station through the 1980's after it became Radio Kent |
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Other stations where I've been heard include KFJZ/Z97 in Dallas/Fort Worth USA, & JBM (Juke Box Memories) the ILR sustaining service. I also worked as "Red Sands" on Radio Fax the innovative Irish short wave station, more recently I programmed & presented on Europa Radio International Hailing from a nautical family & having a flair for music there was a natural draw to the sea & with Offshore Radio. Short of DJ's I found myself a young lad aboard an abandoned WW2 sea fort on Shivering Sands off the coast of Southern England. I didn't realize how lucky I was to have made it to Radio City, perhaps I was unlucky as that experience was to map out my whole life |
1980 - KFJZ/Z97 - Dallas
Fortworth
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I was after time at BBC Radio Kent to join the Invicta Radio Group, where I spent several
years presenting most time slots settling on drive-time. The foundations
for Medway FM were set after I left Invicta Radio. Supported by a team of
enthusiastic amateurs we staged two RSL broadcasts & in parallel,
campaigned the Government to clear use of 105 - 108khz for the new ILR
(Independent Local Radio) Ultimately, through these efforts,
Medway made the Radio Authority working list. We continued working, solidly
gaining support, financial backing, & potential advertisers from the
business community until the license was advertised. After 4 years we
were justly rewarded by winning the bid in the face of fierce & serious
competition
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1985 Radio Caroline
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I was to join Radio
Caroline, & would have done so had the ships not been seized at sea.
Indeed it was not until the 1970's I was first heard on Caroline, when at the invitation of Rob Eden I recorded "filler"
tape programmes many produced by Andy Oldfield
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Blame
the salt in my blood, but I maintained my association with the Caroline
organization tendering the Ross Revenge with essentials through the 1980's,
& appearing again whilst I was actually with the BBC. Amazingly I
wasn't to be heard regularly "live" on Radio Caroline until
the late 1990's & into the new millennium
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1999 Radio Caroline - Maidstone Studio (1999 - 2000) |
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At the invitation of the owners I returned to Malta on a to re-brand & image Calypso 102. The station under went a major change to be re-launched as 102.3 Calypso FM. I again presented a daily programme & turned the station around to became the second most popular in the islands I can still be heard across the
Mediterranean on various commercials |
2002 Calypso 102 - Victoria Gozo Malta 2000 (1999 - 2002) |
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You'll hear me on the ILR Network at times as the voice behind a number of National Commercials produced in our own facilities that continues to attract new clients |
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1999 Radio Northsea International - Light Vessel 18 (1999) |
My career have stated on Offshore Radio, I was asked to join the commemorative broadcasts of Radio London & Radio Northsea International from ships moored of the Essex coast Other notable broadcasts include participation in a special broadcast on the Merlin Network along with Johnny Walker & Chris Evans "live" from Medway FM broadcast across the World |
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