A - Z of the Caroline Roll Call

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Help: Can you identify the people in the pictures below which were taken onboard the Mi-Amigo in 1972

27/10/09 - Andy Archer said 'I remember the faces but not the names, Gerard Van Dam was alway bringing people out to the ship, some were Nightclub DJ's he knew'

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These pages do not have issue numbers as being constantly updated as more facts & pictures become available

Back to the begining the MV Caroline/Fredericia in line & tone 1964

Don't think it's been done before so to kick off 2009 we thought would be fun to produce an A-Z of everyone that has ever worked for Radio Caroline

Every ship every service from ship to shore, 1964 to date, the UK mainland stations, the Continental's, Worldspace, Satellite, Restricted Service Licence, relays the lot

DJ's, Engineers, Newsreaders, Ships Captains & Crew, Tender Skippers, Production Teams & Office Staff

Where possible with your help we'll use never before published pictures & clips

This could be the most concise Caroline Crew list of ever produced help us make it complete with your input for accuracy, pictures & audio

Here it is the 'Name Game' 19 pages of the Radio Caroline's Crew

Key to the Ships: (F) = Fredericia (M) = Mi-Amigo (C) = Cheeta II (MB) = Mebo II (R) = Ross Revenge

Short History: The MV Caroline/Fredericia was the original Radio Caroline ship moving to the Isle-of-Man to become Caroline North, later International after the Marine Etc Broadcast Offences Act bound the Isle-of-Man law on 31st August 1967

The Mi-Amigo was Radio Atlanta's ship which became Caroline South, later International after the Marine Etc Broadcast Offences Act became law on 14th August 1967

When the Mi-Amigo went aground the former Radio Syd ship the Cheeta II was used

Returning the Mi-Amigo battled on until Saturday 2nd March 1968 when snatched at sea along with the Fredericia ever since rumours depart from the line of unpaid tendering bills & suggest a more sinister political reason for the silencing of Caroline

In 1972 the Mi-Amigo returned to sea to broadcast until she sank in March 1980

Several aborted ideas to re-float Caroline from the Radio Londons 'Galaxy' or the Radio 270 'Oceaan 7' failed but in August 1983 Caroline returned on the 'Ross Revenge' until she went aground on the Goodwin sands in November 1991

For the complete picture navigate from the Radio Caroline pages in the ScrapBook Index

Chris Adams

On Tender in Ramsey (Take 2 Archive)

Glenn Adams - South (M) 1967 - 1968

At time of writing (2009) living in his naitve New Zealand working as an artist & potter

Robin on the Mi-Amigo in 1973 (Robin Adcroft-Banks Archive)

Robin Adcroft/Banks - RNI's Caroline (MB) 1970, 70's Caroline (M) Radio Engineer later DJ 1972 - 1973

Robin flirted with the Maunsell Sea Forts in 1967 & started Seatribe in 1969, he was to join Radio Northsea International see RNI & remained with the ship sailing to Libya. He's since been a freelance radio engineer in various parts of the world & these days (2009) is Charman of project-redsand

Nick Richards with Adrian in the Caroline Studio Ross Revenge 1985

Adrian - 80's Caroline (R) Crew Member 1985

Mike Aherne

Mike Aherne - North (F) later South (M) (C) 1965 - 1967

Since Caroline Mike worked briefly for BBC Radio 1 before going to Australia to work on a number of stations there before returning to the UK and do more radio on various stations since 1988

Sadly Mike lost his battle with cancer and died on Monday 5th October 2009

Sticker included for Mike Aherne memories of his 1967 'Yes I'm British through & through Caroline South promo' 

Barry Ainley - General Manager 1964 - 1967

Ian Akres on the rear deck Ross Revenge 1986

Ian Akres/Ian Miles - 80's Caroline (R) Played out the religious tapes, affectionately known as 'The Vicar' also jocked as Ian Miles - 1986

'Seahorse' alongside Ross Revenge 1985

Alex - 80's Caroline (R) Tender Skipper 'Seahorse' Ramsgate

Paul Alexander on a tender approaching the Mi-Amigo in 1973 (Hans Knot Archive)

Paul Alexander - 70's Caroline (M) 1973

Chris Cary, Peter Chicago & Tony Allan on the Mi-Amigo 1973

Tony Allan - 70's Caroline (M) 1972 - 1974, 1976 - 1979, also on Seagull 1973

Tony spent time on the Voice of Peace, a short stint on Radio Forth before returning to his native Ireland to work with Chris Cary at Nova. Work in ComProd followed the closure of Radio Nova & an eventual return to the UK. Dignosed with cancer Tony died on 9th July 2004 see Tony Allan Tribute

You might like to see this other tribute to Tony Allan 1 : 2

Barry Allen

Brian Allen in Caroline Studio Ross Revenge 1983

Brian Allen - (R) 1983

Dickie Allen

Don Allen on Caroline North 1967

'Daffy' Don Allen - South (M) later became chief DJ North, International (F) 1967 - 1968, Caroline Revival Hour on Radio Andorra in March 1969 sponsored by Frenchman Yves Khun, RNI's Caroline (MB) 1970

After Caroline Don moved to Manz Radio & later BBC Merseyside ahead of time as senior DJ, before a spending best part of the 1980's in Ireland he was to die following a heart attack on 13th May 1995

You might like to see the following tribute to Don Allen

Mike Allen - Atlanta (M) then South 1964 - 1965

Began as a song writer before his stint at Caroline then presented a radio series for BBC radio, these days believed to be living in Portsmouth running a collectors record business

Tim Allen - South (M)

Tom Allen

Allex

Dave Allice

Elly Van Amstel - 80's Caroline (M) on Radio Monique 1983

The Mi-Amigo in 1966

Alex Anderson - Caroline House, Production - 1964 - 1967

Brian Anderson - 70's Caroline (M) 1974

Barry Anderson

Chris Cary with Andy Archer on the Mi-Amigo 1973

Herb Oscar Anderson - Another alt ego of Chis Cary see Spangles Maldoon

Harry Anderson

Ian Anderson on the Mi-Amigo in 1973 (Ian Anderson Archive)

Ian Anderson - 70's Caroline (M) 1973 (MB) 1972 - 1973

Offshore Radio almost started for me when I was invited by Don Todd of King Music to go to Radio City during my college summer holidays in 1966, but I chickened out with the Shivering Sands raid and Reg Calvert's death. I did some land based radio in 1967-8 and a pilot idea for the BBC in Scotland in 1968-9 before what became Radio Geronimo, started in 1969. I have recently been able to recreate most of the early playlists since I was the only one at all of the Andorra/Monte Carlo recording sessions, from October 1969 to March 1970. I kept full notes of what was played, studios booked, equipment used and who was involved. I was on the Mebo II 1972-1973 and the Mi-Amigo in 1973, I probably could have been on Atlantis in 1974, since we shared a flat with Steve and Debbie England just before that, and the Voice of Peace up until 1977, when I was asked to go a number of times by Abie Nathan, but other things were happening, including Radio Forth from 1974 - 1976. My decisions not to go back offshore turned out for the best - Ian Anderson

Tom Anderson on the tender 'Henrietta' at 06.00 on 9th October 1986

Tom Anderson - 70's Caroline (M) 1975 - 1980, 80's Caroline (R) Caroline 319 launch then Caroline Overdrive 1983 - 1985

The giant 319 vinyl sticker 58.5 cm (23") x 7.5 (3")

Johnny Lewis, Mike Barrington, 'Windy' skipper Willy, Kevin Turner & Dave Andrews top deck Ross Revenge 1986

Chris Andrews

David/Dave Andrews - 80's Caroline (R) 1986

Elton Andrews starboard side Ross Revenge fore deck 1984

Elton Andrews/Mark Summers - 80's Caroline (R) 1984

Peter Andrews

Andy

Mr Anonymous

Chris Anthony

Peter Anthony - Satellite from 2008

Josef Arch - North (F) Austrian Radio Engineer 1964

Andy Archer on the Mi-Amigo 1973

Andy Archer with Marjo Marcus & Peter Clark on the Ross Revenge in 1983

Andy Archer - International (M) 1967 - 1968, RNI's Caroline (MB) 1970, 70's Caroline 1972 - 1973 (M) also Seagull 1973, 80's Caroline (R) 1983

Full account of Andy's Antics & background on Ad Roberts Site

Andrew Arden - Caroline House, Record Library 1964 - 1967

Steve Conway, Dave Asher, Rob Harrison on Ross Revenge in 1988

Garner Ted Armstrong - North (F) South (M) 'The Voice of Prophecy' a syndicated religious programme taken by most of the Offshore stations

Rob Ashard Ross on deck of Ross Revenge during the Tilbury RSL (Graham Vine Archive)

Rob was one of the jocks on duty during the Merlin weekend in 1999 with MF TX's from Europe

A little-remembered RSL is the one from the LV-18 we were allowed to use the name and jingles with the proviso that we had to adopt a Top 40 format so as not to clash with the album format of the satellite - Graham Vine

Rob Ashard in the Tilbury RSL on the Ross Revenge (Graham Vine Archive)

Rob Ashard - RSL Tilbury (R) 199 satellite from 2006

Rob of Ashard Audio has run a number Race Circuit Radio Stations & is one of our Red Sands Radio presenters Robs Media clients include TV's Dancing On Ice : I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

Dave Asher - 90's Caroline (R) 1990

Tommy Vance, Steve Young, Mike Ahern, Robbie Dale, John Aston & Johnny Walker after supper on the Mi-Amigo in 1966

John Aston - North (F) later South (M) Newsreader 1966 - 1967

John had previously worked on KING Radio as John Stewart, when that became Radio 390 he was known as Chris Stewart. A fall over an advertisement resulted in a move to Radio Essex then he joined Caroline as Newsreader John Aston, before Radio 270 & Radio 355. John's since been working in the Film Industry buildingproducing special effects & hardware including an operational replica of the 'Enigma' device, & numerous stunts in the Bond movies

At the time of publication (2009) John can be heard on Thames Valley's Blast FM

Mi-Amigo beached at Frinton takes a pounding from storm seas on 20th January 1966

Peter Atkins - Caroline House 1964 - 1967

Patricia Atkins - Caroline House, Secretary to Chris Moore 1964 - 1967

Andrew Austin at Caroline Vintners Park studio at Maidstone TV Centrex 3rd May 2007

Andrew Austin - Satellite from 2001

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