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Terry Davis joined Radio Northsea International in October 1971,
at the age of 17. Despite having had no previous broadcasting experience, he was an excellent DJ and, from January 1972,
was also station news editor. He left RNI in October 1972 to do a degree. He attended Hull University but, in June 1974,
returned to the air when he worked on Radio Atlantis for ten days during his summer vacation. After graduating, Terry
joined Bradford's Pennine Radio, later moving to Essex Radio. A talented singer, his voice has been heard on a number
of radio jingles, including a package for Radio Caroline. In 1985 he left Essex Radio to concentrate on a career in music.
Can anyone provide more up-to-date information? (This photo is from an old issue of Record
Mirror. Does anyone have a better quality picture?)
Jonathan Day An American DJ from Garden City, New York, he was a
graduate of Cornell University (as was an earlier Caroline DJ, Michael Lloyd).
Jonathan was heard on Radio Caroline between May and August 1976, a fondly-remembered period in the station's
life as his arrival coincided with the launch of an all-day English service. After completing his education, he
worked in journalism, initially for Associated Press, then five years with NBC news in their London office. He returned
to New York and worked for several years for FOX 5 network news. In the early 1990s he became a producer for Dateline
NBC. Tragically Jonathan's life was cut short when he died in a boating accident in New York harbour on 7th
September 1998. He was out sailing with his wife, daughter and a work colleague. He was a diabetic and had not taken
his insulin. On what appeared to be a beautiful summer's day, an extremely unusual, powerful and fast moving
squall swept across the harbour, overturning his boat. Due to his diabetic condition Jonathan was unable to tread water
for very long. His wife, daughter and the friend were picked up by a passing boat but sadly Jonathan did not survive.
His real name was Bruce Hagan and the Manhattan Sailing Club organises The Bruce Hagan Memorial Regatta in his memory every year. (With grateful thanks for the
information to his brother, Richard Hagan, and to Bob Lawrence. This photo is from the Radio Caroline Picture
Souvenir Book published by MRP Books.)
Rob Day was first heard on 5th January 1974 in an interview on Radio
Mi Amigo, where he was introduced as Robbie Ronson, Radio Seagull's newest DJ. He never did actually
broadcast on Radio Seagull but he joined Radio Atlantis in May that year for a ten day stint as summer relief DJ. He
later recorded the station's American Top 20 programme on land, a show that ran until the closedown in August. He
later worked as a record plugger and, during the eighties, was involved in the running of Laser Radio. (Photo
courtesy of Steve England.)
Roger Day worked on Swinging Radio England and Radio
Caroline South during the sixties. There is a biography in the main section of
The Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame. Roger joined the newly launched Radio Northsea International
as Programme Director/Senior DJ in January 1970. He put together an excellent team of presenters and that period of
RNI's output is fondly remembered but, unfortunately, he clashed with Larry
Tremaine, an American TV producer who was brought into run the station. Roger left RNI in June, after six months.
He worked in clubs and on the United Biscuits Network factory radio system then, on 25th June 1973, he presented a
pre-recorded show on Radio Caroline. He was about to rejoin the station full-time when generator failure closed
it down the following day. His return to live radio came instead in April 1974 when he was heard on Manchester's
Piccadilly Radio. Since then he has worked on a string of radio stations throughout England and can currently be heard
on BBC Radio Kent and other stations in the south-east of England. For more photos and recordings,
check out Spotlight On Roger Day. In March 2004 Roger organised Caroline's fortieth birthday
party. There are pictures of the event here. We also have pictures of Roger at Radio England's
40th anniversary reunion. Roger's web site is at www.rogerday.co.uk. (Photo from the RNI Souvenir Book, published by Hit-Publications,
Zurich.)

John Denny was heard briefly on Radio Northsea International,
presenting shows from 24th July to 5th August 1970. Little is known of his later career but a correspondent to Hans
Knot's Radio Report wrote:
Regarding John Denny I can tell you that I worked with him on Hospital Radio Yare a few years back. He was running
a car driving instruction business in a market town called Beccles, Suffolk although I haven't seen him around town
for a while. He no longer is involved with Radio Yare either so may have moved on. Can anyone provide
further
information about John Denny? (Photo kindly contributed by Raoul Verolleman.)
Stephen Diamond was an American writer who broadcast on Caroline
while visiting the ship for a few days in August 1974. No other information is known about him. (Photo from
Caroline 319, Into The 80's, published by Seagull Press.)
Chris Drummond An engineer on board Radio Caroline, he presented one half-hour show on the station on 1st September 1979. Can anyone provide more information about him?
Samantha Dubois Born in Holland, she had learnt to speak English in
New Zealand which resulted in a unique and instantly recognisable accent. She originally joined Caroline as
Peter Chicago's girlfriend, helping out with the cooking on board the Mi Amigo.
She was first heard on air in March 1973, just calling herself Ellen, her real name.
The following year she began working as a regular broadcaster and that was when she took the name for which she is best known,
Samantha Dubois. She left the station in September 1976 and, the following January, was fined in a Dutch court for her
involvement with the station. Despite this, she returned to Caroline, briefly, in March 1977, and again in September 1978.
She left the following month, got married, and moved to New Zealand. She did later return to the station for a short time
during the eighties but then went back to New Zealand where she sadly died on 2nd October 1992. (Photo from
Happy Birthday Radio Caroline, 20 Years Old, Easter 1984, published by Monitor Magazine.)
Robbie Duke. Robbie's first job in the music industry was back
in 1962 when he started working for the legendary record producer Joe Meek. He says: while I worked for him
I used to deal with Caroline to get our records played, got to know (Radio London's)
Tony Windsor and stayed friends with him until his death in the eighties. I was lucky to
have been able to go out to the Radio London ship in 1966. Robbie was heard on Radio Caroline for just one stint,
between 6th September and 18th October 1975. At that time Caroline was transmitting English programmes at night-time
only but Robbie says he also presented some early morning shows on the Dutch Radio Mi Amigo and was the one of the first
DJs to take part in some short-lived test broadcasts on 773 kHz. He says: I was never a good seaman. I
was sick a lot and so never went back. Instead I went to Canada and worked for CHUM in Toronto for a while, got married
and came back to the UK. I formed my band and went on tour as I am also a singer. I now work in music publishing.
Robbie has a page on MySpace. (Our thanks to
Robbie for providing the above information and the photo, taken during the sixties while he was working for Joe
Meek.)
Johnnie Dwyer from Liverpool, Johnnie worked as cook and DJ on Radio
Atlantis from Christmas 1973 to March 1974. He was involved in a number of Merseyside land-based pirates, such as
the Liverpool Broadcasting Company and Merseyland Alternative Radio, as well as being heard on a licensed station -
Liverpool's Radio City. During 1984 Johnnie worked on the Voice of Peace in Israel. He was also on Radio Caroline
during the eighties. He currently operates a radio station in Ibiza every summer, Sunshine 101, aimed at tourists.
(Photo courtesy of Hans Knot.)
