From the Felixstowe and Offshore Radio Facebook page: More sad news to report, with news of the passing of Radio Caroline Flashback presenter Bill Rollins at the beginning of October 2014. Beginning his offshore radio career on Tower Radio & TV on Sunk Head Fort in 1965, he later worked for East Anglian Productions, and … Read more
Carl Kingston and I were but schoolboys when we first met, largely thanks to Radio 270. We both shared two great loves – music and radio and we both had – ‘The Admiral’ Robbie Dale as our original DJ hero. As Carl told the Caroline audience during his last show on 7th September, I repaired … Read more
From the Radio Caroline Facebook page: It’s with great sadness that we share the news with you that our great friend and Caroline stalwart Dave Foster sadly died this morning (Sunday 25th August 2024).Dave joined Radio Caroline in April 1987 aboard the Ross Revenge and made an immediate impression with both his colleagues and listeners. … Read more
Paul Rusling writing: So sad to report the passing of the First Lady of Radio Caroline, Oonagh (* 6 December 1936), who has finally succumbed after a long battle to Amyloidosis. Oonagh was Ronan’s ‘right hand man’ from 1962 and oversaw the admin of his music business enterprises as well as the launch of Caroline, … Read more
Very sad news has come in that Paul May passed away on July 8th 2024 after a long battle with cancer. Many of us remember Paul from his time on RNI, as well as his work as Paul Dean on Laser. Here’s what the Pirate Hall of Fame has to say about his career: Paul was born … Read more
On 4th of February, it was announced that former radio DJ and presenter, Jan van Veen, passed away at the age of 79, after a short illness. Van Veen was best known as presenter of the radio programme Candlelight. In it, he read listeners’ love poems in his characteristic heavy voice. Jan van Veen started … Read more
Juul Geleijk schrijft: Na een kort ziekbed is Jan van Veen op 4 februari 2024 op 79 jarige leeftijd overleden. Jan was één van de eerste “echte” discjockeys bij Veronica. Hij hield zich veel bezig met de toen net opkomende popmuziek. Dat kon ook bijna niet anders komende vanuit Voorburg aan de rand van Den … Read more
On the Radio Luxembourg 208 Facebook pages on January 2nd 2024 Renée Aakrann-Fezzo wrote: ‘I just found out via a message written by her sister on Adrianne’s FB that Adrianne Sebastian-Scott passed away yesterday after many years of fighting her illness. I will always remember her beautiful personality, the sunshine she carried with her at … Read more
Zwei ehemalige deutsche RNI-Mitarbeiter verstorben Vor kurzem wurde bekannt, dass Werner Hartwig am 21. September letzten Jahres im Alter von 74 Jahren verstorben ist. Er hinterlässt seine Frau, Kinder und Enkelkinder, die am 30. September gemeinsam einen Abschiedsgottesdienst abhielten. Werner war in mehreren Bereichen der Radiowelt aktiv. Zusammen mit seinem Bruder Peter war er für … Read more
We are mourning Rob Olthof. *07.12.1945 †23.09.2013 Maandagmorgen 23 september om half 12 kwam er een einde aan een uitzonderlijke vriendschap die Rob Olthof en ik 48 jaar lang hebben gedeeld. De vriendschap is ontstaan dankzij het weekblad dat de jonge babyboomers van destijds, vanaf 1965 konden kopen in de sigarenwinkel en meer: ‘Hitweek’. Het … Read more