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Founder of Radio Caroline, Ronan O'Rahilly dies aged 79
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<blockquote data-quote="Topper" data-source="post: 1087523" data-attributes="member: 186250"><p>R.I.P. Ronan, you changed the stiff necked BBC, something we would all like to do, you kickstarted the careers of presenters Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale, Mike Allen, Ray Teret, Roger Day, Simon Dee, Tony Prince, Spangles Muldoon, Keith Skues, Johnnie Walker, Robbie Dale, Dave Lee Travis, Tommy Vance, Tom Edwards, Paul Noble, Bob Stewart and Andy Archer became well known. Some DJs from the USA and Commonwealth countries, such as Graham Webb, Emperor Rosko, Steve Young, Keith Hampshire, Colin Nicol and Norman St John, were also heard. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. Syndicated shows from the US and recorded religious programmes were also broadcast. BBC Radio 2 newsreader Colin Berry and Classic FM's Nick Bailey started their careers reading the news on Radio Caroline South. He also started a trend for that class of broadcasting off shore to beat the regulations, copied by many people in many different countries, the most famous I remember from the seventies was Abie Nathan on The Voice of Peace.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topper, post: 1087523, member: 186250"] R.I.P. Ronan, you changed the stiff necked BBC, something we would all like to do, you kickstarted the careers of presenters Tony Blackburn, Roger Gale, Mike Allen, Ray Teret, Roger Day, Simon Dee, Tony Prince, Spangles Muldoon, Keith Skues, Johnnie Walker, Robbie Dale, Dave Lee Travis, Tommy Vance, Tom Edwards, Paul Noble, Bob Stewart and Andy Archer became well known. Some DJs from the USA and Commonwealth countries, such as Graham Webb, Emperor Rosko, Steve Young, Keith Hampshire, Colin Nicol and Norman St John, were also heard. DJ Jack Spector, of the WMCA "Good Guys" in New York, regularly recorded for Radio Caroline. Syndicated shows from the US and recorded religious programmes were also broadcast. BBC Radio 2 newsreader Colin Berry and Classic FM's Nick Bailey started their careers reading the news on Radio Caroline South. He also started a trend for that class of broadcasting off shore to beat the regulations, copied by many people in many different countries, the most famous I remember from the seventies was Abie Nathan on The Voice of Peace. [/QUOTE]
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