Month: February 2025

Jeff Martin

Jeff’s fascination with radio began when he first heard Radio Caroline – sitting on Margate beach with his grandma listening to the station on her transistor radio.

She pointed out to sea and said that the music he was listening to was coming from a boat somewhere out there. From that day, he was hooked on radio, growing to love Caroline, London, Luxembourg and Swinging Radio England but his favourite station was Radio Northsea International.Jeff says, “I have a real passion for the music of the 1960s & 1870s, the two greatest music decades. Such a wide range of musical genres in the 60s & 70s. I still get a massive kick out of playing these songs on Radio Mi Amigo.

“I am now semi-retired but still manage the Community Station Erewash Sound that I co-founded 20 years ago. I also produce a podcast called Radio Rollback, that celebrates the great days of music radio from the 60s, 70s, 80s. It features recordings from stations and interviews with the people who created that radio.

“I still love my vinyl collection, especially 45s and still collect them. I also like to play a bit of golf (badly) and support Brighton & Hove Albion.”

You can hear Jeff Martin’s latest daytime show on Sundays at midday, repeated at 6pm.

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Mi Amigo Special shows

Before Offshore

Steve Jenner starts a new series on Feb 24th looking at the UK music scene before the offshore pirates started broadcasting. The only ‘popular’ radio outlet in the UK until early 1964 was the Light Programme and it wasn’t known for pop music!

Mondays at 7pm (repeated at 1am on Tuesday)

There’s a second chance to hear it on Wednesday at 7pm, repeated at 1am on Thursday.

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Chris B

Chris B 1971 at Hunstanton wearing a Radio Geronimo t shirt

Chris B/Chris Bent is the curator at www.radiogeronimo.com home of Radio Geronimo, which recorded shows at Harley Street London W1, and broadcast them via the mighty 400kw Radio Monte Carlo. From 2001 Chris could be heard overnight at weekends on Radio Caroline when it broadcast via an obscure Polish satellite transponder from the ITV Maidstone Studios.

Radio Seagull from day one in the 21st Century. Custodian of the 1973/74 archives at www.radioseagull.co.uk/

Playlists and podcasts for the Mi Amigo ‘New Singles’ programme, currently spinning the 1967 platters that, for the most part didn’t bother the Top 40, can be found here:

http://www.towardtheunknownregion.com/mi_amigo.htm (Please ignore warning)

You can hear Chris B’s latest shows on Fridays and Sundays at 7pm, repeated at 1am the following day.

Chris is currently working through the new releases of 1967, and keeps as close to the original ‘official’ release dates as possible. Each release week is split into two – part 1 is 7pm Friday and part 2 is 7pm Sunday. A link to the archive is here.

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Sunday Nights

We have a pair of fantastic shows on Sunday evenings.

At 7pm Chris B presents his New Releases show. This Sunday he has new releases from February 1967. The New Releases show is at 7pm GMT Sunday, repeated at 1am GMT on Monday.

At 8pm Ian Chambers kicks off a new series of Album Years, playing obscure and forgotten album tracks from yesteryear. This week 1970 is the featured year. The Album Years show is at 8pm GMT Sunday, repeated at 2am GMT on Monday. There’s a second shance to heard the programme at 8pm on Monday, repeated at 2am on Tuesday.

After Ian on Sunday night we have shows from Rick Marks (9pm), Jeff Fitzgerald (10pm), Chris Cooper (11pm) and The Reverend Rabbit (Midnight). The full weekend schedule is below.

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Chris Morgan

My interest in radio began when I was standing in the desert with Lawrence during WW1 and saying that it would be pleasant to listen to the radio. He pointed out that it hadn’t been invented yet so I had to wait for the Roaring Twenties. However at that time in order to listen you were required to wear a dinner jacket which I didn’t own.

Then came the forties and another war so I was back to the desert with Monty.

When the fifties arrived the great Broadcasting Company ignored teenagers and Rock ‘n’ Roll so not much fun in that. With the coming of the sixties, Pirate Radio floated onto the scene and I thought I would like to be part of that but my mum said I was too young and anyway it was time for school.

In the seventies I decided the best plan was to get an education and training as an electronic apprentice. Sadly by the time I had achieved all that the stations were gone and local radio was only one step away from the dinner jacket brigade so I acquired some more engineering qualifications and a degree.

As with many presenters I followed the path of mobile dj, local pirate radio, hospital radio and finally internet. Over the years I have amassed a large record collection which is now being put to good use on Radio Mi Amigo.

You can hear Chris Morgan’s latest daytime show on Saturdays at 9am, repeated at 3pm. Chris also has an album orientated show on Saturday nights at 7pm, repeated at 1am each Sunday morning.

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Neon Nancy

Neon Nancy moved to England from Georgia in the USA in 1998 after meeting a fantastic guy from Billericay in a Yahoo chatroom. They are still married to this day.

Nancy had a variety of jobs through the years from being a lifeguard to doing typesetting and layout. She owned a neon sign shop for many years and “Neon Nancy” is what the locals called her. Nancy’s hobbies include drawing, painting, sewing and she enjoys cooking and gardening. She and her husband have six grandchildren.

She began presenting for Radio Mi Amigo in 2002 (with no prior radio experience), adding her brand of “Southern Fried Blonde Moments” with her deep-south accent and her background near Macon, Georgia that frequently hosted concerts from Aerosmith to ZZ Top. Her favourites were the southern bands who often made the rounds such as Stillwater, The Allman Brothers, Wet Willie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker and the Outlaws.

She also enjoys country music and the blues, but classic rock has always been her first love. Neon Nancy is always so happy to invite y’all to “Be On With Neon” and Radio Mi Amigo. She says, “It is an honour and a privilege to be part of the team aboard the LV18”.

Neon Nancy is a member of the team that presents live shows from the LV18 but can also be heard occasionally on the station during the week.

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Duke Anthony

Duke Anthony adopted his (non-hereditary) title in 1969 after listening to DJs such as Emperor Rosko, Tony Prince and Earl Richmond. Radio broadcasting was still a long way off for The Duke but he embarked on a long succession of mobile discotheque engagements over the next six decades.

Having grown up listening to the pirates in the sixties it was with great delight that he discovered and attended the various reunions in Harwich, and had the thrill of meeting his DJ heroes from the sixties.

A contact from one of those visits put him in touch with the boss of a community radio station in his area and the radio career finally began. Visiting the LV18 in 2024, intending to help clear up after the fire, he was given a slot on Radio Mi Amigo and has never been happier, fulfilling an ambition held since 1966.

Duke Anthony is a member of the team that presents live shows from the LV18 but can also be heard occasionally on the station during the week.

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New Monday Schedule

Our Monday daytime schedule now looks like this:

0700 Radio Mi Amigo archive
0900 Kevin Dinnigan
1000 Gordon Bathgate
1100 Steve Jenner
1200 Ian Chambers

Repeated 1300-1900

We hope this is your remedy for the Monday blues!