Category: DJs

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!

Paul said:

“My earliest memories of radio was wondering how on earth they got all those singers and announcers (DJ’s hadn’t been invented back then) in that little square box. Come on, don’t mock. I was only knee high to an Elizabethan Tape Recorder! I began to get suspicious of the radio’s inhabitants when the musicians appeared never to miss a beat when the radio was being moved around the room.

“My next memorable contact with the mysterious world of radio was sometime in 1964 when I had a request played on ‘Children’s Favourites’ on the BBC Light Programme. Presented by Uncle Mac (I knew his cousin Packa) when he played ‘Shout’ by Lulu & The Luvvers just for me. Famous for 15 seconds, so I still had 14 minutes and 45 seconds to go.

“The arrival of offshore pirate radio certainly had a tremendous influence on me, particularly my local station, Radio 270, which mainly broadcast out in Bridlington Bay off the East Yorkshire coast. I had a small transistor radio which became my constant companion. I always imagined it must have been great to work on an offshore station, although of course we eventually learnt that the conditions were frequently far from great. In the early 70’s I’d started collecting recordings from the 60’s offshore stations and through that I got to know quite a few like minded people.

“One guy I knew ran a low powered FM pirate station in Portsmouth called King Radio, or K-I-N-G, as it was announced. Out of the blue in late 1989 he asked me if I’d be interested in recording a show for the station. I’d never done a radio show before and I didn’t really have any equipment apart from one record deck, a tape deck and a very basic mic. But I thought I’d give it a shot. So with one record deck and the mic fastened to a broom handle (wooden of course, less risk of an electric shock) I committed my first show to tape.

“I thought it a good idea to give my show a title rather than just the Paul Windsor show. I wanted the title to reflect the music I was going to play, so it became the very first Psychedelic Snarl (the title borrowed from an old Bam Caruso compilation). The programme went out on January 27th 1990 between 6 & 7.30 pm on 92.6FM.

“After that first feeble effort I didn’t think I’d be asked for more, but they must have been desperate for shows as they did ask for more. Did he have no shame, or indeed listeners? As time went on, and unbeknownst to me, my shows for King Radio started being aired over a station called Overflow based in Colchester. The dodgy station owner, one Garry Lee, was editing out all reference to K-I-N-G and slipping in Overflow jingles. Don’t these bloody pirates have any scruples? I only found this out when Garry wrote to inform me I’d been heard over The Overflow for the past few months, and oh would I like to join the unruly crew at Overflow? So from May 1993 my northern tones and noisy music choices could be heard across the Colchester area.

“Fast forward to 2002 when news began to filter through that there was going to be an RSL during the summer from the now famous lightship, LV18. Initially the plan was that I’d pre-record shows for the RSL, but after a phone conversation with Garry, he somehow persueded me to drive down to Harwich and make my way out to the LV18, which then was anchored out on the River Stour. So at 1 in the morning on Wednesday 21st August 2002 I did my first live broadcast. I was well and truly bitten by the (live) radio bug.

“And here I am, some 20 odd years later, still programming on Radio Mi Amigo from the LV18. I still don’t know how I haven’t been found out yet. My links should come with subtitles, I have a tendency to veer off format on occasion, and if Tony O’Neil comes in the studio when I’m on air, the show usually collapses into fits of laughter.

“The greatest plaudit I ever got was during one of my shows, not on Radio Mi Amigo I might add, when someone in the studio was heard to say “What the hell is he playing now!?” A reaction I strive for to this day.”

You can hear Paul Windsor’s ‘Garden of Unearthly Delights’ on the Radio Mi Amigo overnight service on Saturdays at 12 midnight, repeated on Sunday mornings at 6am. He also has a daytime show on Saturdays at 10am, repeated at 4pm. Be there or be square.

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Pete said:

“I have been a DJ and Radio Presenter since the 1960s, beginning my career with land-based pirate radio stations and performing in disco clubs around London.
Throughout the 1970s, I continued to work in disco clubs and took on agent roles for various outside broadcasts for radio stations. During this period, I also dedicated four years to Hospital Radio.

“In the late 1970s, I served as a DJ and Compère in a nightclub, hosting acts from the 1960s and 1970s such as Gerry & The Pacemakers, Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, The Searchers, The Troggs, Bonnie Tyler, Paper Lace, and Russ Abbot & the Black Abbots, among others.

“After a hiatus in the 1980s, I returned to the industry in 2005, joining Coastal FM where I hosted the breakfast show and engaged in outside work for the station for over five years.

“Since 2016, I have been consistently presenting weekend shows, introducing the English service on RNI, where I am currently still active. I now host The Pete Nightingale Pirate Radio Show, recreating the fun, excitement, and atmosphere of the 1960s pirate radio stations, reminiscent of shows by DLT, Kenny Everett, Tony Blackburn, TW, and Dave Cash.”

You can hear Pete Nightingale’s latest show on Saturdays at 8am, repeated at 2pm.

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Robin Dee hosts 3 shows over the weekend on Radio Mi Amigo – Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Robin says, “It’s a pleasure to be here bringing you radio like it used to be in the good old days of offshore radio when the original Radio Mi Amigo broadcast to the UK and Europe from the MV Mi Amigo in the North Sea. Now we have a beautiful vessel, the Light Vessel LV18 afloat in Harwich Harbour, Essex, and broadcasting to the world.

“A little bit about me? How long have you got? Very briefly, a lifetime of experience in radio presentation and production over the years, beginning with hospital radio, then local commercial radio, progressing into internet radio which I have been very active in since 1999. All of this alongside my main careers of car salesman, used car dealership proprietor, retail petroleum equipment engineer, and finally, truck driver.”

Now retired, Robin can dedicate his time to his first love – radio!

As for music tastes? All 60s and 70s, and finding obscure forgotten tracks. Robin particularly likes delving deep into artists’ album tracks and finding stuff he’s never heard before, before making sure you hear it too!

Robin adds: “Other interests? Radio, music, cycling, classic cars, dining out, oh – and did I say radio?”

Robin’s Mixcloud page: https://www.mixcloud.com/Robin_Dee_2

You can hear Robin Dee’s latest shows on Fridays at 10am, repeated at 4pm and Sundays at 9am, repeated at 3pm. Robin also has an Album Track show on Saturdays at 10pm, repeated on Sundays at 4am.

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Chris has been on the fringes of radio for a long time, starting with a hospital station in 1978, followed by landbased pirate radio. Offshore radio beckoned, with spells on the Voice of Peace from ‘Somewhere in the Mediterranean’ in 1987, and Radio Caroline from the North Sea in 1989/90.

During the 1990’s Chris was involved in various Restricted Service Licence stations in his home town of Birmingham. Due to life commitments, he left radio for 20 years, before being introduced to the LV18 in 2017, since when he has been part of the Radio Mi Amigo Team.

Chris also presents a weekly show on Radio Seagull, based on a sister lightship, the LV8, in The Netherlands. There is nothing quite like broadcasting from a ship. Chris says he feels honoured to have presented shows from four floating radio stations!

You can hear Chris Cooper’s latest daytime show on Saturdays at 7am, repeated at 1pm. Chris also has an album orientated show on Saturday nights at 11pm, repeated at 5am each Sunday morning.

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Gordon Bathgate has appeared on stations across the UK, Europe and the Republic of Ireland in his usual relaxed, inexpensive style.

Gordon started off at Grampian Hospital Radio before working at various stations in Scotland including NECR 102 in Kintore and Waves Radio 101.2. He then worked for DLR 106 in Dun Laoghaire and Radio Seagull in the Netherlands and is currently working for Coast Radio in Peterhead, Scotland, as well as being a regular presenter on Caroline Flashback and Radio Mi Amigo.

Gordon has worked in radio for over 40 years and says he hopes to get good at it someday.

You can hear Gordon’s latest shows on Saturdays at midday, repeated at 6pm

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Steve Jenner is a former ILR senior presenter and half of two brothers who were founding directors of two FM ILR stations covering Derbyshire’s Peak District and East Staffordshire. He claims to understand more about the listening habits of sheep than any other living person.

As former radio and TV ‘talking head’ for a major language campaign organisation, he’s been heard on over 80% of BBC local radio stations with paid appearances on BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Sky, CNN and Russian state TV amongst others. He’s been on the famous red BBC Breakfast sofa 5 times.

After selling the stations, Steve went on to present for Radio Caroline, North and Flashback for over three years, performing 10 live shows from Ross Revenge and pre-recording many more for overnight transmission, acting as occasional guide to visitors on broadcast weekend tours.

Since then he is grateful his retirement has been disturbed by a dozen or more excellent radio stations inviting him to join them, one being LV18 Radio Mi Amigo, for whom he presents a weekly show and joined the on–board team for live ‘all vinyl 45s’ shows from the deck of the LV18: Steve is one of very few DJs who have presented live shows from the decks of the two boats moored around the UK coast still used for broadcasting music from the offshore years.

His initial broadcasting experience was on a highly – rated Nottingham onshore pirate station. Steve presents an early weekday breakfast show for his local community Staffordshire / Cheshire DAB station Churnet Sound and was involved in the sale of a Peak District online radio station he helped his brother set up.

Steve’s written or co-written four books about music and radio, one making UK number 1 on Amazon’s relevant sales chart. Until recently he was a contributor to a top London – based music review website, he was invited by Derbyshire County Council’s museum service to stage an exhibition about the development of radio in the Peak District and Nottinghamshire County Council recently accepted many broadcasting artefacts which were in his possession into museum stock for display.

Married to Sue for 45 years and counting, they have grown up children and rapidly growing grandchildren. He loves doing whatever he likes.

Steve’s ‘Listen Again’ podcast page; https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/steve-fmradio

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You can hear Steve Jenner’s latest show on Fridays at 9am, repeated at 3pm

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Ian has been a music lover and record buyer for longer than he cares to remember. It gave him the excuse to have been making radio for over 4 decades now, setting up and running both East London Radio and Barts Radio. He loves bringing wonderful memories to Radio Mi Amigo on the LV18, both the hits and excellent album tracks.

Hear his past Radio Mi Amigo shows and a selection of other radio at – https://www.mixcloud.com/Ian_Radio/

You can hear Ian’s latest daytime show on Mondays at midday, repeated at 6pm. Ian also has an album orientated show on Sunday nights at 8pm, repeated at 2am each Sunday morning.

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