Radio Caroline

00:00 - Top Fifteen Replay

A repeat of the Top 15 Show first heard yesterday morning at 9am.

01:00 - Continuous Caroline Music

A selection of music from the past five decades

06:00 - Johnny Lewis (Sitting in)

Johnny Lewis worked on Caroline in the 1970s as both broadcaster and engineer until the Mi Amigo sank in 1980. He later worked for The Voice Of Peace and Laser 558 before rejoining Caroline on the Ross Revenge. He has also worked for a clutch of Irish stations as well as local commercial radio in the UK – the latest being Academy FM in East Kent. Johnny's other interests including golf, cooking, walking and fund raising for the RNLI. He also gives after dinner speeches on offshore radio, loves to listen to soft rock and soul and says his fantasy date would be Sandra Bullock who he would lover to cook a romantic dinner for, candles the works (the wife won't be happy with that!!) Johnny is also an expert on beer, and promised this year to bring back a brew from the Ross Revenge he made in the 80's... GBH or should we call it "Old Blackwater".

07:00 - Tony Paul

Tony started out as a disc jockey on the London club circuit. His first job in commercial radio was at Beacon Radio in the Midlands, broadcasting from Wolverhampton to the West Midlands and Shropshire. His 'Prince of Darkness' overnights became cult listening! He moved to early evenings and then to Afternoon Drive. In the 1980's, Tony interviewed virtually every major music artist from both sides of the Atlantic. His love of US Top 40 radio led to stints across 'the Pond' on WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut, WSPK New York and Q106 in San Diego. After Beacon, he went to BRMB, followed by Buzz FM in Birmingham and MFM in Cheshire. He was then chosen to launch and run a new station - Sunshine 855 - based in Shropshire. Eventually, the lure of California sunshine took him back across the Atlantic to Los Angeles. After a stint on radio station KBBY, he ended up doing what everyone does when they come to LA – working in Hollywood! He founded his own entertainment news agency and since 1996, he's run a successful company supplying celebrity interviews and movie coverage to major TV, Radio and New Media outlets around the world. He can now add virtually every major Hollywood star to his list of interviewees! When the chance came to do a Breakfast Show from Los Angeles for Radio Caroline, Tony didn't hesitate and he looks forward to sharing his tales from the Hollywood Hills with Caroline listeners every weekday morning.

09:00 - Top Fifteens With Mark Whall

A Caroline listener's music selection 

10:00 - Gary Ziepe

Quantum mechanics, exercising on a rowing machine and keeping the neighbours under surveillance are just some of Gary's interests. Music is another. Growing up in London in the sixties the first woman he fell in love with was Dusty Springfield. His first big lesson of childhood was realising that was a mistake. Gary started his career in the library at Capital Radio. Referring to his long hair at the time Kenny Everett said "I must get a wig like that." Since then he's presented various shows at a number of radio stations including Country 1035, Radio Luxembourg, Breeze AM, Essex FM, Chiltern FM and Invicta FM. Gary also worked on Capital Gold for ten years. The most bizarre call he's ever had was from a lady who wanted to turn up after the show to meet him in the car park naked. She never did and to this day Gary doesn't know if this was a threat or a promise. At least she didn't ask him to play Misty! Some dial surfing in the 70's led him to discover Caroline for the first time. "I'm so glad to now be on a station that's unafraid of playing a capacious tapestry of quality tracks."

14:00 - Johnny Reece

Johnny Reece has been broadcasting Radio programmes for various stations over the past couple of decades, to the UK, USA, Netherlands, France, Germany, and Slovakia. Reece was born in March 1958. However, when very drunk, he has attempted to claim he was born in 1973. Perhaps he doesn't know. I say this, because I asked him, and he said "I don't know". This is,of course, a lie. What isn't a lie is the fact that he has been buying records since he was 7, boasts of a personal collection of over 20,000 albums (having run his own Record Shop in the past did rather help that) and the rest, as they say, is hysterical. His programmes will feature Album tracks covering at least 50 years, anything from new and forthcoming releases, or a bunch of hits instead if the mood takes. If he thinks it's good, it goes in.That's the rule. He has also just completed rebuilding the main 'AZ Towers' Studio (version 3) after having recently relocated to Sussex. May contain nuts.

17:00 - Mike Brill

Mike Brill was a regular Caroline North listener in the 1960's while living in Rhyl N.Wales. After schooling he gained an engineering background in BBC Local Radio during 70's & 80's. Here he was allowed both sides of the 'mic' and presented a weekly rock show playing album music & recording sessions as well as interviews with local bands ('Kent Rocks'). Mike has very large vinyl collection, which he finds useful for finding the occasional rare album track. His introduction to the revived Radio Caroline was through by DJ colleague Jerry Wright who was with the station on the Ross Revenge during 1986. Mike started with Caroline just after the closure of our analogue satellite service in 2001 - and gained a regular show in 2002. He is currently working as a self-employed Computer Consultant (expert!) providing IT support to a variety of local companies. And is now responsible for keeping Caroline computers ticking over.

20:00 - Marc Griffiths

Marc joined the presentation team back in 2003 and within his first year took over a weekly Wednesday night programme. Marc is a massive follower of the new music scene challenging himself to deliver brand new music each and every week, he helps out with programming the new music category at Caroline. Marc loves most things new but hes a fan of the Beatles, Stones, T Rex and U2 but has an interest in the American music scene liking anything from Tom petty to bands such as Counting Crows, Matchbox 20 and Train but his biggest love comes from the Madchester scene and Stone Roses, Charlatans and Happy Mondays. Marc, along with good friend Dave Foster, can often be seen at live gigs having a good laugh. Marc started his radio career at Hospital Radio level as a member of Darenth valley HR. He presented the weekly WH Smith album chart for 2 years. Marc's a very sought after function Disc Jockey formerly playing at all West end Hotels and at many celebrity bashes. He also was a party Dj on the Greek island of Zante. Marc's Facebook entry

23:00 - The Mellow Show with Gary Ziepe

An eclectic mix of laid back tracks across time and genres