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06:00 - Terry Hughes
Terry started in broadcasting in 1979 at a talking newspaper for the visually impaired, then he spent a few years at Dudley and District Hospital Broadcasting. He did a few shows on Beacon 303 and BRMB, including joint shows with Gordon Astley, Mike Baker and Roger Day, and some gigs with KKJ, and at the age of 18 was being considered for a full time role in Independent Local Radio but his dad said "Son, go and get a proper job". So in 1983 Terry moved to Coventry and became an apprentice at GEC. To make extra money he became a nightclub DJ, and for fun he was involved with 2 land-based FM pirate stations in Coventry: Segway Sound and City FM. Terry had always been obsessed with pirate radio, and in those early Coventry days he listened to Radio Caroline and Laser 558 from afar, dreaming of a day when he could fulfil his dream of presenting on Radio Caroline. He recalls sending a demo tape to Radio Caroline in the early 80s, and it was sent back with a rejection letter. And that was that. Until COVID came along. Like everyone else Terry was locked down and had more time on his hands. He started putting shows together, he published them on Mixcloud to great reviews, he got picked up by a UK based internet radio station and did 6 months of "Terry's Real Gold" live radio every weekend. He also became the presenter of the syndicated Retro Charts weekly countdown. Then at last, some 42 years after starting out in radio, he felt confident enough to approach Radio Caroline, and he was offered the weekday early breakfast slot, from 6am to 7am UK time. Each morning Terry warms up for Tony Paul, another Beacon 303 graduate from the early 80s. Terry's first show was in March 2021, and since then he has built up a loyal set of early riser listeners, along with people all over the world.
14:00 - Josh Holmes-Bright (Sitting in)
19-year-old Josh has been on the radio for over five years, and he prides himself in having a music taste different to most people his age. Aged 13, Josh started his broadcasting career on the Drive Time show at his local community station, which quickly brought in experience. This experience saw Josh become a part of the team at Caroline Community Radio (now Caroline Coastal FM) as it first began broadcasting to the Maldon District and the Essex Coast. After several years of hard work here, Josh was promoted to Assistant Station Manager in 2023 and continues to run the station, organise events and scout new talent. In February 2022, Radio Caroline invited Josh onto the Ross Revenge for the monthly Radio Caroline North weekend - which resulted in him becoming the youngest ever DJ for the station. This became permanent as Josh took over the Countdown of Album Sounds, and now Josh is a regular on the Caroline North weekends as well as being heard on Thursday evenings. Josh won Gold at the 2023 Community Radio Awards in the 'Young Person of the Year' category for his work at Caroline Coastal FM. He was presented with the award at the ceremony in Newcastle, and was victorious amongst DJ's under the age of 25 from across the UK. Josh grew up listening to Radio Caroline and so enjoys every moment of his time hosting his shows, touring visitors around Ross Revenge and listening to stories about the offshore days from DJs he grew up listening to!
19:00 - Jerry Wright (Sitting in)
From a very tender age, Jerry tuned into Radio Caroline on his dad's portable Eveready Valve Radio and Westminster Radiogram and has been infected with the radio bug ever since. He joined Hospital Radio Maidstone in the 70s, and approached a number of stations looking for work. After working as a Volunteer Programme Assistant and Tape Reclaimer at BBC Radio Medway in Chatham Kent (now BBC Radio Kent) in 1981, Jerry scored a job working as Ships DJ on the Olau Finn and Olau Britannia MK1 for Olau Ferries Sheerness UK to Vlissingen NL which was the nearest he got to legally to playing music on The North Sea. Jerry started with Radio Caroline in January 1986 with Kevin Turner, Peter Phillips, and David Andrews, Andy Johnson, Fergie McNeil, Nigel Roberts and Ad Roberts and Ferry Eden to name but a few. On his very first day on the Ross Revenge very nearly poisoned the crew with a round of coffee made from "Sea Water" by mistake, and got bitten on the ankle by "Raffles" Peter Chicagos dog who hated people running about on the ship. After a final stint at sea on the Ross in 1990, Jerry joined Mellow 1557 in Frinton on Sea, and has been heard on Invicta FM/Supergold, KFM, TLR, Medway FM, European Klassik Rock, CTFM, KMfm, a brief stint on land-based Radio Caroline and the re-imagined EKR from Maidstone. In 2003 Jerry became the Late night voice of SW London spending 17 years at 107.8 Radio Jackie. You can now catch Jerry Live on Radio Caroline at 9pm on Friday evenings.