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Roger Mathews on Spirit of the 70's
Roger Mathews on Spirit of the 70's
Roger Mathews on Spirit of the 70's
By Roger Mathews on Spirit of the 70's
Music London 2 Followers   4 Episodes
Roger Mathews Born in Birmingham, birthday 30th March, Roger got his taste for radio while serving in the RAF. He was posted to a base near Ipswich which had its own cable network called WFN (Wattisham Forces Network). Also on the station was Brian Martin. After leaving the RAF Roger joined Caroline in November 1976, as an engineer as well as a disc-jockey. Together with Stuart Russell, Roger set a record by working on board for a continuous thirteen weeks and six days (from 29th October 1977 to 3rd February 1978). In October 1978, while he was on shore-leave, the station closed down. This turned out to be one of the occasional interruptions to normal service which Caroline suffered throughout the seventies. Roger returned to the Mi Amigo to help prepare the ship for resumption of service. However in January 1979 he and four others had to be taken off by lifeboat when the vessel appeared to be sinking. (It didn't until some time later. The station returned to the air at Easter 1979.) During that summer Roger appeared on Caroline Roadshows in the Benelux and presented one further show on Caroline on 29th June. He was later heard on a couple of stations in Ireland and Sunshine Radio in Shropshire (using... more
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