Started in student radio in 1984 and won a Radio One student radio award for best DJ programme. He has broadcast under a number of different names including Andy Bradgate, Colin Mueslibar and Malcolm Smith. His irreverent style made him probably one of the most popular RadioCaroline DJs of the 90s. In addition to numerous appearances on Radio Caroline, he has worked on Sunshine Radio in Luxembourg and Contact 94 in France (before it closed down) and the Album Zone on Merlin Network One. He is the regular compere on the main stage at the Ashton Court Festival and has also compered the Bath International Music Festival.

satan@carolinerocks.com

Evani's passion for (and knowledge of) guitar-based music is matched by few in the rural north Somerset village where he lives with his three chickens. Evani was a North Sea pirate DJ with the original Radio Caroline at the end of the 1980s, boadcasting under the name Ian Palmer (why?) He fondly remembers that it was live on air that he first heard the Stone Roses. He went on to operate a pirate station in Sheffield in the early 1990s before moving to the West Country. Claim to fame: His mother was the girlfriend of (and proposed to by) dodgy 1960s crooner Vince Hill ("let me take you by the hand and lead you through the ... etc.")

evani@carolinerocks.com

Foxy is one the most experienced of the Radio Caroline team, having been involved in radio since the early eighties. He cut his teeth under the guise of the legendary Johnnie Walker and has worked with the likes of Bob Harris, Dave Cash and even sports reporter Jonathan Pearce! His encyclopedic knowledge of music and 'rock' in particular suits the Radio Caroline style and he has interviewed all the rock greats including Ozzy, Lemmy, Robert Plant and even current flavours of the moment, The Darkness. He worked on the famous Radio Caroline broadcasts of 1997/98 on the afternoon shows and throughout the nineties was Ents. Manager at the Bristol Bierkeller, booking acts like Primal Scream, Blur, Smashing Pumpkins and the only Bristol gigs for both Nirvana and the Stone Roses. Foxy's the one on the left, by the way ...

foxy@carolinerocks.com

The Weasel joined the Radio Caroline team for the broadcasts in Bristol onboard the Thekla in the 90s. His Friday night shows were a cocktail of new alternative sounds and classics from the vault. He's a dark and secretive dude. His favourite colour is black (there are other colours???), he plays sounds you've never heard before from bands you'll have to seek out for yourself. But he likes to throw in familiar gems from Nirvana, Prodigy, Eminem, Darkness, Hot Hot Heat and Mankato to name but a few, with a healthy dollop of the Jesus and Mary Chain just for fun. One word says it all: strewth!

weasel@carolinerocks.com

Padski rids the world of evil ...

He has an extremely broad taste in music which is daily enhanced by the tastes of his 4 year old son. He has been a DJ for 17 years, with such credits from Manchester & Leeds '87-'93 as Haze, The Electric Banana, Velvet, Lobotomy and Throb to his name. He moved to the West Country in 1994 and since then has been seen around Bristol on a very sporadic basis with nights Velvet, Candy and The Basement. The Quiet Storm will showcase mellow grooves from any period he thinks will provide succour & delight to his listeners. On the A side - expect the unusual but expect Pixies, Velvets & Julian Cope - on the flip side - this guy used to be a Mountie!

padski@carolinerocks.com

Mel has been on and off the radio since 1989. In between times, she has endured years of Bristol Call Centre Hell, the Britpop wars, worked three years behind the counter at Imperial Music, got a degree in Electronics Engineering and now designs safety critical signals on the railways. Best gig in 2003? Either PJ Harvey at the Eden Project or Will Oldham in Camden. Or Stephen Malkmus at the Anson Rooms. She likes iPods, ebay, cop shows, guinea pigs and Bedminster. Mel loves: Sonic Youth, Palace Brothers, Franz Ferdinand(already), Royal Trux, Captain Beefheart, Fourtet, anything on Drag City, Def Jux or Domino records, Neil Young, Sleater Kinney, Mogwai, QOTSA, The Rapture, Le Tigre, Beck, The Beach Boys, Gillian Welch, Boards of Canada, Trail of Dead, the Fiery Furnaces, Yeah Yeah Yeahs ... have I covered enough bases yet? Can I stop now? She hates Travis.

mel@carolinerocks.com

Fry's fledgling radio career has taken him from Shropshire to Abersytwyth and back, before settling in Bristol to work across a number of BBC networks and the city's own Commonwealth FM. As a player in bands, and attender at gigs, Fry promises to throw in the best of the home-grown talent along with his first love of loud spiky guitar bands such as Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, The Datsuns and Kings of Leon with something a little more sympathetic before 8am! Early starts aren't a problem, which is handy really...

c/o enquiries@carolinerocks.com (please mark 'fao: Fry')

Ron Oxford is quite simply a cheese-purveyor. A fromage fetishist if you will. A former pipe fitter from Mansfield he won £60,000 on the Vernons Pools in 1976. He was determined it would change his life. He has a passion for knocked-off bling bling and can often be seen in a fake tigerskin coat and diamante jewellery. His wish was granted - he never wore those when he was a fitter. Car - Orange Reliant Robin presented to him on his 50th birthday by children Don & Yvonne. Unable to move with the times Ron finds himself stuck in a world of crooners, film themes and low tempo tat. But he's a passionate guy, and for that we salute him. Interesting fact: Ron once guest-hosted an episode of Bullseye, appropriately re-styled Ron Oxford's Bullseye.

oxford@carolinerocks.com

Simon Nunn is a veteran of the two previous Caroline Bristol broadcasts. Having decided that all UK music radio was evil he has not DJ'd since but is happy to be returning now that, at last, a proper station is back on the air. This time he will be playing a swampy mix of garage rock, alt country and messed up Americana. Expect to hear the White Stripes, the Soledad Brothers, John Spencer and The Cramps as well as the Handsome Family, Calexico and Johnny Cash. Do not expect to hear Coldplay, Radiohead or any wacky competition ideas.

simon@carolinerocks.com

Vicky has fond memories of her past stints on Radio Caroline. Once, the Police interrupted her breakfast show and started doing a fingertip search between records after one of the presenters had been reported missing (later found safe in Portishead). Oh, and there was the time when the Aphex Twin were doing a set downstairs in the Thekla ... Banging it was ... So banging, everything she played jumped all over the shop. Having not done radio for a while now, the promise of an early start to do the breakfast show Mondays and Wednesdays and the smell of boat diesel was just too good to refuse. Expect everything that is lovely in the glitzy world of indie/alt rock. She'll try and be gentle.

vicky@carolinerocks.com

Little John is one of the country's top 1960's experts with a library that extends to many thousands of vintage 45's and LP's. After many years touring with some of the UK's wildest rock bands, John now DJ's at Popcorn which runs alongside Espionage every Saturday on the Thekla.

c/o enquiries@carolinerocks.com (please mark 'fao: John')

Suzanna van Moyland presents The Funk Show on Saturday afternoons and a Christmas Morning Soul Special. The Funk Show contains a wealth of features: In Close Relationships, musicians and specialists explore the links between funk and other music genres; Tough Stuff gives rare airplay to funk reflecting the harsher realities of life; there’s funk from around the globe and funk from Bristol; and take your seats for Bernie’s Catwalk of Funk.

svm@carolinerocks.com

George is a veteran of the Bristol Indie scene. A founder of Bristol's original Indie night, The Kandi Klub, and with a lineage that includes Highland Scots, Yorkshire, Cornish and Breton French, he's as mixed up as his music. (see photo!). George has been a Caroline DJ on our last two broadcasts and can be seen regularly at The Cooler with Klub Kute, the bastard offspring of The Kandi Klub. George's club credits, in addition to Kandi and Kute, include Purple Heart, Raw and Badlands. His fave bands are JAMC, Smiths, Wild Swans, Debussy and a touch of Northern Soul. Please note: Much Alcohol has flowed since this snap was taken!

c/o enquiries@carolinerocks.com (please mark 'fao: George')

Descended from a long line of his father’s that his mother fell for, Colin Ogg was born into what was to be the start of early childhood. He got his first showbiz break at the age of five in the late 1960’s when he appeared regularly on television in the “Go To Work On An Egg” commercials. He has worked as an actor, technician, writer, voiceover artist and dancer (once) in theatre, film, television and radio in the UK, Hong Kong and the US. He currently lives in Bristol in a moderately terraced house overlooking the rent.

ogg@carolinerocks.com

A new recruit to the Caroline Rocks FM team, Titus has been involved in radio and the music industry - in one form or another - for most of his working life (we'll gloss over the few years in corporate sales, OK?) He's broadcast on various stations since the late 70s (debuting on Capital's Junior DJ spot, but he asked us to keep that quiet), including the Breakfast Show on Bath's Torch FM. Titus managed a couple of Bristol record stores in the late 80s, was one of the local Pinnacle Records reps for a decade, and can currently be found writing reviews for Record Collector and other publications and doing voiceover and audio production work, amongst other projects. His musical tastes are wide and eclectic, or as he puts it "if it's good, I like it". That saves us printing a directory of acts he's likely to play on the Breakfast Show! He's often referred to (affectionately?) as an anorak, and has been asked to be a "Phone A Friend" on more than one occasion. This must prove something, but we don't know what.

titus@carolinerocks.com

Noel Kelly talks, writes and performs in exchange for money. Some of these things have included starring in two series of ITV1's Reality Bites, presenting bits of BBC's Watchdog and modelling menswear for the Japanese (all of them). Noel has also taught at London's exciting Goldsmiths College, talked on Radio 4 and Greater London Radio, restored examples of 11th century stonework and done lots and lots and lots of stand-up comedy. Noel has written for and worked alongside Radio 1's Mark and Lard.

He is 6' 4", blessed with long tresses of beautiful blond hair and has a 32FF chest - yum, yum, yum ...

noel@carolinerocks.com

Matt Blackwell had been arguing loudly about football in pubs for fifteen years before being thrust onto the airwaves as Commonwealth FM's Premiership pundit. As a commited Evertonian, Matt is looking forward to violently disagreeing with co-presenters Fry Benitez and Andy Gallagher on
Caroline Rocks' football show, The Beautiful Game. Matt has also played guitar in local bands for far too long to mention - "I've not any got any better over the years ...but I have got louder".

beautifulgame@carolinerocks.com

Phil started his career on the first ever all women's radio station - he was producing the Men's Hour show on this RSL in 1992 in Bristol. Since then, a broad and varied career has seen Phil gain recognition (and awards) in broadcasting, including national and local BBC commissions and commercial radio production. A few years at BBC Radio Bristol saw him progress to his role as producer and presenter of Bristol's only community based show for Bristol's Star 107.2 FM. Having worked over the last ten years as far afield as South Africa, Swaziland, Austria and Canada, Phil has gained vast experience in many aspects of broadcasting. Despite being 6' 4" and blonde, Phil is still single!

phil@carolinerocks.com

Since Jo started working in radio two years ago she has had the opportunity to work on everything from presenting and producing live news broadcasts, producing and editing pre-recorded pieces, presenting topical shows and recently had a great time producing and co-presenting a daily morning show with Bristol's popular radio and TV presenter Sherrie Eugine. She has been producing Phil Gibbons' community radio show on Bristol's Star 107.2 FM on Sunday mornings and also works with Phil on a community radio project in Bristol called Radio19. When she's not working on radio, she's listening to it. She's definitely got the bug.

c/o phil@carolinerocks.com (please mark 'fao: Jo')

Music and football, is there a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon? Andy has spent the last twenty years trying to come up with an alternative, the nearest he has got to it? Sunny days and cheap cider ... expect neither.

beautifulgame@carolinerocks.com