Peter Philips Known as “The World Service” because of his well-spoken BBC-ish tones, Peter joined Radio Caroline in February 1985. His dry humour and distinctive voice made him an offshore radio favourite and Peter was one of the main-stays of Caroline during the mid-eighties. As Programme Controller, he was responsible for the station's shift from playing purely album music to being more pop-oriented. The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame asked Peter about his career: “I started in radio on the Voice of Peace in 1978 - Kenny Page gave me my first job, bless him - and I learned my trade out there off the coast of Israel, working with people like Kenny, Crispian St.John, Mark Lawrence, Brian Martin, Mike Stevens and others. I was invited to go out to the Mi Amigo but she sank before I was able to take up the invitation so I went to Italy and worked on Radio Nova International there for a while. I passed through one or two London landbased pirates in the early eighties, including Radio Jackie where I stayed until they were raided in 1984, after which I went back out to sea, finally joining Radio Caroline. (Station founder) Ronan (O'Rahilly) asked me to re-programme the station; the idea originally was that Tom Anderson and I would do it jointly, and we sat in an office together for many weeks chewing over ideas and drawing up lists of music. Tom decided eventually to set up an entirely different service on 963 which he called ‘Caroline Overdrive’, leaving me to programme 576 (later to become 558). Kevin Turner later joined and took that responsibility when I was on shore. I also did the Breakfast Show and read the news, and did a bit of mast climbing and such when the occasion arose - one might as well stay busy while sitting on a ship at anchor! Not that it's of much interest to an offshore radio website, but I left Caroline in May 1988 and worked for Invicta Radio in Kent for a few months, followed by a quick stint on Blue Danube Radio in Vienna before joining Breeze AM in Essex, where I stayed for five years. That was followed by BBC Radio Kent, which is where I am now (March 2015).” Since writing this Peter has retired from the BBC. He can currently be heard on the internet station Radio Jupiter. more