Steve Kent Steve's first legitimate job in broadcasting was answering the telephones for Capital Radio's overnight phone-in programmes but he had also been heard, alongside other Caroline DJs Don Stevens and Kelvin Carter/James Ross, on the London landbased pirate Radio Dynamite, for which he was prosecuted under the Wireless Telegraphy Act. Steve joined Radio Caroline in July 1976 during his college vacation. Writing of his first trip out to the Mi Amigo, he says “I did it on my own - no other DJs were going out and in typical Caroline fashion I had to meet someone in the railway station café at Ostend. My contact was only six hours late, spoke no English and in some way managed to communicate that we were not in fact leaving that day at all! Still it was at least more secure than loading TVs, records etc. onto a fishing boat in full view of the Trinity House guys at Harwich (which happened on a later occasion).” Steve left the ship in August to resume his studies. He returned in December 1976 for a month and again in July 1977. On 29th August 1977 he was taken off the ship by lifeboat after falling ill, although his last show, on tape, was broadcast a couple of days after the event. He later ran a small record label and managed a pop group before embarking on a career in journalism. He now runs a book publishing company. In 2025 he returned to broadcasting when he joined Torbay Radio. (Many thanks to Steve for his help and this photo.)more