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Dave Collins
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Career
His real name is David Young. After leaving school, worked as a carpenter/joiner for Liverpool City Council. In his spare time, he worked on various landbased pirate radio stations in Liverpool such as Radio Elenore(he was owner/programme manager after Peanut Kenny decided to quit radio).
He also spent a short period of time working on American Broadcasting Company Radio in Dublin in the early 80"son
The Voice of Peace
In 1984, he decided to go to Israel to join The Voice of Peace radio station for one year. He was known on the peace station run by Abie Nathan and broadcast from the East Mediterranean as Paul Rogers, the same name he used for Radio Elenore in Liverpool.
Radio Caroline
On the world famous station Radio Caroline, he was the first to be heard on the radio in the early hours of 7 August 1985 where he used the name Dave Collins for the first time as the station already had a DJ with a similar family name, Delegate Rogers. Caroline DJs on board the ship at this historic time included Susan Charles, Peter Philips, Johnny Lewis and David Andrews in addition to Dave Collins.
Others
Following Radio Caroline, he enjoyed another spell In Ireland, on the breakfast show at Radio West in Mullingar and then more than a dozen radio stations in the United Kingdom. He has been presenter and at times head of music at many radio stations in the United Kingdom including Radio Top Shop in Newcastle and Liverpool, Marcher Sound in Wrexham, Radio City in Liverpool, Red Rose in Preston, CFM Carlisle and Wire FM and even had a stint in programme management at The Bay in Lancaster and Alpha FM in Darlington.
More recently, he has worked as Account Manager for Yorkshire Coast Radio and Minster FM and Sales Account Manager for Viking FM/Magic 1161. Dave also broadcast again on Caroline, from a ship docked at Albert Dock in Liverpool from March 31st 2014. This was a RSL called Caroline North Liverpool on 87.7FM. Personal life
In February 2008, after leaving Wire FM, he went on a travelling around the world with his partner.
He currently lives in Brussels and is responsible for sales at various European English speaking radio stations.
He also presents a weekly show on Radio Seagull www.radioseagull.com on Dictionary of American Biography+ and 1602AM.
