Spangles Muldoon

Spangles Muldoon (5 October 1946 – 29 February 2008), real name Chris Cary, was a radio broadcaster best known for his work on British offshore radio stations Radio Caroline and Radio North Sea International. He died in February 2008, aged 61 after suffering from a stroke.

Cary was a key figure in the British rock music radio revolution of the 1960s. Cary was one of the DJs who broadcast from the offshore pirate radio ship Radio Caroline in 1967 and 1968. At its peak the station had 23 million listeners. In the 1970s Cary was a DJ on RNI before a stint at Radio Luxembourg.Chris worked on Radio Caroline when they came back on air in 1972 after being in port of Amsterdam for 5 years (since 1968) and later went to Radio Luxenbourg 208 m in 1975 and stayed there until around 1978.Cary was one of the DJs who broadcast from the offshore pirate radio ship Radio Caroline in 1967 and 1968. At its peak the station had 23 million listeners. In the 1970s Cary was a DJ on RNI before a stint at Radio Luxembourg. He operated Compshop in North London in the late 1970s. In 1980 Cary went to Ireland with Robbie Robinson to set up Sunshine Radio. In 1981 he returned to Ireland again to set up Radio Nova, which was the most successful commercial Top 40 radio station in Ireland to date in terms of professionalism and listenership. Many of the programming philosophies on Nova were based around Los Angeles station KIIS-FM.He operated Compshop in North London in the late 1970s. In 1978 Cary went to Ireland with Robbie Robinson and DJ Roger Swann to set up Sunshine Radio with the stated objective of broadcasting to holidaymakers in Majorca. The cars they travelled in (a Lincoln Continental and a Mercedes) contained much of the broadcasting equipment that they intended to fit to an ancient wooden keeled sloop. Unfortunately the Mercedes broke down on the M1 but the Lincoln Continental made it to Larne where the "radio ship" was being prepared. DJ Roger Swann left after 10 days or so and ended up working on the voice of Peace and the pirate radio ship didn't make further than Dublin... The final fate of the radio ship is unknown but rumor has it that some broadcasts to the Irish republic were made from the ship.

His son Nico Cary is a British triathlete and World Record Holder,Marathon Man Gets All Social
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2008 deaths
Offshore radio broadcasters
Pirate radio personalities
1946 births

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