Dave Collins is a British radio DJ who has broadcast across a number of radio stations in his career including

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and

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and a dozen radio stations in the UK.

Career

Dave was born in Liverpool and worked as a carpenter/joiner for Liverpool City Council. He gained a City and Guilds qualification in his trade. 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 ABC Radio in Dublin in the early 1980s and on Radio West in Mullingar in Ireland. ;The Voice of Peace In 1984, he joined The Voice of Peace radio station in Israel. He was known on the peace station run by

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and broadcast from the East Mediterranean as Paul Rogers, the same name he used on Radio Elenore in Liverpool. ;Radio Caroline On Radio Caroline, he was the first to be heard on the radio in the early hours of 7 August 1985 as Dave Collins. ;Others Following Radio Caroline, he worked in Ireland, on the breakfast show at Radio West in Mullingar and then working in the UK on more than a dozen radio stations. He has presented at radio stations in the UK including Marcher Sound in Wrexham, Radio City in Liverpool, Red Rose in Preston, CFM Carlisle and

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. Moving also in radio management, he was Head Of Presentation at CFM, Programme Controller at The Bay in Lancaster and Programme Manager at Alpha FM in Darlington. After this period in radio presenting and management, he moved into sales roles including media sales in York at The Press newspaper and radio sales as Sales Accounts Manager for Yorkshire Coast Radio in Scarborough, Minster FM in York and Viking FM/Magic 1161 in Hull. Following his days in offshore radio on Radio Caroline, VOP and Radio Seagull, Young has also been included in The Pirate Radio Hall Of Fame. ;Personal life In February 2008, after leaving Wire FM, he went travelling around the world with his partner.RadioToday: Dave Collins goes travelling
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Dave British radio DJs 1962 births Living people Radio presenters from Liverpool