Spangles Muldoon
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Spangles Muldoon, real name Chris Cary, was a radio broadcaster best known for his work on British offshore radio station Radio Caroline
. Cary was a key figure in the British rock music radio revolution of the 1960s. He was born in Chester
, U.K., on 5 October 1946 and died on 29 February 2008, in Tenerife
, Spain
, after suffering from two strokes. He had two sons William and Nick Cary.
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
(Ireland), 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
.
Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly...
. Cary was a key figure in the British rock music radio revolution of the 1960s. He was born in Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
, U.K., on 5 October 1946 and died on 29 February 2008, in Tenerife
Tenerife
Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the seven Canary Islands, it is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 km² and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, after suffering from two strokes. He had two sons William and Nick Cary.
Cary was one of the DJs who broadcast from the offshore pirate radio ship Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline is an English radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly...
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
Radio Nova
Radio Nova may refer to one of several different radio stations, among them:*Nova , a network of radio stations in Australia:** Nova 96.9 , Sydney 96.9 FM** Nova 100 , Melbourne 100.3 FM** Nova 106.9 , Brisbane 106.9 FM...
(Ireland), 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
KIIS-FM
KIIS-FM is a Los Angeles, California, USA-based radio station with a partial Top 40 musical format. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications. KIIS is also simulcasted on KVVS in Rosamond, at 105.5 MHz...
.