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Ian Chambers

Ian has been a music lover and record buyer for longer than he cares to remember. It gave him the excuse to have been making radio for over 4 decades now, setting up and running both East London Radio and Barts Radio. He loves bringing wonderful memories to Radio Mi Amigo on the LV18, both the hits and excellent album tracks.

Hear his past Radio Mi Amigo shows and a selection of other radio at – https://www.mixcloud.com/Ian_Radio/

You can hear Ian’s latest daytime show on Mondays at midday, repeated at 6pm. Ian also has an album orientated show on Sunday nights at 8pm, repeated at 2am each Sunday morning.

Contact Ian via our studio address:

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    BBC LV18 Mi Amigo The Pirates

    Johnnie Walker RIP

    The trustees of the Pharos Trust along with the management of Radio Mi Amigo are saddened to hear of the passing of Johnnie Walker who has been the Patron of The Trust for two decades.

    Johnnie’s illustrious career intersected with the LV18 during his many Pirate BBC Essex broadcasts. Those broadcasts were a part of our own foundation and paved the way for the success of our own projects.

    It was our privilege to receive a phone call for Johnnie on the 11th of August 2024 where he spoke live on Radio Mi Amigo with his former Radio Caroline and BBC colleague Keith ‘Cardboard Shoes’ Skues.

    Our thoughts are with his wife, Tiggy and his family at this sad time. He will be missed by all aboard the LV18.

    We broadcast the following obituary at 2200 & 2300 on New Years Eve.

    JW on board LV18 in 2009
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    Special shows

    Guitar Montage – answers

    Part way through Norman Barrington’s “Radio, Radio” show (Boxing Day) he played a montage of guitar rifts. A copy of that montage is available on the above link if you would like to hear it again.

    The answers ….

    01 All Right Now – Free
    02 Band On The Run – Paul McCartney & Wings
    03 Black Magic Woman – Santana
    04 Black Night – Deep Purple
    05 Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
    06 Brown Sugar – Rolling Stones
    07 Chicago – 25 Or 6 To 4!! [Alphanumeric trick]
    08 Cocaine – J J Cale
    09 Could You Be Loved – Bob Marley
    10 Daydream – The Lovin’ Spoonful
    11 Everybody’s Talkin’ – Nilsson
    12 Fly Like an Eagle – Steve Miller
    13 For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
    14 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) – George Harrison
    15 Heart of Gold – Neil Young
    16 Hocus Pocus – Focus
    17 I Can See For Miles – The Who
    18 I Can’t Explain – The Who
    19 I Can’t Tell You Why – The Eagles
    20 I Saw The Light – Todd Rundgren
    21 If You Could Read my Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
    22 I’m A Man – Spencer Davis
    23 In my Life – Beatles
    24 It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll – Rolling Stones
    25 Jet – Paul McCartney
    26 Keep On Running – Spencer Davis
    27 Lady D’Arbanville – Cat Stevens
    28 Layla – Derek & The Dominos
    29 Life In The Fast Lane -Eagles
    30 Life’s Been Good – Joe Walsh
    31 Light My Fire – José Feliciano
    32 Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers
    33 Looking For Clues – Robert Palmer
    34 Man Of The World – Fleetwood Mac
    35 Marrakesh Express – CSNY
    36 Maybe Tomorrow Maybe Tonight – Earth & Fire
    37 Need Your Love So Bad – Fleetwood Mac
    38 Oh Well-Part 1 – Fleetwood Mac
    39 On The Road Again – Canned Heat
    40 Oye Como Va – Santana
    41 Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone – The Temptations
    42 Pick Up The Pieces – AWB
    43 Positively 4th Street – Bob Dylan
    44 Reeling In The Years Steely Dan
    45 Rock ‘N’ Roll – Lou Reed Live
    46 Sail On, Sailor – Beach Boys
    47 Seagull – Incredible String Band
    48 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
    49 She’s Not There – Zombies
    50 Si Tu Dois Partir – Fairport Conventiom
    51 Sound and Vision – David Bowie
    52 Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
    53 Strange Brew – Cream
    54 Suite Judy Blue Eyes – CSNY
    55 Summer In The City – The Lovin’ Spoonful
    56 Sunny Afternoon – Kinks
    57 Take a Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed
    58 Teach Your Children – CSNY
    59 Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield
    60 Ventura Highway – America
    61 Whiskey In The Jar – Thin Lizzy
    62 Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin
    63 Woman From Tokyo – Deep Purple
    64 Woodstock – Matthews’ Southern Comfort;
    65 You Really Got Me – Kinks
    66 You Wear It Well – Rod Stewart
    67 Yours Is No Disgrace – Yes

    If you had a go – well done!

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    Harwich LV18 Mi Amigo Special shows

    New Years Eve 2024

    The sad news about the passing of Johnnie Walker arrived just two hours before our New Years Eve entertainment was due to start. One of our team recorded an obituary and we played it at 2200.

    Another year ends – have you read our review of 2024 on Radio Mi Amigo?

    We’ll be on the ship and in the studio at Midnight when the quayside fireworks and our lantern light up the Harwich Harbour sky. Maybe the ship’s bell will be rung as well? Yep, that is the ship’s bell!

    We have music for you:

    1800 US Artists Playlist
    2000 Fluff On The Radio – with John Cavanagh. First broadcast on Radio Mi Amigo in 2016. John takes on the persona of Fluff Freeman for two hours.
    2200 Steve Jenner takes you through to midnight.
    0000 Duke Anthony’s New Year Party
    0200 12″ Singles Playlist
    0300 Fluff On The Radio (rpt)
    0500 Mi Amigo Rock Playlist
    0700 Radio Mi Amigo Daytime

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    BBC Harwich LV18 Mi Amigo

    Review of 2024

    What a year!

    Retreating back into 2023 briefly: We had been able to refit our studio in mid to late 2023 and this persuaded the team that a 24/7 online radio station was viable. That launched with a live event at Christmas 2023.

    Neon Nancy in the studio

    Just two months later an arson attack on the LV18 caused havoc and our fledgling station was off the air. We were then faced with writing off the entire studio equipment having only just managed to configure it how we wanted it.

    (For more details about the fire and the ship see our ship’s website https://lv18.org/2024-in-review/ )

    Almost two weeks later we established a temporary studio off the ship and put Radio Mi Amigo back on the air.

    Somehow we managed to clean the ship so that a planned Radio Caroline 60th Anniversary event at Easter went ahead.

    The studio equipment that had been running from a temporary location was rebuilt on the ship just a day before the studio was broadcasting live shows.

    We were joined in the studio by Roger ‘Twiggy’ Day (top, left) and Keith Skues, both veterans of Radio Caroline in the 1960s

    Steve Scruton did a live BBC Essex broadcast from the LV18 on Easter Saturday.

    A special live event was held on 23rd June, hosted in the Mi Amigo studio by Garry Lee. This was the first time anyone had openly discussed the arson attack on our station.

    We reconvened in the studio for our August live event. This was held the weekend before the 14/08 anniversary, and ran 9th to the 11th.

    On the 11th, however, Keith Skues received a call from Johnny Walker during his Sunday afternoon show. That call has been recorded and is available on this site.

    There were a number of special radio shows during the late summer and autumn, including an August 14th special and a themed Halloween night which included a show from Stephen ‘Foz’ Foster.

    One of the biggest events of the year was the Radio London 60th Anniversary in December. This took several months of planning in order to secure all the relevant permissions.

    Radio Mi Amigo was one year old at Christmas 2024 but remains focussed on providing the best music content of the 60s and 70s whilst remembering the important role that the pirates played in UK media.Station personnel at December 2024:
    Station Manager – Tony O’Neil
    Programme Director – Heather O’Neil
    Studio Engineer – Shiraz Turvey
    Email studio@lv18radio.uk

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    Mi Amigo Special shows

    Radio, Radio – Guitar Montage

    A guitar montage will be played during the “Radio, Radio” show by Norman Barrington at 0900 & 2100 on Radio Mi Amigo on Boxing Day December 27th 2024.

    There’s further chances to hear the guitar montage below.

    Answers will be available here from 31st December.

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    Mi Amigo Special shows The Pirates

    Photos from the Radio London 60th weekend

    The studio sleeps – all quiet the night before the long weekend

    Friday 20th December 2024

    Almost a full page in the weekly local newspaper
    Duke Anthony (left) interviews Tony O’Neil
    A BBC record case, what could that possibly mean?
    Dave Kent takes the late shift on Friday night

    Saturday 21st December 2024

    Keith Skues checks his script
    Olly KInvig (left) at the desk, Heather O’Neil producing and Keith Skues
    Olly KInvig (left) at the desk, Heather O’Neil producing and Keith Skues
    Chris Cooper after dark
    Shiraz Turvey (studio engineer) in the ship’s mess.
    Rick Marks at the desk

    Sunday 22nd December 2023

    The production team for Keith Skues’ Sunday show – Shiraz Turvey (left, engineer), Olly Kinvig (obscured, at the desk), Heather O’Neil (producer) and the legendary Keith Skues.
    Shiraz Turvey at her laptop monitoring incoming emails
    Olly Kinvig (left) Heather O’Neil & Keith Skues
    Duke Anthony sports a genuine Marquee t-shirt for his Sunday teatime show.
    Duke Anthony (left) interviewing Keith Skues. The Duke had just played a message to Keith from former Radio London colleague Norman St John.,
    At our Xmas dinner Keith was asked to send a visual message back to Norman St John, but was a little surprised. Heather O’Neil assists.
    Dave Kent takes the late shift again

    Monday 23rd December 2024

    The final live show of the extended long weekend was managed by Duke Anthony (left) with a few studio guests: Chris Cooper (centre, bottom), Tony’s O’Neil, Heather O’Neil & Keith Skues.
    Duke’s final t-shirt of the anniversary weekend includes the words “back to the boozer”. This t-shirt was owned by the late Dave Cash, and gifted to Duke by Dave’s widow Sarah Cash on 14 August 2017 in Harwich (the day when Dave Cash’ ashes were spread in the River Stour next to the LV18 & Ha’Penny Pier by Sarah and Johnny Walker).

    Many thanks to all the presenters and the support team who made this event a success.

    The Pharos Trust also wishes to thank Ray Anderson (radiofab.com) and Chris & Mary Payne (radiolondon.co.uk) for their kind assistance and support – without whom this radio event wouldn’t have been possible.

    And, many many thanks to everyone who contacted the station during the weekend – we have never had so many emails or messages!

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    Mi Amigo Special shows

    Christmas Schedule on Radio Mi Amigo

    Christmas Eve

    0700 Paul Ross
    0800 Neon Nancy
    0900 Gordon Bathgate
    1000 Chris Morgan
    1100 Jeff Martin
    1200 Pete Nightingale
    1300 Paul Windsor
    1400 Gordon Bathgate
    1500 Kevin Dinnigan – Australian Sounds of 70s
    1600 Mi Amigo Dutch Playlist
    1700 Olly Kinvig
    1900 Paul Windsor – When Tamla Motown Came To The UK
    2000 Mi Amigo Christmas Playlist
    2100 Kevin Dinnigan – UK Number 1s of the 1970s
    2200 Mi Amigo Rock Playlist

    Christmas Day

    0000 Mi Amigo Christmas overnight
    0700 Chris Cooper
    0800 Olly Kinvig
    1000 Jeff Martin
    1200 Paul Windsor
    1300 Rick Marks
    1400 Kevin Dinnigan – Burt Bacharach
    1500 Jeff Martin’s Old Fashioned Christmas
    1600 Radio East Boys
    1700 Kevin Matthews
    1800 Chris Morgan
    1900 Robin Dee Offshore Special
    2100 Mi Amigo Dutch Playlist
    2200 Chris B & Friends

    Boxing Day

    0700 Mi Amigo Rock Playlist
    0900 Norman Barrington – Radio, Radio, A Personal Perspective
    1200 Mi Amigo Rock Playlist
    1400 Paul Windsor – When Tamla Motwon Came to the UK
    1500 Mi Amigo 12″ Playlist
    1600 Mi Amigo Dutch Playlist
    1700 Mi Amigo US artists Playlist
    1900 Chris B At Christmas
    2100 Norman Barrington – Radio, Radio, A Personal Perspective

    December 27th

    0000 Rick Marks
    0100 Reverend Rabbit
    0300 Robin Dee
    0400 Chris Cooper
    0500 Paul Windsor
    0600 Garry Lee

    Our usual weekend schedule takes over!Please note that the above Christmas schedule may need to change at short notice.

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    Mi Amigo

    Mi Amigo Christmas Channel

    1960s & 1970s classic Christmas tracks for you

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    LV18 Mi Amigo Special shows The Pirates

    Radio London 60th Anniversary Broadcast Schedule

    Friday 20th December

    1200 Duke Anthony
    1400 Olly Kinvig
    1600 Chris Cooper
    1800 Steve Jenner’s Big L Fab Forty Top 3 Hits
    2000 Rick Marks
    2200 Diamond Dave Kent
    Midnight – Radio Mi Amigo overnight

    Saturday 21st December

    0700 Olly Kinvig
    1000 Steve Jenner’s Big L Fab Forty Top 3 Hits
    1200 Tim Wardley Sound of the 60s
    1400 ** Keith Skues **
    1600 Chris Cooper
    1800 Robin Dee’s Perfumed Garden
    2000 Rick Marks
    2200 Duke Anthony
    Midnight Keith Skues 23 July 1967 “The Radio London Story”
    0200 Keith Skues last Radio London Show (25th July 1967)
    0400 Chris Cooper
    0500 Paul Windsor
    0600 Chris Morgan

    Sunday 22nd December

    0700 Olly Kinvig
    1000 Rick Marks
    1200 Chris Cooper
    1400 ** Keith Skues **
    1600 Duke Anthony
    1900 Paul Windsor –  Radio London at Christmas
    2200 Diamond Dave Kent
    Midnight – Radio Mi Amigo overnight

    Monday 23rd December

    0600 Olly Kinvig
    0900 Big L with Mandy Marton & Big Al
    1000 Duke Anthony
    1200 Ian Chambers December ’64
    1300 Ray Anderson
    1400 Big L with Mandy Marton & Big Al (rpt)
    1500 Radio London Story with Keith Skues
    1900 Ian Chambers December ’64 (rpt)
    2100 Ray Anderson (rpt)
    2200 Radio Mi Amigo

    This is a live radio event. The above schedule may need to change at short notice. Last updated 1330 23rd December 2024.

    Radio London 60th Anniversary

    We still need funds to recover from the arson attack on our ship in February 2024. If you can, please support our appeal.
    https://www.gofundme.com/f/lv18-restoration-fund