Dave is a Kentish man by birth. Dave's early adventure in broadcasting was with North Sea "pirate" Radio Caroline. Back on dry land, Dave worked as a DJ in the Irish Republic where he got a job with ABC Radio in County Waterford. Then it was over to the Cote D'Azur for Riviera Radio, and back to the UK for Radio Wyvern. More recently he worked for KFM in Tonbridge as a Breakfast Presenter. In between presenting shows for EKR he works for the British Forces Broadcasting Service presenting the station's "Gold" output.

Bob started his working life in the newspaper industry where he progressed to Production Manager. But during this time, Bob's attention was really focussed on radio and he spent hours listening in to his favourite broadcasters and stations. As his interest matured he got involved with Kingston Hospital Radio as a hobby where he became Station Manager for five years. This led to meeting up with some of the land-based pirates of the day where his hobby took him a stage further on stations such as Radio Jackie. Inevitably, a period on the legendary Radio Caroline followed. Bob had made a sufficient enough impression in the pirate market to eventually attract a job offer of some professional weekend programmes at Coast AM which was later to become Invicta Supergold. From there he progressed to weekend breakfast and ultimately a full-time job presenting the weekday breakfast show.

The rest is history - Bob stayed with the Invicta Group for a total of eight years where he saw three changes of ownership, twelve Programme Controllers and several dozen presenters come and go. European Klassik Rock has been extremely fortunate to have been able to attract Bob Mower as the Programme Controller of its presentation team. His length and breadth of experience will assist European Klassik Rock in forging a steady path into the future of broadcasting.

Nigel is another seasoned radio professional. In fact, he went straight from school to work on Radio Caroline and became a regular presenter right up to the station's final broadcasts in the early 90s. In 1991, Nigel travelled to Tel Aviv and became a presenter on the Voice of Peace for 6 months prior to returning to the UK to work for Invicta FM. He broadcast on Kent's local commercial station for five years before moving to Essex. Here he worked for the Essex Radio Group and presented shows for a number of the Group's stations including Essex FM, The Breeze and Oasis FM. Nigel joined European Klassik Rock in the Spring of 1998.

Whilst working for French Railways as a travel courier, Mark regularly made announcements over tannoy systems. During this time one of the guards said, "you're good at that - you should work for the BBC." This struck Mark as a good idea and the next day he joined the local hospital radio station to get some experience. The rest is history and since that eventful day, Mark has spent 12 years working in the radio business. He has been heard on numerous stations such as Red Dragon FM, Chiltern Radio, Radio City, Radio Hallam and Virgin Radio. Mark has been with European Klassik Rock since late Spring 1998 and is very enthusiastic about the music on the station. "I've enjoyed working on radio ever since I started" he says, "but I've never had the opportunity to play so much great music before". Away from radio Mark is a seasoned traveller. He has visited every country in Europe with the exceptions of Iceland, Luxembourg, Turkey and Finland (which are still on the list). Whilst music is Mark's main passion, he is also keen on comedy, ice cream and Liverpool Football Club. His ambition is to read his own obituary!

Mark Collins
Evening Show

Mark Stafford's radio career stretches back to the late 1970s. He started off in the world of shortwave "free radio". During the 70s and 80s he was the Station Manager of Atlanta Radio - recognised as one of Europe's free radio stations. In 1982 Mark set up the International service of Radio Boulogne. He has also worked for North East Community Radio in Scotland and Invicta FM. Throughout the 1990s Mark has been involved with numerous RSLs including East Kent Radio. He now presents the 8pm to Midnight spot on European Klassik Rock on a weekday evening and Sunday night. Mark is also the 'main man' behind the great music you can hear on European Klassik Rock. Modestly, Mark explains "well, I think it's because I had more records than anyone else." Nobody would deny he certainly has some good ones!

John is an Essex man and he started off his working life as an accountant for a merchant bank. However, much of his spare time was spent working for his local hospital radio station. When the chance eventually came to get in to professional radio he lost his tie and brolly in favour of more casual attire as a DJ at Guildford's Delta Radio. From here he has steadily carved himself a career at bigger and bigger stations, first moving to Essex Radio and then London's Heart 106.2. Now he is broadcasting to Europe on European Klassik Rock. When not working "on-air", John can often be found supporting his football team West Ham United - home of the San Siro of the West End. Often he will be heard shouting for the "Irons" losing his voice in the process. Fortunately, his dulcet tones always manage to reappear in time for his radio programmes!

Even as a baby, His Most Majestic Self was rocking, according to his parents Joe and Dorothy Pastermak! Not long afterwards, he was yelling something resembling Rock 'n' Roll, playing "pretend radio" when most kids were playing with Sindy & Ken! By the age of 11 he'd graduated to school dances. The Emp's future was sealed! He kicked off his UK career back in the 60s on Radio Caroline, taken on board the 'Mi Amigo' off the Essex coast by the boss himself, Ronan O'Rahilly.

The Emp rocked and rolled across the waves and airwaves experiencing one of his most embarrassing moments when his Minah bird Alfie swore explicitly live on air. Rosko later found out that Alfie had received a little private coaching from the Caroline team during his vacation! Within 1 year, "Le President Rosko" was THE number 1 on French radio. Rosko's big break came when he was approached by BBC Radio 1. British radio had never heard anything like his "Midday Spin" before! In the 1970s Rosko was admired and copied by every up and coming DJ in the land. "Rosko's Round Table" was the time to rock with The Emp! In 1978 Rosko returned to LA to be with his father. Says Rosko "Dad had Parkinson's Disease and was no longer working. I wanted to be with him 'till the end. I had never been there with him as a kid - he sent me to Europe for an education and a career. It was a satisfying end for dad knowing I was around him and Mum." Rosko has now started to rebuild his UK career from sunny California, and is now once again heard all over the UK and Europe. "VIVE LE PRESIDENT!"

Alton is another one of European Klassik Rock's presenters who has done a spell on Radio Caroline (it's compulsory isn't it). Following this spell at sea in the mid 80s, Alton moved to Radio Top Shop in Oxford Circus which he recalls as being one of the best jobs he has had as the radio studios were situated just by the girls' changing rooms - the mind boggles! Nonetheless, it seems that this attraction was not enough and that the "sand and sea" elements were missing because Alton next moved on to the Cote D'Azur during 1985 to present on Riviera Radio. In October 1986, he was given the chance to go and work for the mighty 208 Radio Luxembourg - a job which he embraced with relish remaining there for 2 years. On returning to England, he worked presented the afternoon show for Red Rose Radio in Lancashire. However, the lure of the exotic world of travel remained strong and 13 months later Alton got himself a job with BFBS which enabled him to travel the world for free! However, he did not always get sent to the best holiday destinations and, for a while, found himself broadcasting to the Gulf during the Gulf War. Alton started presenting part-time on European Klassik Rock in October 1997 and during Spring 1998 became a full time member of the team as permanent weekday Night Tracks presenter.

Gary started his broadcasting career in 1976 where he worked in the record library at Capital Radio. Radio Luxembourg gave Gary his first big break in 1979 with a series of 4 shows which were pre-recorded. In 1982 he joined Radio Basildon where he presented a daily talk and music programme. In the last 10 years he has worked for AA Roadwatch, Airport Information Radio, Metro Traffic Control, Severn Sound, Chiltern FM and Essex FM. Gary currently also works for The Breeze and RTL Country 1035AM.