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Eddie
Jerold
Eddie
Jerold (sometimes spelt Jerrold) was one of the
presenters on the early offshore station, Radio Invicta, which
launched in 1964. 'The Pirate
Radio Hall Of Fame'
has very little information about him. It is thought he was
American and, in common with the other Invicta presenters, used
more than one name on the air. This was done to make the station
sound like a bigger operation than it really was. Eddie was also
known as Frank Smith.
In
1965 Invicta closed down to be replaced by King Radio. He stayed
with the new set-up and was senior DJ. Eddie left before the
next change, as King was replaced by Radio 390. A correspondent,
Chris Napier, knew him some time later. He writes: “I used to
work with Eddie in the seventies at hospital radio in Bristol.
He used to live in a huge house and, after being made redundant
from an engineering company, bought a corner shop in the Redland
area of the city. He moved to Newport, South Wales, in the
eighties. I attended a hospital radio reunion recently and was
told that sadly Eddie died a few years ago.”
Another
correspondent, Charlie Brown, the Deputy Chief Executive of
Rookwood Sound Hospital Radio in Cardiff, tells us that “Eddie
(or Frank) finished his broadcasting career with Rookwood Sound
presenting the Reverie
programme between 8 and 10 every Sunday night, until just prior
to his death. His full-time employment was with Edwards Coach
firm in Church Village.” Chris Napier: “He had a great radio
voice but knew nothing about the technicalities. He always
finished off his show with a Nat ‘King’ Cole track as he
crushed his cigarette out in the ash tray!” Chris also
remembers: “During his pirate days, he used to sign off as
Eddie Jerold ‘and my producer Frank Smith’. I put it to him
that his name was Frank Eddie Gerald Smith and this was a crafty
way of getting two pay cheques. He never denied or confirmed
this - just walked away with a satisfied grin on his
face!”
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