Coming from a journalistic background, Mike Collins has interviewed many top names including Cliff Richard, The Who, The Moody Blues and Dusty Springfield. He has a UK hospital radio long service award. Mike became hooked on offshore radio from hearing the first tests by Radio Caroline in 1964. He launched an international English language service on Radio Delmare Antwerp in the early 1980s in collaboration with transmitter engineer from the Delmare ships Johan Rood and for more than 12 years has been presenting a Friday morning show on internet station Radio Northsea International.