Today, July 30th, the sad news came in that after a short period of illness Doug Wood passed away. Another former Voice of Peace deejay has left us.
\nDoug\u2019s interest in radio started when he heard Radio Caroline from the North Sea in March 1964, just a couple days after the station started. After doing many normal jobs like TV & Radio engineer, Electricians mate, electrical goods salesman, Club DJ, Public house manager, tobacco and confectionary sales representer, radio came around the corner.
\nIn October 1981 Doug was offered his first professional radio job on The Voice Of Peace on board the Peace Ship to present morning music from 09-00 to 12-00, along with many other shows off the coast of Israel. \u201cUp to that point\u201d explained Doug \u201cIt was the best time of my life, the sea and radio works were well for me, I was in heaven, even when the sea got rough, I loved the ride the ship gave us as she rolled over the waves\u201d.
\nIn April 1983 it was time to move on and so Doug headed for the French and Italian Rivera and the Breakfast Show on Radio Nova International. Later that same year Doug joined Signal Radio, the new commercial radio station for Staffordshire and Cheshire in the north of England, \u201cI wonder how long they will put up with me\u201d remembered Doug, 31 years was the answer , \u201cAnd they only sacked me because I finally got fed up with playing the same 300 songs time and time again, and I took up offers to work on two new stations that had appeared in the area, first Moorlands Radio, then The Hitmix\u201d.
\nFinally he had to quit because of his wife\u2019s deteriorating health and look after her at home. That was in 2018. In 2019 Doug made the move from Staffordshire where he had broadcast for some 34 years, back to his roots, Kent in the southeast of England, where his family was based. He and his wife bought a rather large apartment in a retirement development just a few meters away from the sea. Of course the apartment had to be big enough to house The RADIO SHIP and a studio had been built and the station was fully operational from its new Thames estuary location, on the North Sea coast.
\nDoug Wood had launched The RADIO SHIP in 2014, an internet station that played the music, jingles and DJ clips from the original offshore stations, including The Voice Of Peace of course, then to top it off he was offered the chance to come back to the New Voice Of Peace and voice track the links for Drive Time, so life turned full circle.
\nDoug met his wife Lynn on a blind date on 21st July 1985 and they married on 12th June the following year. Sadly in 1999 Lynn developed Cardiomyopathy , and then in 2013 she was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease. Doug remembered \u201cThat really started to change our life and plans from late 2014, and since then life became increasingly difficult\u201d. Some years ago Lynn passed away which brought Doug in a sad condition. He missed her enormous. And now he left mother earth too, but memories stay!<\/p>\n
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