Radio Caroline DJ Dave Foster has passed away

Dave Foster, who was a member of the Radio Caroline team for many years, has died.

In a tribute to Dave on Caroline’s Facebook page, it said: “It’s with great sadness that we share the news with you that our great friend and Caroline stalwart Dave Foster sadly died this morning (Sunday 25th August 2024).

“Dave joined Radio Caroline in April 1987 aboard the Ross Revenge and made an immediate impression with both his colleagues and listeners. His positive, can-do attitude to all things made him extremely popular and his infectious laugh could be heard throughout the ship.

Dave was born in Dartford and started his broadcasting career with Dart Radio, a local hospital radio station in the town. It was there that he first met and worked with Chris Pearson who says: “Dave was one of those people who could turn two tin cans, a piece of wet string and an old battery into a fully-functioning outside broadcast radio station.

“Doing so would involve a few choice words being yelled out by him as he got the bits to fit together, a trait which continued on the Ross Revenge over the past few years as well. I have to say though that Dave’s idea of “I’ve made you a smaller breakfast as requested” and mine, differ somewhat!”

The tribute also has quotes from some of Dave’s other colleagues and concludes with: “Dave has been such a huge part of the Caroline family for so long that, at the moment, it’s hard for us to imagine the station and the ship without his enthusiasm and that laugh ringing around the Ross Revenge.

“The show will go on and Dave Foster will never be forgotten.”