Mike Ross Radio North Sea International JUNE 1973 Mike Ross Born 17th March 1947Mike was working as a disco DJ before he joined Radio Northsea International on 7th September 1970. He took over the 6-9pm show but the station closed down just a few weeks later. He returned to England and club work but on 6th May 1971 was back on the re-started RNI.During that summer he returned to full-time broadcasting and, following his marriage to Sheila in late 1972, the two of them ran the popular Sunday evening Hitback Show. There is a photo of Mike on RNI here. Mike achieved a certain notoriety in the free radio world as “The Toad”, a nickname invented by Andy Archer. He left Northsea on 31st January 1974 ( He had been Northsea's longest-serving DJ. . He was still using his Mike Ross name. Sadly Mike died on Sunday 25th June 2017 following a short illness. He had been suffering from throat cancer.
