Andy Archer

Andy Archer (born Anthony Andrew Dawson) is an English radio presenter, best known for his work on pirate radio stations in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s. He later worked for Independent Local Radio and BBC Local Radio.

He was born in Terrington St Clement in Norfolk, on 22 January 1946. He had a brief stint as a presenter on the pirate station Radio City in 1965, but had already signed-up to join the Royal Air Force, and left the station after just one week. He was an extremely popular presenter in the local area during his time at Orwell. During this time he also worked as a continuity announcer for Tyne Tees Television and Television South West. In 2003 he returned to commercial radio, presenting a mid-morning programme for North Norfolk Radio.

Archer is credited with having pioneered the use of the word "anorak" as a lexical description for an obsessive fan, using the term for fans of offshore radio in the early 1970s, who chartered boats to come out to sea to visit the radio ships.