  Radio-loud active galaxies have been found to exhibit a close connection to
galactic mergers and host galaxy star-formation quenching. We present
preliminary results of an optical spectroscopic investigation of the AKARI NEP
field. We focus on the population of radio-loud AGN and use photometric and
spectroscopic information to study both their star-formation and nuclear
activity components. Preliminary results show that radio-AGN are associated
with early type, massive galaxies with relatively old stellar populations.
