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in this issue ...Board Report .................................................................................................. 2

HBA National Training Day ........................................................................ 4

Andrew Volunteers at Harrogate .............................................................. 5

Bristol Celebrate 60 Years of Broadcasting ............................................ 6

News Round-Up ............................................................................................ 8

HBA Conference News ............................................................................ 10

Spring Conference Booking Form .......................................................... 12

HBA Conference Booking Terms & Conditions ..................................13

Mid Downs Radio: Music to our ears .................................................... 15

Rookwood’s Silver Celebrations .............................................................. 18

Countrywide – News from the Stations .............................................. 20

Southampton Celebrations ........................................................................ 23

Regional Reps Details ..................................................................................24

Who To Contact on the Executive Committee ..................................IRC

FrONT COvEr STOrY:Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville sent a

special video message to this year's CompassCommunity Awards held at Grimsby's HumberRoyal Hotel. The Awards recognise outstandingwork and extraordinary achievement byindividuals, groups and communities in NorthEast Lincolnshire. Grimsby Hospital Radioscooped Team of the Year as it approachesalmost 60 years of entertaining hospital patients.NE Lincolnshire's Mayor, Cllr Mike Burton andMayoress Audrey Burton presented the Awards.

The Official Journal of the

Hospital Broadcasting Association

Winter 2012 Issue 140

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Hi Everyone,Another year gone and time to reflect... Has your station

achieved all it wanted this year and what are your plans for2013? We’d love to hear if you reached your targets and alsowhat your highlights were in 2012. Please send in your storiesand photographs for the first issue of On Air in 2013.

We’d also be delighted to hear about any special Christmasevents at your station and photographs would be an addedbonus.

In this issue are details of the 2013 Conference in Blackpooltogether with a Booking form; please get your bookings in assoon as possible as demand is bound to be high.

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and aprosperous New Year and thank everyone who sent in articlesfor the magazine. It is much appreciated ... please keep sendingthem in!!

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Board Report

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Future strategy anddirection of the AssociationThanks to the 151 respondents

to our membership survey on theHBA's future strategy anddirection. The results were collatedby Jim and are being consideredby the Trustees and other post-holders. Working groupsconsidered internal and externalcommunications, and conferencesbetween the September andNovember Trustee Boardmeetings, and further workinggroups will consider training,benefits of membership and theprovision of advice and guidanceahead of the January TrusteeBoard meeting. This meeting willbe extended into a second day toallow the Trustees time to discussand agree the proposed wayforward, ahead of the conferenceand AGM in March.What is clear is that members

want the HBA to be doing more,raising the profile of hospitalbroadcasting, representinghospital broadcasting at a nationallevel and supporting members ona day-to-day basis. Many ideashave been proposed, some simple,some radical but generally allconstructive.The Trustees would love to be in

a position where HBA was able todo all that is being asked of it.However, what is less clear iswhere the resources are going tocome from to enable HBA to do allthat our members want us to doand that we would like to do.Realistically, there are going tohave to be some tough decisionsmade in January. What are wegoing to, reluctantly, say that wedon’t have the resources toundertake? Do we have to employsomeone (or some people) to dosome or all of these tasks? Can wefind a number of additionalvolunteers to assist at a nationallevel?

HBA Training NetworkThe last of the HBA training

events for 2012 took place inStourport-on-Severn and

Livingston in October. Although Iwas unable to attend these events,feedback from delegates was verygood. The Training Committee arenow in the process of planningevents for next year. More detailswill be available from our website –www.hbauk.com/training – assoon as they have been agreed.In the meantime, if you have any

suggestions for either topics orvenues, please get in touch withJim Simpson ([email protected],0870 321 6000).

Hospital BroadcastingWeekI said last time that a working

group has been set up to focus onHospital Broadcasting Week. Nextyear, HBW will start with theawards ceremony on Saturday23rd March and finish on EasterMonday, 1st April. Already thegroup has a plan for a higher-profile week next year; moredetails as soon as we can releasethem.If you have any suggestions or

would like to get involved with theplanning of the week, pleasecontact Jim Simpson([email protected], 0870 3216000).

Charity CommissionPartnership ProgrammeHBA is to be one of the launch

partners in the CharityCommission for England andWales’s Partnership Programme.As part of this programme, HBAwill be working with theCommission to update our modelconstitution, to create a set of‘Charity Commission approved’answers to frequently-askedquestions and to pass on other keymessages from the Commissionabout charity law.The Commission will include

HBA in its online list of umbrellaorganisations and will encouragenon-member hospitalbroadcasters to consider joiningHBA.It is planned that a

representative of the Commissionwill attend our conference inBlackpool in March to talk aboutthe Charitable IncorporatedOrganisation, a new form ofcharity that gives all the benefitsof being a company limited byguarantee without the need toregister with Companies House orunderstand company law and toanswer any other questions thatmembers have about theCommission and their relationshipwith it.

Hospital Broadcasting inParliamentThe Shadow Minister for Civil

Society, Gareth Thomas MP,quoted extensively from HBA’swritten evidence to the House ofCommons Committee scrutinisingthe Small Charitable Donations Billduring October.Mr Thomas, who volunteered at

Radio Northwick Park a number ofyears ago, asked for a verbalbriefing and I was able to supplyhim with a number of case studiesbased on the responses to thesurvey that I asked members tocomplete earlier in the year. As a result, Chichester Hospital

Radio, Hospital Radio Stafford,Radio Nightingale, Radio

by Nigel Dallard, Secretary


Board ReportNorthwick Park, Roch Valley Radio,and Winchester Hospital Radiowere all mentioned in thecommittee debate. TheGovernment conceded little duringthe Committee stage debate,although it did amend one clauseas requested by HBA, allowingcharities that merge or changetheir legal form to retain theirclaims history after therestructuring.At the time of writing, the Bill is

just about to return to the mainchamber of the House ofCommons for the Report Stage, atwhich, as a result of the writtenevidence submitted by HBA andother stakeholders and the debatein committee, the Government areproposing a number of furtherchanges that will make the Gift AidSmall Donations Scheme, whichthe bill authorises HMRC to run,much more accessible to smallcharities like hospital radiostations.All-in-all, much hard work, over a

number of months, went in topreparing HBA’s writtensubmission, from reading draftproposals from HMRC and

responding to consultations, tosubmitting a Freedom ofInformation request to HMRC (theanswer to which was picked up bysome of the specialist sector pressand also used extensively duringthe parliamentary committeedebate), to surveying members, toreading the Bill as introduced intothe House of Commons,submitting evidence to theCommittee and following thedebate in Hansard.I think, however, it was well worth

the effort; not only has theGovernment made some significantconcessions making the bill muchmore useful for hospital radiostations (although HBA was farfrom the only organisation askingfor similar changes) but the profileof hospital broadcasting has beenraised within Parliament and we’vefound out that the Shadow Ministeris an alumnus of hospital radio!HBA has also recently submitted

written evidence to the House ofCommons Public AdministrationSelect Committee, as part of itsinquiry into the impact andimplementation of the CharitiesAct 2006. Our evidence can been

found on the Committee’s pageswithin the parliament.uk website.And finally, HBA’s Chairman, Jim

Simpson, attended aparliamentary reception to launchthe Hospedia PartnershipProgramme.Jim tells me that HBA and

hospital broadcasting werementioned in both the opening andclosing speeches, that he had theopportunity to discuss the value ofhospital radio during the eveningand that he has a number ofcontacts to follow-up as a result.

If you have a particular interestin government/parliamentaryaffairs, please contact NigelDallard ([email protected],0870 321 6003).

Radio Academy AffiliateMembershipThis is just a quick reminder that

all volunteers at HBA memberstations are eligible for free affiliatemembership of the RadioAcademy. This entitles you to freeor concessionary access to allRadio Academy events.See www.radioacademy.org/join

for more details.

Radio presenters are often accused of spouting hot air – but thathelped eight-year-old Kate Mallett win a £100 Co-operative Travelholiday voucher in HWD Hospital Radio's annual balloon race.Kate was shopping in the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury with

her grandparents, Sue and Barry Moore, when she bought herballoon and let it fly. Her balloon travelled the 870 miles fromDewsbury town centre, landing in Kalisz, near Warsaw in Poland.The ticket attached to the balloon was returned by its finder, whichclinched the first prize.Kate's mum Michelle says the voucher will go towards paying for

a family holiday to Majorca.HWD Hospital Radio chairman Mike Binns said, ‘We've run the

balloon race now for 20 years and it never ceases to amaze mehow far the balloons travel.‘Other prize winners had balloon tickets returned from other

parts of Poland, Germany and nearer home in the Hull area. If thewind is in the right direction they can really go a long way.’This year's event raised around £550 for the registered charity,

which celebrated its 60th year on air this year.The money will be used to ensure the station continues to stay

on air and entertain the patients and staff of Dewsbury and DistrictHospital. It is also hoping to expand its programmes to Pontefractand Pinderfields Hospitals in 2013.

Long Distance Travel

HBA National Training Day


The 2012 HBA National TrainingDay was held on Saturday 6thOctober. Scott Wall fromHarrogate Hospital Radio attendedand now writes this article from adelegate’s perspective.

Having recently attended theHBA National Training Day, Iwanted to let you all know what afantastic day it was. From themoment I arrived I was given theusual warm welcome by the HBATraining Team, who, as the dayprogressed had done a sterling jobin arranging such a well-organisedtraining day.I was well catered for as a day

delegate, with ample refreshmentsthroughout the day and also agreat lunch too. The facilities wereperfect for the training and, asthankfully it was a lovely sunnyOctober day, we also got to enjoythe fabulous hotel gardens.As for the training itself, I had a

superb day and learnt so muchthat will be of benefit to me as apresenter. Having been a hospitalradio volunteer for just 12 months,it felt like perfect timing to attendTraining Track 1 – Presentation andInterview Techniques. There wasalso a choice of Track 2 – aninsight in to Myriad and Autotrack. The session I attended,

Presentation and InterviewTechniques, was hosted by AndyCarter and he made the dayextremely interesting, sharing hisown experiences and knowledge atwill. Andy was very open to

questions throughout the day,which really enhanced theopportunity to learn as much aspossible in the time available. Andycovered a great range of topics,including effective showpreparation, the use of the formatclock, careful consideration of theebb and flow of music played, aswell as interview questioningtechniques.The sessions were very

interactive, giving everyone thechance to become activelyinvolved, to practice the theory ofwhat Andy was demonstrating, aswell as having the added bonus ofbeing able to learn more aboutfellow hospital radio stations. Wewere given the opportunity topractice our interview skills andusing technology, were able to

listen and constructively feedbackto our fellow delegates. The training was delivered at a

good pace, covered loads ofcontent, had a good range ofactivities for all delegates toengage in and also included a goodmix of resources. Andy kept thesessions fun and made fantasticuse of audio clips to illustrate thepoints he was making.Personally, I gained so much

from the day and, thanks to Andy, Inow have a range of resources Ican access to further enhance mylearning over the coming weeksand months.I am very grateful to The HBA

Training Team who did such asuperb job in arranging thisbrilliant training day. I wouldactively encourage anybody elsewho is thinking of attending futureevents to do so. At a subsidisedcost of just £15.00 for the day, thisrepresents outstanding value forsuch an event – anybodyattending would not bedisappointed! I didn’t know I’d bepresented with a TrainingCertificate!As well as being a great training

day, it was also a superbopportunity to network with fellowHBA members from stationsacross the country. It is great tochat to like-minded friends and

learn from each other in such asupportive way.Thanks ever so to Andy Carter

and the HBA Training Team forsuch a cracking day –I reallyenjoyed it and appreciate theeffort that went in to making itsuch a huge success.

Scott WallHarrogate Hospital Radio

Saturday 6th October, 2012

Andrew Volunteers at Harrogate


In his first year in office AndrewJones, the MP for Harrogate andKnaresborough, decided to start avolunteer week where he wouldhelp out at various charitableorganisations in his constituency. Andrew wanted to publicise the

important role of the volunteer inthe community and raise theprofile of Harrogate,Knaresborough andBoroughbridge based charitiesand organisations from thevoluntary sector.His aim was to motivate more

people to volunteer. He wanted tomake the point that anyone canregardless of their background,career or origin. ‘I have always enjoyed

volunteering and believe it is a vitalpart of our society.

‘Every volunteer makes adifference and I hope to make adifference to the people andgroups for which I volunteerthroughout the week,’ he said. So in 2010, Andrew spent five

days with different organisationsgetting a taste of life as a volunteer... and it was a success. He gothands-on with a wide range ofwork from cleaning bird boxes,helping the homeless, supervisinghand hygiene in a hospital to litterpicking, delivering furniture to lesswell-off families and helping thosewith a disability. ‘The week was a big success, the

charities I went to got much-needed publicity which I hopeencouraged more volunteers tosign up.’ He ran a second Volunteer Week

in 2011 and in 2012, as part of histhird, Andrew spent time atHarrogate Hospital Radio,collecting requests and presenting. Andrew chose to help at hospital

radio because he wanted to seewhat it took to be a volunteerthere, to meet the people who giveup their time and to encourageothers to volunteer.‘Sometimes listeners don’t

realise that without the help ofvolunteers, there wouldn’t be aradio station,’ Andrew said.Harrogate Hospital Radio first

took to the air on October 22, 1977.In those early days, there were twoshows per week, totalling threehours of live broadcasting.Before all hospital services were

carried out from the DistrictHospital, patients from the town’sGeneral and Royal Bath Hospitals

were able to tune in and enjoy theshows.Thanks to a significant

programme of fund-raising activity– and with the help and support ofthe Hospital Trust – HarrogateHospital Radio has undergone amajor transformation.It is now based in three rooms –

two of these being studios – andboasts some of the most up-to-date broadcasting equipment inthe country.The Harrogate Hospital radio

team works closely with hospitalmanagement, staff and the widercommunity in Harrogate tobroadcast other programmes ofdirect interest to patients. Theseinclude weekly Sunday Services bythe Chaplaincy Team and the localTalking Newspaper. ‘Having a radio station at

Harrogate Hospital is important forso many people, patients and staff,it can help to take someone’s mindoff what can often be a verystressful environment,’ Andrewsaid. At the start of the day Andrew

met with patients who listen to theradio station to ask for requestsfor the evening show.‘At first it felt quite intrusive to

go onto the wards and ask peoplebut I soon realised that they werehappy to have the visit and somewere even waiting to give theirrequest.’ Later he was a guest presenter

on the station where he played thesongs that had been requestedearlier in the day.

‘It was great fun to get a gopresenting, we talked about myvolunteer week and how I got intopolitics, in between the requests topeople on the wards.’

Volunteering at hospital radiostations like Harrogate isn’t justbeneficial to those who listen, it isalso a great way for anyoneinterested in broadcasting andjournalism to gain practical,hands-on experience.Recently local press has been

full of the charitable exploits oftwo Harrogate Hospital Radio DJswho have been raising funds tobuy a new studio set for thestation. ‘The dieting DJs have been a

great example for people whowant to volunteer or get involved incharitable work in theconstituency. They are raising themoney so that this much-lovedservice can continue and theyhave huge support from the localarea.’ Andrew said that after spending

time at the radio station it isevident how essential it is thatpeople volunteer at organisationslike this and for all kind ofvoluntary organisations to keepthem running. ‘The volunteers here and in

hospital radio stations across theUK can feel rightly proud of thepart they play in comforting andentertaining so many peopleduring their hospital stay.’

One point Andrew is trying toget across with his volunteer weekis that the image of the volunteeris an out of date stereotype andneeds to be dispelled. ‘Volunteers come from all walks

of life: anyone can be a volunteer.And volunteers often find thedonation of their time and energya meaningful experience forthemselves as well as for theorganization with which theyvolunteer. It’s a real win-winsituation.’ ‘Often they don’t get the

recognition they deserve and thatis why I support Harrogate andDistrict Volunteering OscarsAwards to honour those peoplewho do so much to help others,and give their time freely to somany good causes.’ ‘I certainly hope the publicity my

Volunteer Week has given toHarrogate Hospital Radio willencourage more people to comedown and volunteer, that is theaim of my week,’ Andrew said.

Mike RentonPress and media officer toAndrew Jones MP

Bristol Celebrate 60 Years of Broadcasting


Hospital broadcasts started withan idea by TOC H, a charitableorganisation, that it shouldendeavour to help patients inhospital; the idea was furtherpromoted by Rediffusion who hadinstalled and controlled thelandline distribution of radioprogrammes around the City ofBristol. They saw the provision ofhospital radio in the City'shospitals as a natural progressionof their service and in a letter sentby their General Manager to TOC Hproposed the start of a service,which was duly reported in theBristol Evening Post on 28thJanuary 1952.

In Bristol, members of TOC H,led by Laurie Lucena, went cap inhand to the two local soccer clubsand playing one against the othermanaged to come away with not

only facilities at the respectivegrounds but also a donation of £50from each club. So it was thatwhen the 1952/53 season opened,six of Bristol's hospitals werelinked to the Bristol Rovers groundby Post Office land lines.The first programme broadcast

was the match between BristolRovers and Shrewsbury Town onAugust 23rd 1952. The originalidea had been gleaned from anincident at Fratton Park, the homeof Portsmouth Town Football Club.When the ground becameovercrowded, the gates werelocked leaving many thousands of

fans outside the ground unable tosee the match. A young policesergeant, sensing impendingtrouble, climbed onto a wall andgave a running commentary to thecrowd outside the ground. This actgave the policeman and a few ofhis friends the idea of relayingcommentaries to patients inhospital. And so hospitalbroadcasts were born.In July 1954, the GPO put up the

rent on landlines that connectedBristol City and Rovers FootballClubs to Rediffusion and 12hospitals. The increase, to £400 ayear, posed serious challenge tothe TOC H members of the BristolHospital Broadcasting Society.After some deliberation theydecided to make more use of thelandlines by starting to recordother programmes whereinterviews with celebrities visitingBristol were recorded and alsointerviews with nurses andpatients. Once word got around,

spectators at the football groundswould approach ourcommentators and ask them tosay 'hello' to a friend or relative inhospital. By 1956, the matchintervals were choc a bloc withdedications and it seemed toLaurie Lucena a naturalprogression to start a record

request programme. After all, theywere paying for the Post Officeland lines for seven days a weekand only using them on Saturdays.On 13th April 1956, BHBS

broadcast its first scoop. TheQueen was to visit Bristol on herway to open the Chew ValleyReservoir. The BBC was coveringthe event but because televisiondid not start until 6.30 eachevening, they would record it forlater use. They offered the livecommentary to BHBS and, withLaurie Lucena perched high on theold Co-op building at Narrow Quayto link the BBC commentary, thelive BHBS broadcast scooped thenational media.In 1959 hospital radio at last

moved out of its members’ livingrooms where the programmes hadbeen taped and edited and movedinto studio premises in Broad Plainin premises owned by Rediffusion.Rediffusion was the cable

service of its day and supplied aservice to most houses in Bristol.At the rear of the Rediffusion

show room, the studio enabled usto expand our requestprogrammes and although therewas only one turntable, whichmeant very long links betweenrecords, regular weeklyprogrammes were produced.In the new studio, all of the

Bristol Celebrate 60 Years of Broadcasting


programmers came together forthe first time. Prior to this theWednesday night programmes hadbeen recorded the previousevening in the small studio inColston Hall and then taken overto Broad Plain for transmission thefollowing evening. Now witheveryone together we were able toexpand.The first move was to design and

build a studio console. The firstcustom built BHBS mixer had tenchannels, used quadrant fadersand contained a Ferrograph taperecorder, Quad tuner and amplifier,two Thorens TD124 turntables anda talkback system built in. The deskwas custom built in the controlroom and when the time came tomove in 1972 it had to be torn apartto get it through the door.On 23rd November 1972 the last

programme was relayed from ourVictoria Street studio. The newCottage Block studio complex wasopened on 12th January 1974 bythe then Lord Mayor of Bristol,Alderman W.W.Jenkins, who said inhis opening address, that as arecent patient, he fully appreciatedthe service that we gave and that ifhe could be of help, not just as aname on note paper but as aworker, then do not hesitate to callon him.In 1974 it was decided that the

constitution needed updating.Until then BHBS had stood forBristol Hospital BroadcastingSociety and although there were50-60 helpers there were only 12members, the committee! With

Wally Jenkins’ help andexperience, the new constitutionwas drafted and accepted by thecommittee and we became BristolHospital Broadcasting Service.Laurie Lucena was forced to

resign his position as chairman ofthe service in 1975, due to ill health.Wally Jenkins stepped into thehelmsman's position and occupiedthe chair until 1985 when ourpresent chairman Iain Elliott waselected. Iain had joined the servicein 1965 and had been the stationengineer for the past 15 years.Another move was then on the

cards as the buildings used for thestudio were to be used for othermeans. The designs for our newstudio, which was to be based onlevel five of the old BRI building,were sketched out in March 1994and we moved in on May 23rd1994. The speed of the move wassuch that we did not have time tobuild any of our new equipment.The Special Trustees of United

Bristol Hospitals provided thefunds to build the studio andprovided one of the new mixingdesks. We have had to raise themoney for all of the ancillary itemssuch as chairs, cables, curtains andmany of the more mundane itemsneeded to make a studio work, wealso had to raise the money for asecond new mixing desk. Our programmes are now

mainly record requestprogrammes from our studio inthe BRI with sports commentariesfrom Bristol Rovers at TheMemorial Stadium, Bristol City

from Ashton Gate and BristolRugby from The MemorialStadium. We ceased broadcastingcricket from the County Ground in2002. Our outside broadcastrepertoire is completed withclassical concerts from theColston Hall.In 2012, instead of broadcasting

to six hospitals, we broadcast totwo Trusts: North Bristol andUnited Bristol Hospitals.Technically things are verydifferent. The hospitals now have amultimedia entertainment systemprovided by each bedside. Eachpatient can select upwards of 18channels and use the internet ifthey wish. To compete with thisvast array of entertainmenthospital radio has severalimmediate advantages. First we,along with all the radio channelsare free, whereas patients have topay for television and the internet,also we can provide locallyorientated programmes andpatient’s requests. On August 23rd 2012, BHBS

celebrated its 60th anniversaryand this was covered by the BBC, alink to the news item is herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIMAaGBhjok and the BBC Newswebsite link ishttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-19355469.We celebrated in style with a

meal in a city centre restaurantand the evening was attended bymembers new and old. OurPresident, Chris Searle, attendedand a good night was had by all.

News Round-up


It’s Only RadioIt’sapproachingthat time ofyear whenJohn Myerslikes to shakeup the radioindustry. Thistime, he’sdoing it withhis own bookabout the radiobusiness.TEAM – It’sOnly Radio,was published

in October and many people in radioget a mention and some would ratherthey weren’t. It’s expected to revealsecrets and explode myths about hislong career in radio both in the studioand in the board room.John is Chairman of the Sony Radio

Academy Awards, former CEO of GMGRadio and the brains behind Century,Real, Smooth, Rock, CFM and more.He says this book is his total recall ofthe radio world, where screamingcallers won competitions at 8.15am ona Friday, fictitious people won comps,characters ruled the day, personalitieswere in demand, local radio was local,research was for idiots, jocks playedwhat they wanted and callers were toldto sod off. He tells us the secretsbehind those multi-million pounddeals, the people he dealt with, how areligious advisor was fired on Troubleat the Top and Degsy got a job whileothers lost out after just a week.The 380 page dossier reveals two

sides to Myers. The hard-nosedbusinessman driving new radiostations to success while hisappearance on air as Morgan causedhundreds of complaints and the angerof his competitors.A revealing insight into how

business was conducted in the crazyhigh priced days of the 80s and 90sand the true inside story of those BBCreports and the many characters weknow and love.Proceeds of John’s book will be split

between three charities.

Joining ForcesThree local amateur organisations in

Reading came together to celebrateNational Short Story Week which tookplace in November. This is anationwide event where local writers’groups submit short stories to a localradio station, who chose some of thestories to be recorded by members ofa local acting group and thenbroadcast to their listeners.In Reading stories were submitted

by members of the Thames Valley

Writers’ Circle, which were then readby members of the Progress Theatre.Recordings were played on-air duringNational Short Story week by HospitalRadio Reading for their nightlybedtime story feature.

Chairman of Hospital RadioReading, Gerard Rocks, said, ‘We aredelighted to take part in this jointeffort, which I am sure our listenerswill enjoy as part of what is one of ourmost popular features’.Dick Sawdon Smith

Stations Win Year’sFree MembershipHBA offered members the

opportunity to win a year’s freemembership for their station. Bycompleting the HBA strategyquestionnaire, published on the HBAwebsite, issued at Conference andpublished in ‘On Air’ and returnedbefore the end of June, station detailswere entered into a draw.The draw took place at the National

Training Day in October at Stourbridgeand Avril Bonner from Wycombe Radiodrew three winners from the manyentries received. The lucky stations toreceive a year’s free membership areCauseway HR, Cotswold HR and RadioWexham. Congratulations. TheTrustees thank members and memberstations who returned completedquestionnaires. Your views andopinions have been collated and theTrustees are evaluating all commentsand suggestions. Your views andopinions will allow the Trustees tostructure the HBA to meet the needsand expectations of its members.

Following the AGM at the 2013Conference in Blackpool, there will bean informal meeting where an interimreport on progress on the future andstrategy of HBA made to date will bediscussed – yet another great reasonto attend conference.

Long ServiceCertificatesHBA welcome applications from

stations for the issue of Long Servicecertificates for their members.President June will be delighted toissue them and if possible come to thestation to present them. If she cannot,possibly one of the HBA Board wouldcome in her place. Alternatively theycan be forwarded to you by post at anaddress quoted.Applications should be as an email

attachment or by post on stationheaded notepaper and signed by oneof the current station committee.Certificates are available for 10, 15, 20,25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 years’servicePlease advise June of the address to

which certificates should be sent andremember we are all volunteers so itmay take a few days to get them toyou. If sending by post please send to:

June Snowden, HBA President,PO Box 76, Ely Cambs CB6 3ET

Hospital Radio Request ChartMark Snowdon of Radio General,

Warrington is planning a special radioprogramme to unite hospital radiostations in one cause … requests anddedications. He’s planning is a ‘requestchart’ with information from hospitalradios to produce a definitive chart forthe UK. He is also producing a 1 hourprogramme containing the top 15 mostrequested songs in 2012.He currently requires your approval

of participation to the scheme whichwill then involve transfer of data ofyour collected 2012 requests (deadlineThursday 10 January 2013), details ofany customisation to the schedule ofthe show, and, of course, your approvalof the finalised product.Previous charts have reflected the

personality and persona of all ourpatients. This will be the ninth NationalRequest Chart he has produced and heanticipates more participants thanever as word seems to have gotaround!I hope you can join him in helping to

provide this light entertainment in aunited front for this special event.Please reply as soon as you have

made a decision so he can make theappropriate preparations.Mark Snowdonhttp://www.requestcharts.org.uk

Geoff Dallimore and Jules Lunness ofProgress record a story in HospitalRadio Reading studios

Avril and Jim drawing the freemembership winners

News Round-up


Fairytale ChristmasThe organisation that represents

95,000 UK songwriters andcomposers has just published the top50 most played Christmas songs inthe past year. Topping the chart is themuch loved ‘Fairytale of New York’ byThe Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl,followed by Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Wantfor Christmas is You’. The enormous 1980s hit, ‘Do They

Know It’s Christmas?’ by Bob Geldofand Midge Ure’s project Band Aid stillproved a favourite coming a close thirdplace.John & Yoko’s ‘Happy Christmas

(War is Over)’ released in 1971 wasranked equal seventh to PaulMcCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmas’,originally released in 1979. Barney Hooper, PRS for Music said,

‘It’s fantastic to see so many Britishsongwriters, new and established,consistently loved and played acrossour airwaves. A well crafted Christmastune will be enjoyed for decades.’ 1 Fairytale of New YorkThe Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl1987 (written by Jem Finer andShane MacGowan) 2 All I Want For Christmas Is You Mariah Carey 1994 Mariah Carey,(Walter Afanasieff) 3 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 1984 (Bob Geldof, Midge Ure)4 Last Christmas Wham! 1984 (George Michael) 5 Santa Claus is Coming to Town Harry Reser 1934 (John Fredrick Cootsand Haven Gillespie) 6 Do You Hear What I Hear? Bing Crosby 1962 ( Noel Regney andGloria Shayne)7 Happy Christmas (War Is Over) John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band withthe Harlem Community Choir 1971(John Lennon and Yoko Ono) 7 Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney 1979 (PaulMcCartney) 9 I Wish It Could Be ChristmasEvery DayWizzard 1973 (Roy Wood) 10 Merry Xmas Everybody Slade1973 (Noddy Holder and Jim Lea) 11 Merry Christmas Everyone Shakin' Stevens 1985 (Bob Heatlie) 12 Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson 1950(Leroy Anderson) 13 Stay Another Day East 17 1994 (Tony Mortimer) 14 Driving Home For Christmas Chris Rea 1988 (Chris Rea) 15 Rockin Around The ChristmasTree Brenda Lee 1958 (Johnny Marks) 16 Step Into Christmas Elton John 1973 (Elton John andBernie Taupin)17 2000 Miles The Pretenders 1983 (Chrissie Hynde) 18 I'm Gonna Be Warm This WinterConnie Francis/Gabriella Cilmi1962/2008 (Hank Hunter and MarkBarkan)

19 Christmas (Baby Please ComeHome) Darlene Love 1963 (Jeff Barry,Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector)20 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let ItSnow! Vaughn Monroe/Dean Martin/Smokey Robinson & The Miracles1945/1959/1963 (Sammy Cahn, JuleStyne)21 Stop The Cavalry Jona Lewie 1980 (Jona Lewie)22 Frosty The Snowman Gene Autry & The Cass CountryBoys/Perry Como/JohnnyMathis/Kimberley Locke 1950/1957/2003/2007 (Walter ‘Jack’ Rollins,Steve Nelson) 23 White Christmas Bing Crosby 1942 (Irving Berlin)24 I Believe In Father Christmas Greg Lake/Toyah Wilcox/Elaine Paige1975/ 1982/1986 (Greg Lake/PeterSinfield)25 Christmas Lights Coldplay 2010 (Guy Berryman, JohnnyBuckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin) 26 Christmas Song (ChestnutsRoasting on an Open Fire)The Nat King Cole Trio 1946 (MelTormé, Bob Wells) 27 Thank God It's Christmas Queen 1984 (Brian May, Roger Taylor)28 It's The Most Wonderful Time ofYear Andy Williams 1963 (EdwardPola, George Wyle)29 Santa Baby Eartha Kitt 1953 (Joahn Javits, PhillipSpringer)30 Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses 1981 (Chris Butler)31 Have Yourself A Merry LittleChristmas Frank Sinatra 1957(Ralph Blanew, Hugh Martin)32 Please Come Home ForChristmas Charles Brown, The Eagles,Jon Bon Jovi 1961/1978/1995 (CharlesBrown, Gene Redd)33 A Spaceman Came TravellingChris de Burgh 1976 (Chris de Burgh)34 A Winter's Tale David Essex 1982 (Mike Batt/Tim Rice)35 Lonely This Christmas MUD 1974 (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman)36 Cold December Night Michael Bublé 2011 (Michael Bublé,Alan Chang, Bob Rock)37 Mistletoe And Wine Cliff Richard 1988 (Jeremy Paul, LeslieStewart, Keith Strachan)38 Merry Christmas Bryan Adams 2011 (Bryan Adams)39 Christmas Time – Don't Let TheBells End The Darkness 2003 (JustinHawkins, Dan Hawkins, FrankiePoullain, Ed Graham)40 Mary's Boy Child – Oh My LordBoney M 1978 (Jester Hairston, FrankFarian, Fred Jay, Lorin)41 Power Of LoveFrankie Goes to Hollywood 1984 (PeterGill, Holly Johnson, Mark O'Toole)42 Blue Christmas Elvis Presley 1957 (Billy Hayes, Jay W.Johnson)

43 When A Child Is Born (Soleado)Johnny Mathis 1976 (CiroDammiccom, Fred Jay)44 Rudolph The Red Nosed ReindeerGene Autry 1949 (Johnny Marks)45 Winter WonderlandPerry Como 1934 (Felix Bernard,Richard B. Smith)46 I Saw Mommy Kissing SantaClaus Jimmy Boyd 1952 (TommieConnor)47 Mary's Boy ChildHarry Belafonte 1957 (Jester Hairston)48 It's Beginning to Look a Lot LikeChristmas Perry Como & The FontanaSisters 1951 (Meredith Wilson)49 The Little Drummer BoyHarry Simeone Chorale 1958 (HarrySimeone, K. K. Davis, Henry Onorati)50 We Wish You A Merry Christmas- - -

Obituary

Adi Andrews passed away on22nd October 2012. In the fourshort years Adi has been amember of Hereford HospitalRadio, we realised he was adiamond volunteer. His naturalcharm made our patients feel atease and he was an excellentcommunicator on the radio.Adi used these skills to trainother volunteers and helped andcoached many who have gone onto further their careers inbroadcasting.The team at Hereford will misshim greatly but have fondmemories of him: his wit andlaughter, the banter we had on airand the way he put people at theirease.For the many people around thecounty who attended Adi’s discosat Young Farmers events orwelcomed him as the DJ on theday they tied the knot, we knowAdi would ensure everyone had funand a great evening to remember.Nikki, Adi’s widow, is also amember at Hereford and throughAdi’s encouragement has been onair regularly over the last year. Wesend our condolences to Nikki andher family.

Reproduced from Sussex Life


Rookwood’s Silver Celebrations


Rookwood Sound HospitalBroadcasting reached animportant milestone andcelebrated in style on 20thOctober 2012. It was back on 31st October

1987 at 7pm that RookwoodSound went on air for the first timewith founder member JulianBrinkworth at the helm while ourthen engineer was laying under thedesk holding two cables togetherto ensure it all worked on thenight. Sadly these foundermembers are no longer with us butwe know that their legacycontinues as we move forward intoa new era for the station.It was decided to hold an event

which included past, present andpossible future members and mostof all our listeners. We allcongregated at the recreation hallat Rookwood Hospital and held aquiz and disco. A number ofpatients who attendedcommented ‘this is the best nightwe have ever had. We listen all thetime to Rookwood Sound on theward and it’s great to meet thepresenters and be part of thisspecial event’.The night also acknowledged the

members who have served anumber of years at the station anda presentation was made of HBAlong service awards to: Richard

Davies 25 years, Steve Allen20years (actually 23 years),Charlie and Debbie Brown 15 years(actually 18 years), Richard Baxter10 years.Unfortunately, two members

were unable to be with us on thenight namely Sybil Fowler 10 yearsand Graham Allen 10 years theircertificates will be presented at alater date.We also acknowledged the hard

work and dedication by bestowingthe honour of Life Membership onLesley Jennings. Lesley not onlypresents a show on a weekly basisbut also heads up the fundraisingteam and provides training andsupport to new members.Rookwood Sound is entering a

new era as we move our studios toLlandough Hospital in Penarth dueto the closure of RookwoodHospital due in 2013/14.We already have built one studio

and our current studio atRookwood will stop broadcastingwhen the hospital closes.On the night we also presented

our Jeff Lyons Award (presented inmemory of our late engineer) toJohn Bingham, our currentengineer, who single-handed builtthe new studio at Llandough to avery tight timescale and also toRichard Davies on his achievementof reaching 25 years of service.

We also welcomed some pastpresenters of the station to ourevent: Chris Cope, Kerry Bassettand Les Allen who undertook thepresentations of certificates andawards. They were also presentedtrophies for the loyal service toRookwood Sound in the past.Rookwood Sound are now

looking forward to the next 25years which promises to be anexciting time as newdevelopments are planned for theLlandough Hospital site over thenext few years which will increaseour potential audience to 1000beds.

Stephen AllenChief Executive

OK Steve???

Rookwood’s Silver Celebrations


Charlie Brown receives his 15 years Certificate Debbie Brown is presented with her 15 years CertificateChris Cope presents Richard Davies with the JeffLyons Award

Lesley Jennings with her Life Membership certificateRichard Baxter is presented with a 10 year CertificateLes Allen is presented with his trophy by Richard Davies

Diamond Champion

An 89 year old hospital radiovolunteer from Plymouth has beennamed as one of the country's 480‘Diamond Champions’.Connal Cather has received the

accolade for his work entertainingpatients of Derriford Hospital andits predecessors with hisprogrammes on Hospital RadioPlymouth for the past 42 years.Holidays and occasional illness

aside, Connal has broadcast aweekly show featuring dancebands of the pre and post wartime


The team at Coventry HospitalRadio celebrated 40 years ofbroadcasting to UniversityHospitals Coventry andWarwickshire in October and helda party when they announced theirnew Patron and AmbassadorsTheir new patron is Barnie

Choudry, who started off withCoventry Hospital Radio.The ambassadors are BBC

Coventry and Warwickshirepresenter Vic Minnett, Touch FMpresenter Brody Swain andsingers Hazel O’Connor andPauline Black.

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Pictured, from left to right, back row: Neil Wilkes, Andrew Smith, Lee Baker, JohnO’Farrell, Vic Minnett, Peter Fitzgerald, Martin Kahan; front row: Aloka Sudiwala,Alka Gandhi, Tara Court and Gary Davies

with 60 being chosen for theaward along with 60 from each ofseven other regions of the UK.The south west winners were

invited to Bristol in October, wherethey were presented with aspecially designed DiamondChampions pin. They will alsoreceive a certificate signed byTheir Royal Highnesses The Princeof Wales and The Duchess ofCornwall. A selection of winnerswill attend an event at St James’sPalace to meet Their RoyalHighnesses.It is the second high profile

accolade for Connal in recentyears. In 2008 he was the winnerof the HBA’s John Whitney Award.

Sprinkling of StardustA hospitalradio hasstepped upa gear witha new liveSundayafternoonshowbizpresenter –all the wayfromWelling.The weekly

Crave On Music show sees local lassTina Campbell bring a host ofcelebrity interviews and showbizgossip to Meridian Radio, whichserves patients and staff at theQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.Campbell had never hit the

airwaves – despite appearing infront of 65,000 people as the mainstage host at last year's DansonFestival in Danson Park.Tina comes from a long line of

Charlton Athletic supporters andruns the Crave On Music websitefrom her parents' Welling home.She recently brought Meridian anexclusive interview with Jedwardand was the first to play their latesthit Luminous. Ed Sheeran, TheWanted, Alexandra Burke and PixieLott have also given their supportto Meridian Radio by recordingshout outs.‘Meridian Radio is right on my

doorstep and since the station gotpermission to go online in July,we've seen a real boost in audienceinteraction,’ she says. ‘People arereally taking to the show – onelistener even sent in a comicthey'd drawn of me interviewingJedward and another made a dollof me!’

Celebrations for Coventry

era since joining the station in itsinaugural year way back in 1970.Station manager, Andrew Hill,

said, ‘I am absolutely delightedConnal has received this award. Heis an inspirational example of whatvolunteering is all about, someonewho can be relied on to turn out forhis duties whatever the weather,someone who has been willing tomuck in behind the scenes and asource of wise counsel when theneed has arisen.’Andrew added, ‘His programmes

also add a valuable dimension toour output. Indeed when we usedto be at Greenbank Hospital therewas a hospital porter who wouldstay on after his shift just to beable to hear Connal's showbecause he enjoyed that type ofmusic which isn’t often heard onradio these days.’Diamond Champions has been

established by the WRVS to markthe Queen's Diamond jubilee andto recognise the role volunteersover the age of 60 play in theircommunities.Over 620 nominations were

received in the south west region


Stars Join Campaign

Holly Willoughby, PhillipSchofield and Ken Bruce havejoined the campaign to save RadioMarsden.Radio Marsden, based at the

Royal Marsden cancer hospital inSutton, needs £50,000 to replaceageing equipment. Radio 2 broadcaster Ken Bruce

joined Radio Marsden’s ChairmanJason Reynolds recently to launchan appeal to save the station. Holly Willoughby and Phillip

Schofield have already shown theirsupport for the charity and a hostof celebrities are expected tofollow their example by tweetingabout the appeal. Ken Bruce said, ‘Hospital radio is

so important to people who haveto spend time in a ward and RadioMarsden has been, quite simply,one of the best for almost 44years. ‘Please join me in doing

everything we can to keep thembroadcasting.’ The equipment is nearly 15

years-old and can only stand somany short term repairs. The station’s chairman, Jason

Reynolds, described RadioMarsden as vital for both patientsand staff at the hospital. He said, ‘With Radio Marsden we

do it a bit different we get peoplegoing round to every patient andasking them if they want torequest their favourite songs. ‘A lot of our volunteers are ex-

cancer sufferers as well and wecan offer some real company. ‘The studio is getting older and

older and getting worse for wear. I

have been a volunteer for 20 yearsand as Chairman now – for it to fallon my watch – depresses andsaddens me. ‘It will be a devastating blow to

patients, hospital staff and ofcourse the Radio Marsden team ifwe have to shut down’.The Radio Marsden bear will be

meeting and greeting celebrities tohelp raise the profile of thecampaign called: ‘Can you bear tosee Radio Marsden close?’ To donate visit

justgiving.com/RMBear, orradiomarsden.co.uk. Donations can also be sent

directly to Radio Marsden, RoyalMarsden Hospital, Downs Road,Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5PQ.

From Junk Room toStudio 2Over the past few months, we

have turned a room which mainuse was ‘Oh put that in Studio 2’.When we could get no more inthere, someone said ‘why do youcall that studio 2? We can’t evenget in there!’ It was time to have asort out, after removing box afterbox we can now proudly call it astudio again.NH Sound is based in Nevill Hall

Hospital, Abergavenny whichnestles on the edge of thebeautiful Brecon Beacons in SouthWales. Serving the hospital andthe local community, NH Sound isnot only enjoyed by patientsstaying on the wards, it connectspatients with family and friendswho can also enjoy the musicoutside the building via our LPAMtransmissions on 1287am.Like many other hospital radio

stations, our volunteers areconstantly changing and ournumbers rise and fall. We have anumber of students who havegone off to university, who we wisha very successful future. We hopewhen they have finished theirstudies they return to hospitalradio where they can share theirskills and experience with ourlisteners. We would like to alsowelcome our new volunteers whohave recently completed our in-house training programme allpassing with flying colours. Wehope they all enjoy a rewardingtime with us at NH Sound.We have developed bespoke

training courses, which aredelivered in our new studio 2,specifically designed for our new

... Countrywide ... News from the stations ...and existing volunteers toencourage and advance their skillsand promote a friendly andprofessional environment foreverybody to enjoy working in.Although we have benefited

from some highly valuedvolunteers who have bolstered ournumbers and have been producingexcellent live and recorded shows,we would also like to send a bigthank you to Steve Brown, RichardTodd, Phil Osborne and RichardSmith who have been providing uswith many excellent recordedshows on a weekly basis, whichhave proved helpful in enhancingour radio schedule.

David FinchNH Sound

Wishing You Well

Metro Radio for many yearsused to transmit to the airwaves ofLeigh Hospital, which was forced tocease broadcasting due tocircumstances beyond theircontrol. Their committee decidedto give Radio Wishing Well firstrefusal on the radio equipmentplus a cash donation of £500. Richard, who next May

celebrates 20 years with RadioWishing Well, becoming thestation's longest ever member,says, ’Radio Wishing Well is mostgrateful to David and his radiostation for their generosity but itcomes with a tinge of sadness thata radio station has been forced toshut down. The cash injection willgo towards the restructuring of oursecond studio. This will help in thetraining up of new presenters andrecording of shows withoutinterrupting live broadcasting’.

Richard ParkinsonChairmanRadio Wishing Well

Metro Chairman, David Harrop makesa presentation to Radio Wishing WellChairman, Richard Parkinson,surrounded by members of bothradio stations


Staff and visitors arewire for soundGrimsby Hospital Radio is now

heard by visitors and staff – aswell as patients – aroundGrimsby’s Diana Princess of WalesHospital.For the first time the volunteer-

run station is broadcasting notonly direct to patient’s bedsidesbut also in the concourse andrestaurant areas of the hospital.The move was prompted by

Northern Lincolnshire and GooleNHS Trust which asked the stationif it could help to promote healthrelated messages across thehospital site.Trust Chief Nurse Dr Karen

Dunderdale said, ‘We recognise thepower of radio in communicatingimportant key messages to anaudience. What better way ofspreading the news aboutimportant health relatedmessages, such as awarenessweeks and common signs andsymptoms to look out for, than byairing them on our own hospitalradio?’Chairman and Station Manager

Jeff Todd said ‘We acknowledgethe Trust’s faith in the station andare happy to help. This is fabulousnews and will increase our listenernumbers many fold.’The League of Friends of

Grimsby Hospital has paid the PRSLicence fees for the concourse andrestaurant areas. Mr Todd said ’Wealso thank the League of Friendsfor their generosity.’Grimsby Hospital Radio is a

registered charity and needs morevolunteers to help run the station.If you can or for more informationcall the station on (01472) 875288and leave a message.

Freeway ReunionDuring the summer, out of the

blue, I received an invitation to are-union for ex-members of thehospital radio service at MorristonHospital in Swansea. As I had onlybeen a member of the station from1983 to 1986 I was very flatteredto be invited.Radio LF, as it was then called,

was my first experience in hospitalradio. Paul Rees, who was thenProgramme Controller, spentmany hours training me andobviously passing on hisenthusiasm. Without his

dedication I would have probablymoved on from hospital radiomany years ago. I was genuinelypleased to learn that he hadreceived an honour in the Queen’sDiamond Jubilee Honours List. The evening was spent at a

restaurant in the Mumbles inSwansea and it was a good excuseto catch up with some old friendsand make some new ones. It wassuch a good night we are planningto do it again some time!

Dave DufordChair, Merthyr HB

Hospital Radio Gets aWelcome Helping HandRadio Phoenix have been

showing off their talents outsidethe studio recently, raising morethan £250 for the station.Organised by Radio Phoenix

chief engineer Nathan Watters, acharity fundraising evening washeld at the Four Winds, Sandfields,on Sunday.Head of programming, Gareth

Bailey, thanked those whoattended and helped raise theimportant much-needed funds.‘Thank you for supporting us.

It's something we're all reallyinvolved in and enjoy doing andsomething I am very passionateabout,’ he said. ‘The money raisedwill help us to keep broadcastingto the patients and staff of NeathPort Talbot Hospital.‘We don't get funding from

elsewhere and we all do it for thepatients and staff, so thank you.’Entertainment was provided by

crooner Bill Bennett and youngtalent from Neath-based LXTheatre Company, who dancedand sang for the crowd.

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Pictured, from left to right, AdamCourt, Phil Hoyles, Dave Easterbrook,Louise Thomas, Wyn Thomas, NeilDavies, Paul Rees, Angela Jay, EleanorPreece, Danni Boyce, Leigh Jones,Shaun Tilley, Dave Duford and TonyDibbin

Also performing was long-standing Radio Phoenix memberand Head of IT, Alan Morgan, whosurprised fellow members with histalent on the guitar whileperforming self-penned tunes.The station's most recent

addition, presenter John Morgans,donned a St Bernard suit for theevening, collecting funds fromgenerous concert-goers, whileother members helped sell tickets.Station Chief Executive Ann

Tawe Jones added her thanks forsupport for the evening.

Fire Stopping works atHospital Radio StudiosNorthumberland Hospital

Radio's studios have been broughtup to the latest standard in firestopping thanks to Pro FireSystems and NorthumbriaHealthcare NHS Foundation Trust.During a routine survey of NHR's

facility, gaps between rooms werefound above the false ceiling levelwhich had been left duringconstruction of the building. Inaddition, oversize holes had beencut for the studio ventilationsystem as the ducting passed fromone studio to the next.Due to the value and amount of

electrical equipment in the facility,Northumbria Healthcare arrangedfor work to be carried out.Raffe and Max from Pro Fire

Systems were on site for threedays installing intumescent sealingmaterial with special fire-stoppingboard installed to cover largergaps. The entire system isdesigned to prevent and reducethe spread of fire between roomsbut has also had the advantage ofdramatically improving thesoundproofing.Station Director lain Miles said,

'The rooms were designed andbuilt as a radio facility, even downto the triple glazing betweenstudios and acoustic seals on thestudio doors but you could stillpick up voices and music fromadjacent rooms. We noticed thiswhen listening back to recordingsof local writers. However, since thefire stopping work, thesoundproofing is so much betterthan before and we have theknowledge that the whole facility issafer. We are indebted to Pro FireSystems for the quality andmanner of their work and toNorthumbria Healthcare forlooking after us’.


Mel & Steve Mullane at Winchester Cathedral

The Service of Thanksgiving on 27th May 2012to Celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE YEAR – 2012Southampton Hospital Radio shares with the Queen her Jubilee Year. Sixty years ofbroadcasting to the patients in Southampton Hospitals.The first broadcast was a livecommentary from ‘The Dell’ on the Saints football match – 18th October 1952. Themusic section was formed in the early Sixties and the first ‘live’ music programmewas transmitted on 2nd January 1966 from our studio located in the basement of theToc H Building in Winchester Road.

HRH The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO

asking Steve... ‘Where are you from?’

Steve Mullane – Chairman ofSouthampton Hospital Radio

Mel Mullane – Headof Hospital Visiting

Steve tells Alan Titchmarsh that he isprobably the best broadcaster ever ...

The M B E for Volunteer Groups Presented to Southampton Hospital Radio in October 2012 at a very Special Event

by The Queen’s Lieutenant at The Southampton General Hospital.

CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT IN 2012

Chairmen Past and Present cutting the cake (made

in the image of an Operating Desk ) to celebrate 60

Years Broadcasting to Southampton’s Hospitals.

Left to right and period in office:

Bryan Dowding 1985 – 1988

Peter Pritchett-Brown 1971 – 1978

Roy Stubbs 1991 – 2009

John Stranger 1963 – 1970

Steve Mullane 2009 – present day

The magnificent hugediamond presented toSouthampton HospitalRadio by The GeneralHospital Managementin 2012 as recognitionof 60 yearsBroadcasting Service

Regional Reps detailsRegion Rep AddRess phone e-mAil

Regional Dave Lockyer 54 School Lane 0870 321 6005 [email protected]

Manager HighamRochesterKent ME3 7JF

Anglia Mike Sarre 0870 765 9601 [email protected]

Home 0870 765 9602 [email protected]

London Ben Hart 0870 765 9603 [email protected]

midlands 0870 765 9604 [email protected]

North David Nicholson 0870 765 9605 [email protected]

Northern Davey Downes 0870 765 9606 [email protected]

Ireland

North West David McGealy 0870 765 9607 [email protected]

Scotland Brenda Massie 0870 765 9608 [email protected]

South Neil Ogden 0870 765 9609 [email protected]

South East Jason Cook 0870 765 9611 [email protected]

Wales & West Darran Huish 0870 765 9613 [email protected]

Yorkshire Iain Lee 0870 765 9614 [email protected]

Please address correspondence to the Regional Reps at:Hospital Broadcasting Association, PO Box 341, Messingham, Scunthorpe DN15 5EG

All members of the EC and Regional Reps are volunteers and will respond to any contact as quickly as possible. Please understand however,

that work or family commitments mean that availability may not always be immediate and may be limited to evenings and weekends.

Who to Contact on the Executive Committee

President June Snowden

P.O. Box 76, Ely, CB6 3WH

Tel: 0870 321 6009e-mail: [email protected] visits, represent HBApublicly, print and present longservice certificates

Chairman Jim SimpsonPO Box 341, Messingham,Scunthorpe DN15 5EG

Tel: 0870 321 6000e-mail: [email protected] contact with statutory bodies.Ambassadors

Treasurer Julie CoxHospital Broadcasting Association,PO Box 341, Messingham,Scunthorpe DN15 5EG

Tel: 0870 321 6004e-mail: [email protected] matters (other thansubscriptions)

Conference Administrator Brenda Massie

Tel: 0870 321 6017e-mail: [email protected]

Technical AdviserGeoff FairbairnHospital Broadcasting Association,PO Box 341, Messingham,Scunthorpe DN15 5EG

Tel: 0870 321 6012e-mail: [email protected] matters

Deputy Chairman Iain LeeHospital Broadcasting Association,PO Box 341, Messingham,Scunthorpe DN15 5EGTel: 0870 321 6014e-mail: [email protected] committee chairman.Special projects

General SecretaryNigel Dallard54 St. Annes Close, Badger Farm,Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4LQ

Tel: 0870 321 6003e-mail: [email protected] correspondence, CompanySecretary, annual review

Public Relations ManagerSean DunderdaleHospital Broadcasting Association,PO Box 341, Messingham,Scunthorpe DN15 5EGTel: 0870 321 6008e-mail: [email protected] & public relations, charity profile

Regional Manager Dave LockyerHospital Broadcasting Association,PO Box 341, Messingham,Scunthorpe DN15 5EG

Tel: 0870 321 6005e-mail: [email protected] meetings, contacts, settingup a region etc.

EditorMichelle NewsteadHospital Broadcasting Association,PO Box 341, Messingham,Scunthorpe DN15 5EG

Tel: 0870 321 6011e-mail: [email protected] Air magazine

Sales & Advertising ExecutivePaul SysumHospital Broadcasting Association,PO Box 341, Messingham,Scunthorpe DN15 5EGTel: 0870 321 6026e-mail: [email protected] Corporate sales for HBA

Web EnquiriesContact Nigel Dallard

General EnquiriesTel: 0870 321 6019e-mail: [email protected]

Minutes SecretaryDarren Whittenham-Gray: minutes@hbaukcom

Trade Show Organiser Emma SysumTel: 0870 765 9616e-mail: [email protected]

Membership Manager Grant McNaughtonTel: 0870 321 6002e-mail: [email protected]

Event Venues AdviserPhil Moon: [email protected]

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