Award Winning Radio for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Former Capital Radio and Jazz FM presenter Peter Young, often nicknamed “PY the Pork Pie”, sadly passed away this week. Peter had a very special connection to Radio Brockley, having made his first radio appearance on the station way back in 1969, when he accompanied a friend of his who was volunteering at the time. He presented for 20 minutes […]
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Listeners of Radio Brockley were treated to two incredible days of live new music on the “Alpha Sessions 10” weekend on the 20th and 21st October. The two days saw 19 incredible acts come to the studio to talk about their music and perform live. Radio Brockley volunteers were on hand to welcome and entertain the guests, whilst the sessions […]
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Two of Radio Brockley’s long-serving members were presented with certificates last weekend for their services to Radio Brockley for a combined total of 50 years!! Marge Walker joined the station back in 2003 and has been a very popular patient rep on the wards, a long-time supporter of Bedside Bingo, and has putting together some amusing and compelling speech packages […]
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Radio Brockley is to host a weekend of live music to mark 10 years of it’s new music show, the Alpha Sessions. 19 former guests are returning to the programme to perform live and be interviewed on a very special weekend of shows this coming weekend – on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st October. It will be the biggest live […]
Read moreRadio Brockley, London’s longest-running hospital radio station, celebrates its 52 birthday today. The station was started on 2nd October 1966 by six volunteers who had previously volunteered at Radio Edgware. The hospital’s engineer at the time, Jack Upton, set up the station in a disused air-raid shelter near to the old “intensive care” unit. The shelter had a leaky roof […]
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Adele moved to the top of the request chart for the first time this year to become the most request artist of September by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. The month chart saw Adele, who hasn’t had a hit in 2018, re-enter the chart at the top spot. She is among the leading contenders to be the most […]
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Radio Brockley reporters have been out and about once again speaking to other hospital charities and departments for our regular Brockley News shows. Caroline Keating met up with Belinda Melrod, the Housing Manager at the Aspire charity. The Aspire Housing Programme offers an alternative for people with Spinal Cord Injury, with homes located around the UK. They are used on a […]
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Emma and Alan Joyce introduce the very best in new and unsigned artists to Radio Brockley, including live sessions and interviews with some of the very best new talent around. If you want to submit your tunes for the show, or be considered for an interview and live session at the studio which will be made available on our YouTube […]
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Radio Brockley’s newly launched Mental Health programme – “Mending Minds” has been reaching out to a large new audience. Since its launch in July, well over 300 people have listened to the first few programmes online, as well as the audience in the hospital listening on Monday evenings. The programme is introduced by Sharon Keaney from The Disability Foundation, another […]
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It was all change on the Radio Brockley request chart for August, with Queen topping the monthly poll for the first time in 2018. The chart, based on requests by patients at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, sees Queen finally end a run of domination by Elvis Presley and Abba over the last few months. Celine Dion achieved […]
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