Award Winning Radio for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Radio Brockley will be marking a special anniversary in 2025, as it will be 40 years since the launch of the annual request chart – an annual chart compiled using the songs and artists requested by patients across the wards in each year. The idea came about from former member Steph Farley and, together with long-serving member Keith Reeve, they […]
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Radio Brockley members gathered together on Sunday 1st September to surprise long-serving volunteer Ron Laver with a special presentation for 50 years of outstanding service to the hospital radio station. Ron is the second longest-serving member (behind David Rauch with 53 years service), and joined the station in 1974. He became an established part of the Tuesday Team which broadcast […]
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Abba could be on course to land our annual request chart number one for the very first time, as they lead the way at the mid-year stage as the most requested artist of 2024 so far. Abba have appeared on every annual request chart for the last 31 years but have never finished higher than number three, but this could […]
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Radio Brockley volunteers supported the annual RNOH Staff Achievement awards, held on Friday 9th February in Elstree. The event was hosted by comedian Lucy Porter, who also recorded an interview with Radio Brockley. The highlights were broadcast in a special “Brockley News” show which included highlights of the awards ceremony, and a chat with some of the winners (see link […]
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Radio Brockley volunteer Macie Lewis has received a double nomination for the annual Hospital Broadcasting Association national awards, which are due to be held in April. Macie is among the 10 shortlisted presenters for the Best Newcomer and Best Female Presenter categories! On hearing the news of the nominations, Macie said “When I found out that I was first nominated […]
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Radio Brockley has recently broadcast an exclusive interview with 1960s singing star Julie Rogers as part of a Brockley News special. Julie is best known for her 1964 Top 3 hit “The Wedding”, which is still a popular track now on Radio Brockley. She also scored hits with “Like A Child” and “Hawaiian Wedding Song”. In an exclusive interview with […]
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Queen became the first act ever to top our annual request chart for a fourth year in a row, being confirmed as the most requested artist of 2023 by patients and staff at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. We played over 2,000 requests in 2023 – the highest total since 2018 – and Queen once again led the way, topping […]
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Radio Brockley’s “new music” show, the Alpha Sessions celebrated 15 years on the air in October, with a special live broadcast day, and a sold-out gig at the legendary Green Note in Camden, in association with Talentbanq. The show (which was originally called “Behind The Music”) was started by Emma Joyce (then Nouriel) and Alan Joyce back in 2008 – […]
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Request chart legends Elvis Presley and Ed Sheeran are leading the way to become the most requested artist of 2023 at the mid-year stage. Both artists have an extraordinary record on the annual request chart, with Elvis being a three-time chart topper (in 2005, 2018 and 2019), as well as spending the last seven years in our annual Top five. […]
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