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London’s longest running radio station, Radio Brockley, will soon be celebrating it’s landmark 60th birthday and we have a number of special events coming soon to mark the event. The station first went on air on 2nd October 1966, after former members of Edgware Radio decided to set up a radio station at the RNOH. The original studio was set […]
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In the year the Radio Brockley will soon be celebrating its 60th anniversary, Elvis Presley currently has a narrow lead in the race to be the most requested artist of the year. Elvis was confirmed last year as our all-time most requested artist ahead of Queen, who are also currently runners up in the race for the 2026 crown – […]
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Radio Brockley volunteers came out in force to support the annual RNOH Staff Achievement Awards last month. The event took place at The Village hotel in Elstree, and Radio Brockley members were there to provide music for the night, as well as interviewing the winners and other key staff and guests from the evening, including the special guest host Gavin […]
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Radio Brockley recently interviewed a former patient of the RNOH, Glenn Meyer. Due to an accident, he damaged discs in his spine, which caused him so much pain that he was unable to walk. He underwent a number of operations, and, slowly was able to recover his ability to walk. Glenn says “Having successfully undergone spinal fusion surgery at RNOH […]
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Radio Brockley’s most requested act of 2025 has been announced, and for the first time in the request chart’s 41 year history, Abba finally reached the top of our chart – being the most requested artist of the year by patients at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. It was a very tight race, with the lead changing hands several times […]
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“Dancing Queen” by Abba was confirmed as the most requested song of 2025 by patients and staff of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, to give Abba the double on the request chart, having also been confirmed as our most requested artist of the year. It’s the first time since 2017 – when Ed Sheeran topped both charts – that our top artist […]
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The 2025 RNOH Carol Service is now available to listen to ‘on demand’ anytime, anywhere by anyone on many devices from our Mixcloud platform.It’s also scheduled to broadcast Sunday 21st December at 11am, Christmas Eve at 8pm and Christmas Day at 9am.May we wish you all a very Happy Christmas, and here’s to a peaceful, prosperous and healthy New Year […]
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“My Way” by Frank Sinatra has been announced as our most requested song of all time by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. As the request chart celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, Radio Brockley’s longest-serving volunteer David Rauch, alongside Macie Lewis, counted down the most requested songs of the last 40 years. “My Way” has made our request […]
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As the Request Chart celebrates it’s 40th anniversary this year, we look back on some of the artists that patients at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital have been asking to hear over the decades: 2000s As the chart entered a new millennium, the request chart was being broadcast monthly with huge numbers coming in from the Adolescent Unit. However, classic […]
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Radio Brockley has launched a new video podcast series in partnership with the RNOH and King’s College London which promotes clinical academic careers. The NIHR INSIGHT podcast was developed by the programme’s Student Reference Panel. The NIHR INSIGHT programme for South London aims to demystify research for students and professionals in health and care by providing research masters studentships for […]
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