Award Winning Radio for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
The latest round of Brockley News interviews has included a catch-up with Sarah Wright, the Head of Fundraising for the SCAT Bone Cancer Trust charity based at the RNOH. SCAT provide funds for research into the causes of bone cancer, as well as providing care and support to bone cancer patients at each stage of their treatment. Sarah has been […]
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Ed Sheeran has become the most requested artist in the first month of 2019. Having been beaten into second place for the whole of 2018, Ed Sheeran has climbed back to the top spot, edging ahead of The Beatles at No.2 who climbed back into our monthly Top 10. The rest of the Top 5 was completed by Frank Sinatra, […]
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A team of Radio Brockley volunteers supported the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital’s annual staff achievement awards, held at The Village in Elstree. Staff and volunteers from across the hospital were presented with trophies to recognise their outstanding work and contribution to the RNOH. The guest host this year was Shaun Williamson, who many will remember as Barry from Eastenders. He […]
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“Dancing Queen” by Abba has been announced as the most requested song of 2018 by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. It’s the first time that the song has topped our annual request chart on its 16th appearance. It managed to beat “My Way” by Frank Sinatra into second place, which despite being Radio Brockley’s all-time most requested song […]
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Radio Brockley celebrated the new year by being nominated for FIVE awards at the 2019 Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) awards, which will this year be held in Stoke-on-Trent. It’s the station’s most ever nominations at this stage, and includes a nomination for the prestigious “Station Of The Year”, for which we won Gold in 2018 and have been nominated for the […]
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Radio Brockley has featured in a music video for the very first time! The latest video by Steve Mahoney & The Milkshakes features a kitchen scene in which an old Radio Brockley mug is clearly visible. Steve was the first EVER guest of the Alpha Sessions (then called “Behind The Music”) when the show launched back in 2008 by Emma […]
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Radio Brockley volunteers visited patients in the brand new wards for the first time last Sunday, as The Stanmore Building was finally opened to patients at the RNOH. The opening of the new building comes after a thirty-year campaign to replace the hut wards which had been in operation since World War 2. The building includes: * a 27 bed […]
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Frank Sinatra returned to the top of the request chart for the first time this year to become the most request artist of November by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Frank Sinatra is one of only two artists to have topped our annual chart on four occasions (the other being Michael Jackson), reaching our annual number one four […]
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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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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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