Award Winning Radio for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
The new year got off to a great start for Radio Brockley as the station has been nominated for three awards at the annual Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) Awards in March. We have been nominated for the most prestigious category, “Station Of The Year” for the sixth year in a row, and will be hoping to make it five years […]
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The service, conducted by the hospital Chaplin Rev Wendy Brooker, took place on Tuesday 19th December in Broccles, the hospital restaurant, and we were there to record it. You can hear the service, plus a Christmas message from RNOH Chief Executive Rob Hurd, and news of freshly pressed apple juice from the hospitals’ own orchard and which was available after the […]
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Radio Brockley has once again been given special access to the building site of what will become the new RNOH Patient Ward Block. It’s been six months since our last recordings on the site, but our reporter Keith Reeve was given a guided tour for a special Brockley News feature by the Redevelopment Project Manager, Richard Scott. You can listen […]
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Radio Brockley members past and present joined together to mark Keith Reeve’s 40 years of service to London’s longest-running hospital radio station. Keith joined back in the autumn of 1977 and since then has gone on to become one of the station’s most loyal and influential members. He has been a trustee for around 28 years, the treasurer since 1982, […]
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Radio Brockley’s own New Music show has been welcoming more special guests to the studio to chat about their music and perform their latest tracks. The show’s growing fanbase on twitter now includes 00’s singing star Natasha Bedingfield. Two of the latest sessions are now available to listen to on YouTube. Sabrina Parker is a 20-year-old singer songwriter who made […]
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The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital’s Annual General Meeting took place on 19th September and Radio Brockley was invited along to record it for patients, staff and visitors. You can now listen to the AGM as part of a special Brockley News Extra show here: https://youtu.be/8sIOqWnmKoQ It includes presentations from Vice Chairman Councillor Joe Carlebach, CEO Rob Hurd, Interim Director Of Finance […]
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Radio Brockley – London’s longest-running hospital radio station, celebrates its 51st Birthday today (2nd October). The station was started back on 2nd October 1966 by six volunteers – Barry Cobden, Mike Solomons, Mike Alinek, Ian Downs, Dave Wilkins and Malcolm Mallett. It was officially opened by Harrow East MP, Roy Roebuck. The first ‘studio’ was just off the “slope”, near “Intensive […]
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Radio Brockley trustee Keith Reeve has reached an incredible landmark at Radio Brockley, reaching 40 years of volunteering for London’s longest-running hospital radio station. Keith, an ex-patient, first joined the station back in 1977. During his time at RB his achievements and contribution have been enormous. He became the station’s treasurer in 1982 and has remained in the post ever […]
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Elvis Presley was the most requested artist on Radio Brockley in September, topping our chart for the second month in a row. He finished ahead of The Beatles, Tom Jones and Ed Sheeran in our monthly poll of most requested songs at the RNOH. There was no clear winner for the most requested song of the month but favourites included […]
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Radio Brockley members gathered with other volunteers at the RNOH “Thank You” Day, held outside the Jubilee REHAB Ward on Saturday 23rd September. The afternoon featured free taster sessions from The Disability Foundation (TDF), a selection of hot food and scones, Scottish dancing, and three live acoustic acts from our very own Alpha Sessions shows who gave up their time […]
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