Award Winning Radio for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
The Beatles have started 2020 as the most requested artist of the month by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital on Radio Brockley. The “fab four” have never topped our annual request chart, since it first started in 1985. However they have become more consistent in our annual Top 10, and just maybe this will be the year when […]
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“Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley has been announced as the most requested song of 2019 by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, giving us one of our most surprising chart toppers in the history of the request chart. The song, which reached No.17 in the UK back in 1980, has become more popular in recent years thanks to […]
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Radio Brockley has got the new year and the new decade off to a flying start by being nominated for three awards at the 2020 Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) awards, which will this year be held in Bolton. This year’s nominations include the prestigious “Station Of The Year” award, for which we won Gold in 2016 and 2018 and have […]
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Having been confirmed as the most requested artist for the whole of 2019, Elvis Presley rounded off the year as the most requested artist for the fourth consecutive month, as chosen by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. He was the monthly number one five times in total last year. However Queen, who were runners-up in December, […]
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Ron Laver was presented with a special trophy and certificate to mark 45 years of volunteering at London’s longest-running hospital radio. Ron is the station’s second longest-serving volunteer, having joined way back in 1974, when the station was only eight years old. One of the station’s founder members, Barry Cobden (pictured below), came back to present him with the trophy, […]
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Radio Brockley followed up the hugely successful and award-winning “Alpha Sessions 10” event with “Alpha Sessions 11” on Sunday 17th November. The broadcast, marking 11 years of the New Music show, saw seven amazing music artists playing live in the studio, and chat about their music, to support the charity and raise the profile of hospital radio. The sessions were […]
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Radio Brockley has entered a record EIGHT entries for the 2020 Hospital Broadcasting Assocation (HBA) awards. However, a major change in the rules for submissions this year means the race for the top prizes will be more wide open than ever before. This year’s entries were edited by Ron Laver and Alan Joyce, with the written entries provided by Keith […]
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Elvis Presley has landed a second consecutive month at the top of the monthly request chart in October, topping our poll for the third time in 2019. He was the most requested artist for the whole of 2018 by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, and is among the favourites to take the title in 2019 as […]
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Elvis Presley returned to the top of the monthly request chart in September, topping our poll for the second time in 2019. He was the most requested artist for the whole of 2018 by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, and is one of the contenders for the top spot in 2019 as well. The Beatles stayed […]
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Radio Brockley is supporting an innovative volunteering programme that connects enthusiastic young people aged 16-19 to voluntary placements within their communities. The HeadStart project, run by The Challenge, enables young people to gain skills, gain confidence, and if they complete 16 hours of volunteering they are eligible for a part-time job interview! It also gives Radio Brockley a chance to […]
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