HBA Gold

Rajiv Hasan Goes Gold

Posted on by Steve Coulby

Each year, the Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) judges entries from hospital radio stations across the UK for the annual HBA awards ceremony. 

One of our long serving presenters, Rajiv Hasan, has won silver in 4 of the last 5 years in the “Male Presenter Of The Year” category. This year however, he went one better grabbing the GOLD award.

A massive congratulations to Rajiv. Listen out for his awarding winning tones on NHR soon.

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New shows added

Posted on by Steve Coulby

Here at NHR, we’re working hard to bring you a variety of entertainment.

We’re with you 24 hours a day, but we’ve still found some slots to bring you some new shows.

I Love the Seventies

I Love the Seventies

A decade that was truly diverse in its music and fashion. From disco funk to punk and glam rock to pop, we’ll re-live the music and memories in I Love The Seventies.

Each week we’ll look back at some classic seventies television, spin a seventies “long song” and round off the programme with our stunning showstopper.

Every Wednesday at 09:00

Simply Eighties

Simply Eighties

Why not join us as we take a journey back to the decade of dubious fashions and wonderfully diverse music!

Yes, if you loved shoulder pads, shell suits, leg warmers and “Deely -Boppers”, then this show is for you.

Playing music from artists such as Bananarama, Duran Duran,Madonna, Madness, The Bangles and many, many more, let presenter Fred Setters take you back in time and bring back all those musical memories. On each show we’ll spin two chart toppers back to back in our “80’s Megamix”,

we’ll remember fondly one of those “Lost Love Songs” and induct an artist or group into our “80’s Hall Of Fame”

Every Friday at 09:00

Dancing through the Decades

Dancing Through The Decades

It’s simple really, six decades – packed with chart hits (Including the No.1) from our chosen year in each decade.

Presenter Fred setters takes you on a magical journey through time, from the Rock n Roll fifties through to the non-stop noughties.

Every Monday at 09:00

In Concert

In Concert

In Concert is a series of live 1 Hour concerts. From 10cc – Bruce Springsteen, A-Ha to Elvis

Every Wednesday at 22:00

We hope the new shows added to our schedule will entertain you.

See our on-line schedule for more information.

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Charity Special

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As it’s Comic relief, Richard Smith of the A to Z of pop brings us 2 hours songs that have inspired and helped with charity events.

Tune in after the request show 19:00-21:00 and enjoy the music that has helped numerous charities throughout the years

NHR depends on the generosity of the general public in order to provide our service. Big or small. Regular or one off. They all make a massive difference.

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Irish Dog

St Patricks Day

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To mark St Patricks day, NHR are bringing you a special A to Z of pop by Richard Smith.

2 Hours of Irish music all in the usual A to Z theme of following the alphabet.

Tune in after after our regular request show 19:00-21:00.

Get your Irish Up!

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Silhouette Female

Mary Looks Back

Posted on by Steve Coulby

NHR Presenter in waiting Mary Maxwell takes a look back at some of her life in a Desert Island Disk type show, minus the presenter.

Like everyone else, Mary has been trying to find things to do during the last year as we experienced various states of lockdown (especially as the golf course has been closed).

In the show, Mary talks of various aspects of her life and shares some of the music of the time.

We won’t spoil the show by telling you more.

Join Mary on Thursday 25th February at 17:00 to hear the story

Bletchley Girls

Bletchley Girls

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Join us on Sunday evenings at 8 for the Bletchley Girls. A 3 part radio drama starting 28th February on NHR.

“Germany is winning the war, England’s being bombed into oblivion… and MI6 is depending on a small team of girls working in a freezing hut in the English countryside to break Germany’s most secret code.”

Inside Bletchley Park, Dilly Knox enlists a small team of girls to crack some of the enemy’s toughest codes. Whilst Margaret Rock is a trained statistician, the newest recruit is Mavis Lever, 19 years old and a student of German romantic poetry. A friendship develops between this unlikely pair as pressure mounts on them to decipher intercepts which will impact the course of the war. It’s a phenomenal task – “We must know what Hitler knows” – and they work against the clock – and the odds. But it’s not all night shifts and Enigma machines; there are dances, pranks, and even a touch of romance.

Jenny Wren Productions presents this brand new radio drama based on the untold true story of two female codebreakers at Bletchley Park at the height of World War II.

Bletchley Girls is a stage play that was due to be performed in May and June 2020 at a number of Gloucestershire venues. The coronavirus pandemic put a stop to that for now, and so the creative team adapted the play for the radio. The finished product will be broadcast as part of the Gloucester History Festival on 17, 18 and 19 September. The radio play will be distributed through the Hospital Broadcast Association and the Community Radio Network, including both Winchcombe and Corinium radio stations in Cirencester. It will also be available on Jenny Wren Productions’ YouTube channel ( www.jennywrenproductions.co.uk).

Codebreaking workshops by Bletchley Park that are aligned with the play will be available by video to Gloucestershire school children aged 11-14 around the History Festival.

Director Jenny Wicks said “It’s certainly been a tricky few months for us, but we’ve risen to the challenge and have enjoyed adapting the play and learning some new skills. This is the first radio play any of the team have made, but we’re very lucky to have the help of Boom Sound Studios, who work on major TV productions and films such as The Crown and Call the Midwife. It’s exciting to be able to bring our creation to audiences both in Gloucestershire, as we usually do, but also far and wide.”

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Uncharted

Posted on by Steve Coulby

In this HBA Gold award winning series, Phil Smith concentrates on Elvis Presley the recording artist. As the title suggests, none of the tracks featured was a hit on the UK singles charts.
Instead, the series reveals just how much other quality material The King recorded, and features the stories behind some of the songs and recording sessions.
There’s something for everyone: rock and roll, country, pop, movie songs and ballads ranging from his early days in the 50s to his live shows of the 70s. However you like your Elvis, you’ll find it here.

This 24 part series starts on Sunday 28th February at 19:00.

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Love Sweets

Valentine’s day request special

Posted on by Steve Coulby

NHR are pleased to bring you a Valentine’s Day staff request show special.

The Twitter feeds have been a buzz with tales of romantic tunes, memories and wedding day first dances. So, we thought we would compile the list and play as many as we can.

So, a 4 hour special it is, with over 50 requests.

Thanks to Richard Smith for asking the valentines song question in the first place.

Tune in between 16:00 and 20:00 on Valentines Sunday to hear all the loved up songs. 

Don’t forget, you can listen online, or via app http://nhradio.org.uk/play-online/

NHR depends on the generosity of the general public in order to provide our service. Big or small. Regular or one off. They all make a massive difference.

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Did Someone Say “More”?

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Did someone say “More”?

At the beginning of January, we added 6 new shows to our Schedule –

  • Vinyl Impressions with Mary’s Brown
  • The A to Z of Pop with Richard Smith
  • Whats on the Jukebox with Mike Winn
  • Call me Number 1 with Richard Smith
  • Decades of Number 1’s with Carl Richards
  • After Hours with Fred Setters

 

It seems that wasn’t enough for you all! So we’re adding three more shows to our schedule

Golden Years With Ray Oxley

A look back at a year in history starting at 1953. The show brings you genuine news clips and music from the year

Mondays at 11:00

Electric City With Fred Setters

An hour long show featuring music from the golden age of Synthpop, Electronica, New Wave, and New Romantics from the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Tuesdays 11:00

Mystery Top 40 With Paul Baker

A one hour chart count down of the 40 best selling songs from a selected year between 1970 and 2019.

The show counts down all the number 1’s from a specific week and you’ll always get the top 10 in full.

All you have to do is lay back, listen and see if you can work out the year before the last song.

Wednesdays 11:00

We’ve got more in the pipeline including a series of 1 hour concerts, Elvis Uncharted, Eighties & Seventies shows.

 

NHR depends on the generosity of the general public in order to provide our service. Big or small. Regular or one off. They all make a massive difference.

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New for 2021

New for 2021

Posted on by Steve Coulby

New year. New programmes on NHR.

Here at NHR, we’re looking forward to the year 2021. During 2020 we upgraded some of our studio equipment which means we can now bring you more shows.

Vinyl Impressions - Martyn Brown

Martyn brings you his show “Vinyl Impressions”. He plays all his music from vinyl and has 4 themes

  • Old, Gold ‘n’ Rare – If the music is old, it’s included, if it’s sold so many copies that it’s earned a gold disc, it’s included and, just for a good variety, rare vinyl tracks are played, as well
  • Vinyl Pop Hits – There are two types of Vinyl Impressions shows that feature ‘Vinyl Pop’, firstly, Vinyl Pop and, secondly, Vinyl Pop Hits.  Vinyl Pop is exactly that but with tracks not necessarily being a chart hit, while Vinyl Pop Hits feature the biggest chart hits from across the decades
  • Mystery Year – So many stations love The Mystery Year Top 3s where, presenter Martyn Brown plays the top 3 singles and lets you try to remember which year the songs played are from.  
  • Vinyl 1960s – Vinyl 1960s is usually the big pop hits from this decade but, sometimes, it features the rare tracks that have become collector’s items over the years.  
Vinyl Impressions – Every Monday at 14:00

The A to Z of pop - Richard Smith

Long time friend, former presenter and now sports commentator Richard Smith brings us the A to Z of pop.

The programme focuses on a letter, number or other theme, and then brings you the music that matches the letter. Be it artist name, title etc.

The A to Z of Pop – Every Tuesday at 14:00

What's on the Jukebox - Mike Winn

What’s On The Jukebox is a rock n roll radio show presented by Mike Winn and is dedicated to the best rock n roll you can find.

If you’re a fan of Elvis, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent. Billy Fury, Marty Wilde and many many more then this is the show for you.

What’s on the jukebox – Every Wednesday at 14:00

Call me number 1 - Richard Smith

Richard Smith selects two years and plays music from them both

Call me number 1 – Every Thursday 14:00

Decades of Number 1's - Carl Richards

Carl starts at the start of the 70’s then plays all the numbers in chronological order. All th number 1’s from the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s

Decades of number 1’s – Every Friday at 14:00

After Hours - Fred Setters

Calling all you night owls and lovers of late-nightradio.

For an hour of smooth sounds and soulful grooves, join us ‘After Hours’ as we bring you music and conversation -“laid back style” in the company of presenter Fred Setters.

So, whether you are relaxing at the end of a busy day, working the late shift or driving in the dark to your destination, check in to our exclusive club ‘After Hours’ where a warm welcome awaits. It’s late night radio for late night people.

After Hours -Every Friday at 22:00

There's more

We’ve got more to come – 1 hour concerts, Plays, audio books and more.

We’re also hoping to introduce you to some more presenters during the course of the year.

Please note, schedules are subject to change. 

NHR depends on the generosity of the general public in order to provide our service. Big or small. Regular or one off. They all make a massive difference.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to our friends at the HBA and member stations for helping is bring you these shows

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