This Weeks Podcasts from NHR
Visit the NHR podcasts page (nhradio.org.uk/podcasts) or your favourite podcast provider for these and loads more.
It’s been a busy week on the NHR podcasts.
Gareth Howell, Andrea West and Sophie West from NUH Pantomime “Aladdin”
NHR Sport weekly highlights show.
There are loads of other great podcasts available from NHR, just search for Nottingham Hospitals Radio on your favourite Podcast provider or go to our podcasts page
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Did you know that most weeks, NHR publishes are Sports Highlights podcast?
You never need miss out on all the goal action again. You can even go back and hear the goal action from past games.
Just pop along to our Podcasts Page.
Of course, if you are in the podcast mood, we have a great selection of interviews, Desert Island Books and more.
Nottingham Hospitals radio excited to bring you ‘Christmas Advent 2023’
Working with the NUH arts co-ordinator and a number of local schools we bring you festive music from the pupils.
Thanks to The Becket School, Colonel Frank Seeley Academy, Edwalton Primary School, George Spencer Academy and Bramcote College and especially their pupils for submitting pieces for us to play out.
Listen in at 10:00 am on the 14 & 15th December and 19th-22nd December to hear their work.
You can listen on your bedside unit, NHR Radio, online at nhradio.org.uk/listen or on the MyTuner Radio app.
Merry Christmas from all at NHR
Steve Coulby, a volunteer at Nottingham Hospitals radio scooped “Recognising Innovation” award at this weekends National Hospital Broadcasting Association conference.
The award recognised the stations “Wifi radio” project.
Steve identified that there were many patients in the hospital that had no access to entertainment as they did not have access to a smart device. To solve this issue, he came up with the idea of building ‘Radio’ units which can be placed in wards, day rooms, side rooms, and bedsides. Utilising the hospital guest wifi network the units play the hospital stations output via inbuilt speakers or via the headphone socket.
The idea, design and build was all undertaken by Steve and 50 units were created.
Innovation and resourcefulness were also needed during the project due to components shortages. He worked directly with suppliers in the UK and USA in order to source the needed parts.
Show presenters from the station now regularly visit some of the wards where the radios are and do dedicated request shows which are proving incredibly popular.
"I cannot thank you and your team enough for the great radios we received. The patients love them as well as the staff, they are currently in use daily, it certainly helps for our older patients and those with dementia. Really appreciate your teams support."
"We love the radios, they make so much difference to the patients and staff"
"When we switch the radio's on the mood and atmosphere in the ward improves."
" The radios are working great and the music is awesome."
Nottingham Hospitals Radio is a registered charity that provides entertainment to the patients and staff of Nottinghams City and QMC hospitals for nearly 50 years. It is run entirely by volunteers and receives no income from the hospital trust. Donations and sponsorship for the station are always very welcome to allow the service to continue. https://nhradio.org.uk
Steve Coulby joined Nottingham Hospitals radio in December 2019, completing his training by March of 2020 and did his first live solo show at the start of Covid Lockdown. He did 3 request shows a week all the way through Covid lockdown. He became the global face of the station as the UK Hospital radio service nationally became a story for the international press featuring on TV, Radio, and Newspapers globally. He became a trustee and committee member taking on the role of Programme Controller. Whilst he doesn’t do regular shows at the moment, he can still be heard sometimes and he is busy in the background trying to improve the station and take it forward.
We’re onto series 13 of “The A to Z of Pop” and Richard Smith is introducing decades into the mix.
First up is the 1950s.
Each week, he’ll select two letters of the alphabet and bring you music where the song or the artist begins with those letters.
This week, it’s the letters B & C.
So if you like 1950s music, tune in each Tuesday at 14:00 for the “A to Z of Pop” here on NHR.
From all of us at Nottingham Hospitals’ Radio, we’d like to wish you a Happy New Year.
To take you there,
20:00-22:00 Rock Solid with Fred Setters
23:00 – 01:00 The A to Z of Pop New Years Party Special with Richard Smith
On New Years day,
09:00-12:00 Kev Castle Sunday Morning Show
12:00 – 13:00 60’s Jukebox
14:30 – 18:30 Scoreboard – Full commentary of Oldham v Notts County and Reports from Forest v Chelsea
Everyone at Nottingham Hospitals Radio would like to wish you the best possible Christmas.
If you are staying in hospital over Christmas or are one of those working to look after us all, we have a host of special programmes to entertain you.
09:00 Jim Stevens Happy Hour
10:00 Anytime is Drive Time – Cormac Boylan
12:00 70’s Jukebox
14:00 Christmas Eve Afternoon Show – Brian Conlan
08:00 Jim Stevens Happy Hour Christmas Special
09:00 Kev Castle Sunday Morning Show
12:00 Memories with Matthew Mulgrew – Christmas Special
13:00 Chapel Royal Christ Celebration
14:00 Christmas Day Afternoon Show (Inc. Kings Speech) – Brian Conn
17:00 Red Thread Christmas Special
09:00 Dancing Through The Decades
11:00 Your Choice With Little Stevie
14:30 Scoreboard Extra: Live Commentary Notts County v Oldham
17:00 Boxing Day Afternoon Show – Brian Conlan
Do You have a tune you’d like us to play?
We have regular request shows throughout the week where you we’ll play the music you want to hear.
Send a message to a loved one.
Requests shows over Christmas –
18:00 – 21:00 Thursday Night With Lee
14:00 – 16:00 Your Choice With Rajiv, Edwina and Mary
10:00 – 12:00 – Anytime is Drive Time with Cormac Boylan
11:00 – 13:00 Your Choice with Little Stevie
16:00 – 18:00 Your Choice With Les
11:00 – 13:00 Your Choice with Little Stevie
18:00 – 21:00 Thursday Night With Lee
We’re sorry we’ve been quiet for the last few hours (Literally).
We’re glad to say that a problem with our stream provider has been resolved and we’re back up and running.
If you have one of our WiFi Radios, you may need to unplug it for 20 seconds if it’s not currently playing.
