EASTER PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
Good Friday (3/4/2015)
7.00am Good Morning Broomfield with Matt Wade
10.00am The Top 40 Most Requested Artists Countdown with Adam Ravenscroft & John Barker
1.00pm Magical Musicals with Eric Smart
3.00pm Comedy Classics
3.30pm Request Rewind – Last night’s Request Show
5.00pm The Daren Jones Easter Show
6.00pm Two little Dickie Birds with Paul Evans and Pete Oddie
7.00pm Feel Good Friday with Owen Ward
8.30pm VIP Requests – 90 minutes of your choice of music
10.00pm Willis Wireless with Mark Willis
Holy Saturday (4/4/2015)
7.00am Big Jon’s Easter Saturday Breakfast with Jon Curtis
10.00am The Adam Ravenscroft Easter Show featuring James, Alex & Jack Ravenscroft
12.00noon Easter Saturday Lunchbox with Luke Barnard
2.00pm The Nita Jhummu Show
4.00pm The Easter Saturday Show with Dave Daniels
7.00pm The Evening Express with Andy Holmes (Repeat from Tuesday)
8.30pm Request Rewind – Last night’s Request Show
10.00pm Golden Years – A look at Hospital Radio Chelmsford in 1964 & 1965
Easter Day (Sunday 5/4/2015)
7.00am The Easter Sunday Show with Matt Wade
10.00am John Barker in the Morning on Easter Day
12noon The Comedy Hour with Ray Oxley
1.00pm The Vintage Years with Jim Simpson
2.00pm It’s Still Rock n’ Roll to Me with Adam Ravenscroft
3.00pm Alex’s World with Alex Everett
4.00pm Easy Listening at Easter with Bill Woolward
6.00pm Easter Sunday Sessions with Ben Kearns
8.30pm VIP Requests – 90 minutes of your choice of music
10.00pm Willis Wireless with Mark Willis (Repeat from Friday)
Easter Monday 6/4/2015
7.00am Good Morning Broomfield with Matt Wade
10.00am Girls Just Wanna have fun with Joanne Richards
12.00noon Becky’s Bandstand with Rebecca Braybrook
2.00pm Cosy up with Cas on Easter Monday
3.00pm Comedy Classics – A classic Comedy programme from the past
3.30pm Request Rewind – Last night’s Request Show
5.00pm Every Song a Memory with Dave Hurrell
7.00pm Kev’s Forgotten Classics with Kevin Lodge
8.30pm VIP Requests – 90 minutes of your choice of music
10.00pm Late Vibes with Jamie Boyd Ratcliff
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Sunday, 11 January 2015
Christmas Jumpers
Without sounding like Voice-Over man on a TV talent show....
The votes have been counted, and verified and we can announce the winner of the favourite Christmas Jumper as voted for by you is....
Christmas seems such a long time ago now, but over the month of December 2014, Hospital Radio Chelmsford was running a poll of their favourite Christmas Jumpers. Our volunteers dug out their seasonal jumper to share with everyone. We received lots of interest and votes and we would like to thank our volunteers who posed, and everyone who got involved.
Anyway, the winning Jumper was...
Congratulations to Faye and Joanne.
The votes have been counted, and verified and we can announce the winner of the favourite Christmas Jumper as voted for by you is....
Christmas seems such a long time ago now, but over the month of December 2014, Hospital Radio Chelmsford was running a poll of their favourite Christmas Jumpers. Our volunteers dug out their seasonal jumper to share with everyone. We received lots of interest and votes and we would like to thank our volunteers who posed, and everyone who got involved.
Anyway, the winning Jumper was...
Thursday, 1 January 2015
A Great Start to 2015
Happy New Year to all our friends, supporters and listeners.
2015 has started off to be a great year for Hospital Radio Chelmsford. No sooner was the clock striking 12, New Years toasts being made, fireworks lighting the sky and new years resolutions being made (and broken), the National Hospital Radio Awards finalists for 2015 were announced.
Hospital Radio Chelmsford, based at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, received 5 nominations in 5 categories.
The Awards are organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association to highlight the professionalism and reward those volunteers who give up their time freely every week to Entertain, Inform and bring a smile to patients in hospitals.
More information about the awards can be found on the HBA website.
Best Male Presenter and Best Specialist Music Programme: Alan Sword - Great American Country
Best Newcomer: Rebecca Braybrook - Monday at Midday and Wednesday VIP Requests
2015 has started off to be a great year for Hospital Radio Chelmsford. No sooner was the clock striking 12, New Years toasts being made, fireworks lighting the sky and new years resolutions being made (and broken), the National Hospital Radio Awards finalists for 2015 were announced.
Hospital Radio Chelmsford, based at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, received 5 nominations in 5 categories.
The Awards are organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association to highlight the professionalism and reward those volunteers who give up their time freely every week to Entertain, Inform and bring a smile to patients in hospitals.
More information about the awards can be found on the HBA website.
Best Male Presenter and Best Specialist Music Programme: Alan Sword - Great American Country
Best Newcomer: Rebecca Braybrook - Monday at Midday and Wednesday VIP Requests
Best Programme with Multiple Presenters: Paul Evans and Pete Oddie - Two Little Dickie Birds
Best Female Presenter: Asha Jhummu
The Awards ceremony takes place in Gosford, Newcastle on Saturday 28th March 2015.
Click here to see our previous Awards successes.
Saturday, 13 December 2014
Lets get together for Christmas
Hospital Radio Chelmsford wants to bring as much Christmas cheer to the patients and staff in Broomfield Hospital as possible this festive season.
On Friday 12th December we got together with the Broomfield Methodist Church in the Angel Pub for carol singing. This was recorded and will be broadcast over Christmas.
On Saturday 13th December we gave a little extra Christmas cheer to the visitors of Broomfield Hospital, as we broadcast live from the Atrium and raised over £230. A huge thank you to everyone who donated.
During the day we met some truly inspirational patients and their families. Plus we were Flashmobbed's by Springers
Looking ahead, from the 22nd December we have a full schedule of special christmas programmes all the way through to 2015. Highlights include Pantomimes, Carol services, our Nightly VIP Request Show and on Christmas Day we will be live with get entertainment for everyone, as we join families and friends with those who are either working or staying in Broomfield Hospital. Click here to contact our team of dedicated volunteers who will be giving up their Christmas Day
Please do get in contact with us and together we can make Christmas 2014 a little more special.
Our full Christmas schedule of programmes can be found here. if you miss any of the programmes, don't worry as you can find the highlights of our programmes on our Mixcloud page.
On Friday 12th December we got together with the Broomfield Methodist Church in the Angel Pub for carol singing. This was recorded and will be broadcast over Christmas.
During the day we met some truly inspirational patients and their families. Plus we were Flashmobbed's by Springers
Our full Christmas schedule of programmes can be found here. if you miss any of the programmes, don't worry as you can find the highlights of our programmes on our Mixcloud page.
Monday, 11 August 2014
A Tribute to Mike Smith
Mike Smith was one of the most loved broadcasters on Radio and Television, whether on Radio 1, Capital Radio, BBC TV or flying helicopters for hugely impressive ariel footage.
Mike was a Chelmsford lad, who attended KEGS (King Edward VI Grammar School), he would DJ at the Friday night sixth form disco and was a volunteer at Hospital Radio Chelmsford. He had a passion for motor sport and flying and it was the combination of all three that led to a very successful career.
It was a chance meeting with Noel Edmonds at a race meeting that shot Mike to stardom. Edmunds had a car failure, Mike was there with his, and offered it to Edmunds. This cemented their friendship and opened the door to a career in radio.
(Mike Smith aged 16)
Mike was already earning his broadcasting stripes in a caravan at St Johns Hospital. As a volunteer at Hospital Radio Chelmsford, he presented many programmes. Former Programme Controller Ken Oliver: “I well remember his first visits to the station usually having just come on from working at Civic Theatre. It was my delight to offer a show to Mike and in a small way to help nurture his obvious talent and skills in the radio environment.”
Tony Wright, another volunteer at the time: “I went to school with him. Mike was the guest of honour/DJ at the HRC 25th anniversary. His father worked for Ford and Mike was into racing. He got his break in radio (and later, TV) after lending his car to Noel Edmonds at a rally/race (can't remember which) when Noel's car broke down. During my time at HRC we still regularly received post for Mike though I didn't work on the station at quite the same time as him.”
Peter Fairhead is now an honorary member of Hospital Radio Chelmsford, and was a volunteer in those early days: “I didn't really know Mike as he was 3 years below me at school, but we became friends at Hospital Radio Chelmsford. I was working at Radio Orwell, when Mike got his elevated start in the smoke with Capital Radio. I remember travelling up to London for a Barry Manilow concert at the Palladium, and later joined Mike for a quick tour of the Euston Tower studios. My most vivid memory is of the 80mph drive along the Brentwood Bypass in thick fog about 3am in the morning afterwards!”
Mike joined BBC Radio 1 in 1975 as a freelance producer and presenter. His work included promotions and production work for the Radio 1 Roadshow, Quiz Kid and most daytime network shows. As a standby DJ, Mike occasionally broadcast when live outside broadcasts failed.
In June 1978, he joined London's Capital Radio and presented a variety of shows, until July 1980 where Smith became the breakfast show presenter. He moved back to BBC Radio 1 in 1982, presenting the weekday early show from 6 to 7 am and a Saturday morning show.
In 1983, Smith took over the weekday lunchtime show from 11.30 am–2 pm until March 1984, when he briefly left to present BBC Breakfast Time.
He returned to Radio 1 in May 1986, taking over from Mike Read on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show from 7.00 to 9.30 am, where he remained until exactly two years later.
Mike admitted to Chris Moyles in a BBC documentary aired in May 2010, When Moyles met The Radio 1 Breakfast DJs, that Smith really missed being on the radio but not television
(Interview with Mike Smith starts at 4mins 10secs)
After having a successful radio career, Mike went on to tackle television, he teamed up with old buddy Noel Edmonds' for The Late, Late Breakfast Show (1984–86)
Other programmes included programmes like Thames TV's CBTV, BBC1 entertainment magazine shows Show Business (1983) and Friday's People (1985–87), That's Showbusiness (1989–96), and Julian Clary's Trick or Treat for ITV.
Smith was one of BBC TV's presenters at Live Aid in 1985. He helped found Comic Relief, although he kept a very low profile.
Smith presented BBC TV's Railwatch which aired live for five days in February 1989. Other large outside broadcasts included Hospital Watch, Airport Watch and the BBC coverage of The Royal Tournament.
Mike was a qualified helicopter pilot, and in 2004, Mike founded Flying TV – a company providing aerial filming services to broadcasters. As well as being Managing Director, Smith often acted as an aerial cameraman.
Mike married TV presenter Sarah Greene. They met whilst working on the London Marathon. Mike was working for Capital Radio, whilst Sarah was reporting for the BBC. It was raining, so Mike offered Sarah shelter in the Capital Cruiser, there relationship blossomed from there.
It was in September 1988, that both were seriously injured following a helicopter crash that Mike was piloting. Sarah broke both legs and an arm, whilst Mike suffered with a broken back and ankle. They became engaged a few weeks later and married the follow year. They never had children.
Ken Oliver, now a honorary member of Hospital Radio Chelmsford, recorded an interview with Mike in 1986, which had never been broadcast until now.
It is with much sadness that we share with you the passing of Mike Smith, the most successful of our volunteers.
Mike passed away on the 1st August 2014 in hospital after major heart surgery. His wife, Sarah and family were with him.
We send our deepest sympathies and condolences to Sarah and Mike’s family for their loss.
Thanks to Ken Oliver, Tony Wright and Peter Fairhead for their contributions.
Sources: Wikipedia, BBC, aircheckdownloads.com and RadioToday
Mike Smith Tribute: Produced and Presented by Ken Oliver by Waterways Radio Productions for Hospital Radio Chelmsford.
Mike Smith Tribute: Produced and Presented by Ken Oliver by Waterways Radio Productions for Hospital Radio Chelmsford.
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
The Golden Years of Hospital Radio Chelmsford
You may recall we recently shared that we were creating a series of programmes to celebrate 50 years of Hospital Radio Chelmsford, and that they were being shared for everyone to enjoy.
The good news is that we've met the half way point of the series this week.
Have you been listening to our memories from 1964 to 1989? If not, here's the best way your can enjoy them again.
...and with 25 years covered, that means we have 25 more years still to come. You can here the live programme every Sunday at Midday, or catch the repeats on Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes or on a Saturday evening at 10pm. Plus we'll keep our Mixcloud updated on a weekly basis too.
More information about Hospital Radio Chelmsford history can be found here.
The good news is that we've met the half way point of the series this week.
Have you been listening to our memories from 1964 to 1989? If not, here's the best way your can enjoy them again.
...and with 25 years covered, that means we have 25 more years still to come. You can here the live programme every Sunday at Midday, or catch the repeats on Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes or on a Saturday evening at 10pm. Plus we'll keep our Mixcloud updated on a weekly basis too.
More information about Hospital Radio Chelmsford history can be found here.
Friday, 20 June 2014
Supporting COOP Fortnight
Back in 1985 The Chelmsford Star COOP presented us with an Outside Broadcast vehicle, so we could broadcast our programmes from outside the hospitals and they commences a long association with our Nightly Request Show, Star Requests.
So it's apt that in 2014 we take the shows on the road for Co-operatives Fortnight.
Co-operatives Fortnight starts on June 21st and Hospital Radio Chelmsford will be broadcasting our live Saturday programmes from various Food Centres in and around Chelmsford over the next coming weeks.
Here are our COOP Tour Dates:
Sat 21st June 2014 - COOP Tour, Exchange Way Chelmsford
Sat 12th July 2014 - COOP Tour, Fair on Green, Writtle
Sat 26th July 2014 - COOP Tour, Danbury
Sat 16th August 2014 - COOP Tour, Duke St, Chelmsford
Sat 6th September 2014 - COOP Tour, Kings Road, Chelmsford
You can find the team near the entrance to the stores. Adam Ravenscroft will start things from 10am, followed by Asha and Nita Jhummu. Please feel free to pop by and send a message to someone who you might know in Broomfield Hospital.
Don't forget to bring your Hospital Radio Chelmsford Chelmsford Star COOP Community Card with you. For every money you spend in store, we receive a donation from the Chelmsford Star COOP. If you have not got a Community Card, track down one of our team who can provide you one.
If you can't make it to the Food Centres, you can listen online and join in the fun that way. http://hrc.org.uk/live
What is Co-operatives Fortnight?
Co-operatives Fortnight is the perfect time to come together and promote the vibrancy and strength of the co-operative sector. Our sector is truly diverse and we are proud to offer a broad range of products and services. From childcare to cheese, wine to windpower, there really is a co-operative for everyone and every need, and Fortnight is the ideal opportunity to encourage more people to make the co-operative choice.
There really has been no better time to take part in Co-operatives Fortnight. We promise to make it fun and simple for your co-operative to get involved, so please play your part. Large or small, online or on the high street, we want all co-operatives to take part during Co-operatives Fortnight and spread our message.
Together we really can get the message out far and wide. Whether a retailer, service provider, federal member, or an individual co-operative supporter, we'll arm you with all the resources that you need. Our bright and vibrant campaign is guaranteed to make people smile.
More information can be found here: http://www.uk.coop/choosecoop/local-loved-trusted
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