Didn’t we do well? Durham Hospitals Radio have won two awards at the National Hospital Radio Awards 2018 which was held at the De Vere Beaumont Estate in Windsor. John Middleton won bronze for the Best Special Event with his broadcast from Durham Regatta. The judges said this entry showed real high quality programming and…
The Durham City Freemen have made a donation of more than £700 to Durham Hospitals Radio, which has has been used to buy a lap-top, headphones with a boom mike and a VOIP telephone. These items will enable us at Durham Hospitals Radio to add a high-tech polish to our broadcasts. Our chairman, Terry Clough,…
A big thank you to everyone who came along to the DHR concert in Spennymoor on 6th October. We received a lot of positive comments from people who enjoyed it. Of course we couldn’t have done it without our amazing hard working fundraiser Peter!
Pauline Crow, the President of the Rotary Club of Durham, presented Durham Hospitals Radio with a cheque for £200. Mike Hardy (DHR Secretary) and Eileen Thompson gratefully accepted the cheque on behalf of Durham Hospitals Radio
Durham Hospitals Radio’s own John Middleton and Phill Davison went to Tamworth for Durham WFCs last ‘Spring Series’ match against Aston Villa; which involved being stuck up in a gantry! It was DHR’s first “away” commentary! We are the only hospital radio in the country that provides commentary on women’s football. For a list of…
Didn’t she do well?! Our very own Dawn Finnigan won a silver award for the Special Event category at the National Hospital Radio Awards 2017. Dawn covered the Miner’s Gala in Durham. The judges said they loved the coverage of the Miners Parade. “Great at painting images in the listeners mind, with plenty of flavour…
Many thanks to everyone who came along to Spennymoor Town Hall for our concert with the GT Group Band Peterlee and the Durham Constabulary Male Voice Choir. It was a great success!
Many thanks to the staff from the TSB branch in Durham. They presented Durham Hospitals Radio with a cheque for an amazing £587.26, with the help of Roberta Blackman-Woods MP. Terry Clough (Chairman) and Mike Hardy (Secretary) received the cheque on behalf of Durham Hospitals Radio.
Durham Hospitals Radio is currently unable to broadcast to patients at the University Hospital of North Durham. This is because the company who supplies the bedside units, Hospedia, has removed all of the units. However, we are still broadcasting on the internet, and our programme schedule on week nights will remain the same: 7pm Early show…
Didn’t she do well?! Our very own Eileen Thompson was shortlisted for the Female Presenter of the Year in the National Hospital Radio Awards in 2016! Out of 220 entries, Eileen came an amazing 5th. The National Hospital Radio Awards is an annual celebration of the excellent standards found in hospital radio stations across the…