The Hospital Broadcasting Association is the national charity that supports and promotes Hospital Broadcasting in the UK. TheNational Hospital Radio Awards is an annual celebration of the excellent standards foundin hospital radio stations across the country. This year, Durham Hospitals Radio has been nominated in 6 categories: Best Specialist Music Programme: The Sunday Showtunes Showdown Best…
A big thank you to everyone who came along to the annual DHR concert at Spennymoor Town Hall. It was a great evening and both Fishburn Brass band and the Durham Constabulary Make Voice choir were excellent. Feedback has been very positive and the evening was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to our own Peter…
You can now access free wi fi in the University Hospital of North Durham – see the poster below for details…. That means you can listen to Durham Hospitals Radio at www.dhradio.org.uk
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,…
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…
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…
Durham Hospitals Radio continue to broadcast live coverage of Durham Women FC’s home matches in the Women’s Super League from New Ferens Park. Our own John Middleton provides the commentary, so if you would like to have a listen, then all you need to do is click on the “listen live” button on this website…