Durham Hospitals Radio had a great night at the National Hospital Radio Awards. We had three nominations and our very own Eileen Thompson won a silver award for the best speech package. The Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) is the national charity that supports and promotes Hospital Broadcasting in the UK. The HBA has over 200 individual broadcasting stations, representing 1000s…
Programming
Coronavirus
by PaulG •
In light of the escalation of the Coronavirus epidemic it is with regret that Durham Hospitals Radio will suspend live broadcasting until it becomes safe for us to broadcast from the studio. Broadcasting will continue on auto so we still have an output to patients at the University Hospital of North Durham. We will continue to broadcast on the internet and…
Donations
Hospital Broadcasting Association funding
by PaulG •
Durham Hospitals Radio are delighted to have received £1750 from the Hospital Broadcasting Association. The HBA is a national charity that supports and promotes Hospital Broadcasting in the UK. Patients in many UK hospitals benefit from programmes designed to make life better for people in hospital and aid their recovery. Click here for the HBA…
Events
Durham Hospitals Radio concert: 18th October 2019
by PaulG •
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 Male Voice choir were excellent. Feedback has been very positive and the evening was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to Peter for organising…
Fundraising
Home from Home: Asa has done it!
by PaulG •
Tony is our engineer here at DHR and he makes everything work in the studio. His son, Asa, has completed his walk from London to Durham, which took 23 days with almost 1 million steps! The ‘Home from Home’ title came about as he has spent the same amount of time in London as he…
Fundraising
Mini Great North Run: 7 September 2019
by PaulG •
They did it! Matthew and Martha did the Mini Great North Run on 7th September 2019. They are very excited to be raising money for Durham Hospitals Radio, and this was the 4th time they have done it. The money raised will help the station buy new music and maintain and much needed equipment. If you…
Donations
Donation from the City of Durham Parish Council
by PaulG •
Durham Hospitals Radio are delighted to have received £2,000 from the City of Durham Parish Council From left to right; Ian Ramsay from DHR, Terry Clough DHR Chairman, Eileen Thompson from DHR, Tony Taulbut from DHR; and presenting the cheque is Councillor Elizabeth Scott.
Events
National Hospital Radio Awards 2019: winners
by PaulG •
Didn’t we do well at the National Hospital Radio Awards in Stoke on Trent! We won an amazing three awards: Bronze Award for Best Female Presenter: Eileen Thompson The judges described Eileen as someone with a really nice voice, clear, warm and smiley. One said “she made me smile, I really liked her. Good content…
Programming
Free wi fi
by PaulG •
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
Programming
Internet only broadcasting
by PaulG •
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…