Hospital Radio Exeter has been awarded £7,690 in funding by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund.
The volunteer run radio station which is based at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital in Exeter currently provides more than 40 hours per week of varied programmes including the famous request shows to hospital patients.
Malcolm Mardon from Hospital Radio Exeter said: “This funding will allow us to update our second studio to allow more shows to be recorded and broadcast, and to allow interviews to take place.
A one day Family Sci-Fi themed event featuring T.V. and Film actors (Doctor Who, Thor, Poldark and more) and Bestselling Author Andrew Lane (Young Sherlock and Lost Worlds).
Plus Science Fiction/Fantasy shops and comic stalls, costumed characters, live music, Board game playing, artists and fun and games and lots more!
In January, breakfast show presenter Matt Woodley’s services were dispensed with and now it emerges station stalwart Judi Spiers has been given the boot.
The moves obviously make sense to station bosses but, to the outsider, it appears to be sheer madness.
Judi’s show was incredibly popular with listeners – testament to that the huge volume of calls, emails and texts she received every day.
She was also one of the few presenters to spare time to host events and put her name to charity efforts.
This September and October, England will host Rugby World Cup 2015. Three of the tournament’s matches will be played at the Sandy Park ground in Exeter.
With support from Exeter City Council, Phonic FM is inviting proposals for original creative audio portraits of Exeter and its communities, in some way exploring the reach and influence of the Rugby World Cup 2015 matches in the city.
These hour-long works will be broadcast on Phonic FM around the time of the matches at Sandy Park. They will also be posted online, shared with other broadcasters and deposited for posterity...
This September and October, England will host Rugby World Cup 2015. Three of the tournament’s matches will be played at the Sandy Park ground in Exeter.
With support from Exeter City Council, Phonic FM is inviting proposals for original creative audio portraits of Exeter and its communities, in some way exploring the reach and influence of the Rugby World Cup 2015 matches in the city.
These hour-long works will be broadcast on Phonic FM around the time of the matches at Sandy Park. They will also be posted online, shared with other broadcasters and deposited for posterity...
Hospital Radio Exeter are looking for someone with good technical knowledge, who can also be a good an all-rounder to assist our engineer on the radio station. They should have a background knowledge of a working radio studio, including mixing desks, audio playout systems, PC operating systems, etc. As this is only part of the job, you will be expected to work in all areas of Hospital Radio.
How do you fancy meeting people, raising money, and being on the radio, all for a good cause? If this is on your wavelength, Hospital Radio Exeter might just be for you.
Devon Community Foundation are set to hold their annual Volunteer of the Year awards in October at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter, honouring the hard work and achievements of the hundreds of volunteers contributing to community groups across Devon.
The awards will have an added element of excitement as BBC Radio will be broadcasting the awards live with David Fitzgerald as host for the evening.
In 2013 BBC Radio Devon selected the Foundation as their Charity of the Year and together they raised nearly £37,000 helping local people to build better and more...
Premier Communication Electronics’ chief executive officer Karen Langley has joined the British Radio Council.
The Business Radio Group was set up by the industry’s trade association, the Federation of Communication Services, in 2004 to represent radio spectrum licensees, manufacturers, suppliers and others delivering radio services to the UK business market.
The Group is led by the British Radio Council comprising of some its representatives. It meets quarterly and sub groups have also been set up to support sub sector projects, such as critical national infrastructure,...
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has become the latest public figure to criticise the BBC over its dismissal of a Veteran DJ for broadcasting a song containing racist language.
Commenting on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, David Cameron said that the BBC had acted “unfairly” in its treatment of the BBC Radio Devon DJ David Lowe who was dismissed after broadcasting a 1932 recording of ‘The Sun Has Got His Hat On’.
A listener complained to the BBC after the recording, which includes a verse containing the ‘n-word’ that has been omitted from later versions of the song, was...
