Call us: 01423 553342   Email: studio@harrogatehospitalradio.org.uk   Text: 82228 (Start Message with HHR)

Chairman’s Blog


October 2017

1st October 2017

Hello, and welcome to my October blog. Well, here we are, our birthday month has finally arrived. Harrogate Hospital Radio will be 40 years old on Sunday, October 22nd. Harrogate Hospital Radio was started by Peter Lilley in 1977 and, when the station first started to broadcast, we had just one turntable, one reel to […]

Read More

September 2017

1st September 2017

Welcome to my September Blog. Arrangements are in full swing for our 40th birthday celebrations, which are being held at Bilton Working Men’s Club on Friday, October 20. We have added a new artist to those already confirmed. Lucy L’Mont – who brings the total to live acts performing on the night for HHR to […]

Read More

August 2017

1st August 2017

Welcome to my August blog. July saw Harrogate Hospital Radio take part once again in The Big Picnic, held in the Valley Gardens. The weather was again on our side. It was a glorious day and the team had a fabulous afternoon with our “Human Fruit Machine”. We had three jackpot winners each matching three […]

Read More

July 2017

1st July 2017

Hi everyone, Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street. Well not exactly true if you are reading this in Hospital! We have some great things planned for this month. We will be out in the Valley Gardens with our Human Fruit Machine for the hospital’s Big  Picnic on Sunday, July […]

Read More

June 2017

1st June 2017

Welcome to my June blog.  First of all I am delighted to welcome the following people who have joined HHR and are now fully fledged members:  ·       Rachel Burns            ·       Jonathan Tullett      ·       Beryl Horner         […]

Read More

May 2017

1st May 2017

There are very mixed emotions here at Harrogate Hospital Radio, emotions of sadness and excitement. Sadly on Sunday April 16, one of our longest serving members, Kenny Welford sadly passed away, very suddenly. Kenny was a very loyal volunteer at Harrogate Hospital Radio, having been with the station for almost 40 years. In fact Kenny’s […]

Read More

April 2017

4th April 2017

Hi everyone, Well here I am again chairman at Harrogate Hospital Radio for another year. Thank you to those who proposed and seconded me. It’s going to be a fantastic year for us as we celebrate 40 years of broadcasting from within Harrogate District Hospital. March has been a fantastic month for us at Harrogate […]

Read More

March 2017

2nd March 2017

Well, following my blog last month, I am happy to announce our display cabinet is now up and proudly displaying Harrogate Hospital Radio next to the Endoscopy Unit. I have to say it looks very well and has been noticed by quite a few “top” people at the Trust! I would like to welcome two […]

Read More

February 2017

5th February 2017

Hello and welcome to my February blog. We have started 2017 in great style. HHR received a fabulous donation from the Freemasons to help our CD racks room. Oliver Stables, our studio controller, and his father have very kindly installed the new racks and these now enable us to hold approximately 900 more CDs. On […]

Read More

January 2017

3rd January 2017

Welcome to my first blog of the new year. I hope you had a wonderful and peaceful Christmas and looking forward to a prosperous 2017. I would like to take this opportunity to pass my congratulations to the following people on receiving their long service awards at the hospital on Friday December 16th. Ellie Jackson […]

Read More

Interested?

Harrogate Hospital Radio is 100 percent volunteer led and we are always on the lookout for individuals to join our talented team of volunteers!