Sunday 6 July 2008

Welcome to Radio Warneford, the award-winning hospital broadcasting service based at Warwick Hospital in the heart of Warwickshire. Our volunteer members have been providing quality radio entertainment to both patients and staff since 1973.

On these pages, you will be able to read about our service and the programmes we broadcast, discover our humble beginnings in an old broom cupboard in 1973 and find out about the latest news and developments around the station.

There are full details of both recent and forthcoming special broadcasts and fundraising events and information about how you can get involved in hospital radio, either here with us at Radio Warneford if you live nearby, or at a station in your area.

Below you will find the latest news about our programmes and events and brief details of some of the most recent changes to our site, with links straight to those pages.

Thank-you for visiting our web site - we hope you find it interesting.

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It's official - John Barrowman is donning those tights! Star of Torchwood and ...Maria, John is coming to Birmingham this Christmas in a sparkling new production of Robin Hood. Radio Warneford was at the press launch...

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BBC Midlands Today presenter Michael Collie is interviewed in the studio during the 1997 Warwick Hospital League of Friends Fête.

This is part of a series of archive photographs to celebrate Radio Warneford's 35th birthday.

Our Featured Album for June is Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. The Featured Artist is the iconic Sixties foursome The Mamas & The Papas.

Previous Albums of the Month and Featured Artists can be found here.

Radio Warneford has a special magazine for patients and the 2008 edition is still available! It's packed with articles about Radio Warneford and some of the people who work here.

Inside, you can read about the importance of hospital radio, what it's like to be a member of Radio Warneford, which are the Top Ten most requested records and just what is the Hospital Broadcasting Association.

Our Meet The Team feature introduces you to some of our members, including the Chairman and Station Manager. There are even a few quizzes to tax your brain!

Patients can get hold of a free copy of our magazine by asking one of our Ward Visitors or calling us from their bedside unit for free on extension 4500.

Radio Warneford Mug Offer
Radio Warneford has produced a special limited edition 35th birthday mug and you can get hold of one for just 2.99GBP (plus 1.50GBP postage and packing)*.

• Programmes Today
• Programmes Tomorrow

Your Old Mobiles Could Earn Us Cash!

Your old mobile phones can be worth hundreds of pounds to Radio Warneford! They normally end up in the bin, but they can be recycled to raise valuable cash for us. So if you are guilty of throwing away your old phones, find out how you can use them to help us!

See some of our appeal supporters.

Visit the Warwick Hospital website at www.warwickhospital.nhs.uk

The League Of Friends Of Warwick Hospital is at www.warwickhospitallof.org.uk

The following pages have been added or updated recently.

• Recently At Radio Warneford - updated 16 Jun 2008
   
• Father's Day - added 13 Jun 2008
   
• Weekly Programme Schedules - updated 2 Jun 2008
• Programme Guide (PDF - 449Kb) - updated 2 Jun 2008
   
• Artist of the Month, June (PDF 26Kb) - added 1 Jun 2008
• Album of the Month, June (PDF 25Kb) - added 1 Jun 2008
   
• Acoustic Charity Night - Letter Of Thanks - added 9 Apr 2008
   
• Radio Warneford Celebrates 35 Years Of Broadcasting
  - added 15 Feb 2008
   
• RW Top 10 Requests of 2007 - added 21 Jan 2008