Thursday 20 November 2008

Date: 19 October 2005

Budding Wogans wanted for Warwick Hospital Radio!

Fancy yourself as a bit of a broadcaster, entertaining listeners with witty anecdotes and soothing tunes? Warwick Hospital's radio station, Radio Warneford, is looking for new volunteers to join the team on a Sunday.

Station Manager Ley Bricknell says "We can't promise you worldwide recognition, but Radio Warneford is a really rewarding way to volunteer your time. And you don't have to know anything about broadcasting - we'll teach you all that. All you need is a couple of hours each week and bags of enthusiasm!"

The station, which has been broadcasting to patients for 32 years, needs people over 18 to volunteer between 10am and 1pm or 5:30pm to 9:30pm each Sunday. Volunteers will get requests from patients on the wards, help put programmes together and of course be fully trained up to broadcast live on air!

Ley Bricknell adds "2005 is the year of the volunteer so now's the time to take up the volunteering challenge. Volunteering for just a couple of hours a week can give you an enormous sense of satisfaction, the chance to meet people from all walks of life and an opportunity to learn all about radio broadcasting."

For more information about volunteering for Radio Warneford on Sundays or any other day of the week, please contact Ley Bricknell on 01926 401402.

Notes For Editors

For more information and photo and interview opportunities, please contact Sally Houghton by email at sally.houghton @ radiowarneford.com

• Radio Warneford is an award-winning hospital broadcasting service based at Warwick Hospital in the heart of Warwickshire.
• Volunteer members have been providing quality radio entertainment to both patients and staff at since 1973.
• Radio Warneford is currently on air and broadcasting its own programmes for 30½ hours every week, that's more than 900 hours a month or 11,132 hours a year!
• Radio Warneford is an independent charity and is not part of the National Health Service. The station requires financial support from local people and organisations in order to continue its service to patients.
• The Record Library contains around 35,000 tracks including LPs, CDs and 7-inch singles.
• The top 10 most requested songs by Warwick Hospital patients are as follows:
  1. Frank Sinatra - My Way
  2. Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love
  3. Matt Monro - From Russia From Love
  4. Abba - Dancing Queen
  5. Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo
  6. Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade
  7. Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again
  8. Usher - Yeah
  9. Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
  10. Debussy - Clair De Lune

Issued by Sally Houghton, Editor
18 October 2005