The Leamington Spa Christmas Tree festival at All Saints Parish Church is now open featuring around sixty brightly decorated trees supported by local charities and organisations, including Radio Warneford.
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Music Requests Are Back
Our live Request Shows are back after the Christmas and New Year break, so why not get in touch and let us know your favourite track!!!
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Radio Warneford’s New Studios Officially Opened
Our brand new studio complex at Warwick Hospital has been officially opened by the Mayor of Warwick, who handed a ceremonial key to founding member, John Flaherty.
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About Us: 1970’s Fund Raising
In another of our series of articles to mark our 50th birthday, we take a rummage through the Radio Warneford archive to remember some of our fund raising efforts in the 1970’s.
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Our Anniversary Magazine!
The latest edition of Radio Warneford’s official magazine is available to read online, packed full of archive photographs and newspaper reports charting Radio Warneford’s history since its first broadcast at the Warneford Hospital in 1973.
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About Us: Moving To Warwick
The second of a series of posts to celebrate Radio Warneford’s half-century of broadcasting. Find out more about our move from “The Hut” at the Warneford Hospital to new purpose-built studios at Warwick Hospital, opened in 1993.
Find out moreApr 1974 – Schedule Extended
Radio Warneford extended it’s service to five nights a week.
Find out moreJan 1974 – First Schedule
A schedule entitled “Wonderful Radio Warneford” was published and ran for three months. It was given to all the patients. Here’s an extract from it: MONDAYS 7.00pm Terry Brown Requests 7.45pm Hancock’s Half Hour 8.15pm Mr Peggotty Requests 9.00pm Judge Jeffreys Sweet Sounds FRIDAYS 7.00pm Judge Jeffreys Soul Music 8.00pm Terry Brown Requests 9.00pm Mr Peggotty Big Band Sounds TUESDAYS 7.00pm Terry Brown Revived 45s 7.45pm Mr Peggotty at the Theatre
Find out moreDec 1973 – Programmes Begin
John Flaherty and Geoff Nicholls ran Peggottys Disco together and this formed the basis of the studio. It began in a tiny basement room in the hospital and the Red Cross helped out by visiting patients and collecting requests. Programmes could be heard on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 7pm and 10pm.
Find out moreSep 1973 – The Beginning
Miss Wells, the Warneford Hospital Secretary, gave Terry Brown, the hospital’s Chief Engineer, and John Flaherty permission to start Radio Warneford in December, to provide entertainment for patients over Christmas.
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