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FEBRUARY 2008 QUIZ NIGHT SUCCESS AT MEIKLEOUR HOTEL |
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It's the second quiz HRP has run at the hotel - the first was in aid of Maggie's Centres. The organisation would like to thank the hotel, the regulars and all who helped to make it a fun, profitable evening. Wednesday 19 March sees the return of the annual Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre Quiz in the Salutation Hotel in Perth. It looks like we may have a record number of teams attending and another brain teasing session is expected! |
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FEBRUARY 2008 NOMINATION FOR BEST SPEECH BROADCASTING AWARD |
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Hospital Radio Perth have been nominated in the "Best Speech Broadcasting" category of the 2008 Hospital Broadcasting Association Awards. After last year's unprecedented success the station only submitted two entries for this year's awards. The nominated entry is a piece by Monday ward-visitor and Thursday Classics presenter Dalene Radin on a local organ maker and his work. The winner will be announced and the prizes distributed at the HBA Conference at Leeds on Saturday 29 March 2008. We're all hoping that Dalene's entry will bring home the trophy. |
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OCTOBER 2007 COMMENTATOR IDOL COMES TO HOSPITAL RADIO PERTH |
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We've
been broadcasting commentaries from St Johnstone matches - home and away
- to patients in Perth Royal Infirmary and Murray Royal Hospital since
1990. Now we're looking for new football commentators to expand our top
sports team here at Hospital Radio Perth. So
who are we looking for? |
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AUGUST 2007 HOSPITAL RADIO PERTH JOINZ UP WITH JUSTVIZITING.COM |
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Radio Perth has teamed up with a new company designed to make life easier
for those with friends and relatives in hospital.
Justviziting.com is a new, free website designed to support hospital patients and their families and save precious time for hospital staff. Jeff Cummings had the idea after he experienced the type of problems faced by thousands of people every day when a relative or friend is in hospital. When Jeff's father needed major surgery it was quite a job keeping people up to date on his progress. He began by putting a bulletin on his pub's website which took a lot of the pressure off the nightly round of phone calls. From there the idea grew of a dedicated and secure site where the friends and families of patients could keep in touch and feel involved. Jeff made a conscious decision at an early stage to make justviziting.com completely secure and confidential as well as easy to use and easily accessible. A visitor to the site simply opens an online visiting room and invites friends and family to view regular bulletins and post their own messages of support between one another. Distance is no problem, even for friends and relatives overseas, and the room is open 24 hours a day, every day. Hospital Radio Perth is a huge fan of the concept and is keen to help with the promotion of the idea. As Station Chairman Steven Robb said, "This is such a terrific idea and I could immediately see the benefits for our listeners in hospitals. With restricted numbers of visitors at bedsides, it's a dilemma faced by many on how to reach loved ones with news on patients. Equally, hospital staff must set aside time to answer queries on the phone. This new website will simply and efficiently help address both of these problems and it's great news that it is absolutely free."
You can find out more by visiting www.justviziting.com or clicking on any of the Justviziting.com icons in this article. |
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JULY 2007 HRP VISITS THE RACES |
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On the previous day, patients had the chance to choose a horse in each race, then cheer it on as HRP broadcast full commentary from the circuit voted "The Best Small Racecourse in Scotland and the North East 2006" by the Racegoers Club. While some listeners chose horses with attractive names, one or two really got into the spirit of the occasion; including one tipster whose bed was engulfed in copies of the Racing Post! But it was all good fun and numerous patients were to win prizes ranging from pens and keyrings to the highly prized Hospital Radio Perth mug. Station Chairman, Steven Robb, who ran the race-course end of the broadcast commented, "Everyone had a great deal of fun and our thanks go, once again, to Sam Morshead and his team at Scone for making us so welcome." |
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MAY 2007 ZEN INTERNET TEAMS UP WITH HRP |
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Station chairman, John Watson is delighted with the deal, "Not only will this allow us better e-mail and web facilities and keep us up to date with news and sports results, it ensures that we can relay events live from Perth Concert Hall via our new web streaming facility. This is a first for hospital radio anywhere and keeps us at the forefront in the UK."
Zen is delighted to continue to support the hospital with a broadband connection that allows live streaming of the radio to patients, through to updating the sports team on all the latest results. John concludes, "It's great that these two award winning services can come together to provide an even better range of entertainment for those in hospital." |
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APRIL 2007 HOSPITAL RADIO PERTH ARE UK STATION OF THE YEAR - AGAIN! |
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Hospital Radio Perth has been announced the UK Hospital Radio Station Of The Year - the fourth time that we have won the accolade.
The station's entry was judged by a group of individuals with a long history in professional radio including BBC Radio Two star and "Voice Of The Balls" Alan Dedicoat, Radio Two Producer Paula Rogers and Programme Consultant and former producer of Kenny Everett, Alan Freeman and Tony Blackburn, Paul Easton. Carol Kirkwood revealed after the event that she had been silently cheering on the Perth entry. "My mum lives in Perthshire and my family have had need of PRI from time to time so I was delighted when the local station won. It's well deserved." The judges said of the Perth entry that they it was a fine example of patient focussed broadcasting with a diverse range of broadcasting to suit the older listener. They particularly liked features such as "Bookmark", a daily hour of short stories and poems; the outside broadcasts including shows from Perth Theatre and the local content such as the concert by the Parish Of Dunkeld Handbell Ringers. The award was presented by the BBC's Charles Nove who himself began in hospital radio in Glasgow. He too was pleased that Perth won. "I'm delighted to hand over the award to a Scottish station - it's thoroughly deserved." Station Chairman, John Watson was at the ceremony and is absolutely delighted. "This is a great reward for over 40 volunteers who give up their time each week to ensure that our programmes go out 24 hours a day 365 days of the year. Their dedication is shown by the fact that although over 250 stations are eligible for the award, we have won it four times since 1996. Only one other station has even won it twice. It makes us far and away the most successful hospital station ever in the UK. To say I'm proud of the station and the members is an understatement!" But winning the top award was not the station's only success. They also won the "Best Special Event" trophy for their 36 hour live broadcast surrounding the switching on of Perth's Christmas Lights. With interviews with Fred MacAuley and Tony Christie, the judges said that it was among the very best of patient focussed broadcasting with fun and music making up a great mix. In addition the station picked up a bronze award for Janieann McCracken's interview with former Spitfire pilot Sir Alan Smith; a highly commended for Norman Riley's rhyming trailer for his Comedy Classics programme and a commended award for their coverage of St Johnstone v Queen Of The South. |
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MARCH 2007 KIPPEN CAMPBELL WS SPONSOR HRP SPORTS PROGRAMME |
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Street solicitors and estate agents Kippen
Campbell WS have agreed a new sponsorship deal with Hospital Radio
Perth to support their weekly sports programme and St Johnstone commentary.
Hospital Radio Perth are the only hospital broadcasters in Scotland to follow the same team home and away - and over the years have relayed over 600 St Johnstone matches live to Perth hospital patients. Station chairman, John Watson is delighted to have Kippen Campbell on board as sponsors; "This is the first time that our sports output has been sponsored and it brings welcome funds to the charity. We cover every home game and as many of the away games as we can, typically we only miss two or three in a season. We even reported from Finland and Monaco during the UEFA Cup matches a few years ago."
Steve McLaren, partner at Kippen Campbell and life-long Saints fan, is equally enthusiastic. "We always take a keen interest in what's going on at Hospital Radio and have joined forces in a number of projects in the past. This is an ideal opportunity for us to show that not only do we support St Johnstone, but we support Hospital Radio Perth too." |
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MARCH 2007 SIXTH ANNUAL PSPC QUIZ BRINGS CASH FOR QUESTIONS |
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The event hosted by Hospital Radio Perth and the Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre was a huge success with 24 teams taking part. This year's event was won, for the second year running, by "Does Grey Matter" representing The Procurator Fiscal's Office. A great night was had by all and nearly £600 was eventually raised for Hospital Radio Perth. Our picture shows Dave Smith, Sheila Shovlin, Robbie Brown and Vivian Tevendale of the Procurator Fiscal's Office collecting the cup from Anne Begg of PSPC while HRP's John Watson collects the cheque. |
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FEBRUARY 2007 MORE AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR HOSPITAL RADIO PERTH |
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The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in Northampton on Saturday 31 March 2007. Let's keep our fingers well and truly crossed! NOMINATIONS
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NOVEMBER 2006 HRP MUSIC QUIZ |
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Due
to popular demand and the fact that we may well raise a few bob in the process,
Hospital Radio Perth are to hold a fun music quiz night at the Salutation
Hotel in South Street, Perth on Wednesday 15 November 2006.
The quiz night is open to teams of four and we have had a lot of interest from those who attend our regular "normal" quizzes. If you'd like to enter a team or several then let us know. Please book a table by e-mail by dropping a note to musicquiz@hospitalradioperth.co.uk. There is so much interest that we are reserving tables so as to ensure that we are not oversubscribed.
Prices are £16 per table of four i.e. £4 per person.
There will also be a raffle at the event.
Entry is open to all, so why not put together a team and come along for a fun evening. |
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OCTOBER 2006 RECOGNITION FOR HRP VICE CHAIRMAN |
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The
Scottish Health Awards 2006 finalists have been announced. We are
delighted to report that out of hundreds of nominations of an incredibly
high standard HRP Station Manager and Vice Chairman Steven Robb has been
named as one of the three finalists in the "Volunteers" category
Volunteers Award
All the finalists will receive an invitation to attend the 2006 ceremony on 9th November at the Corn Exchange, Edinburgh. We're all keeping our fingers crossed for Steven, but no matter the result, it is a huge achievement to make it to the finals. We all know how much effort he puts into Hospital Radio Perth and congratulate him on this fantastic achievement. You can see more about the Scottish Health Awards by clicking HERE. |
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APRIL AND MAY 2006 A SELECTION OF VISITORS |
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Then throughout the second week in May we had a series of visits from members of the Perthshire Writers' Group who recorded around 20 short stories and poems for broadcast as part of our "Bookmark" series which is transmitted at 1pm each day. On 29 May we had a visit from about a dozen members of PUSH. PUSH promotes change that will lead to inclusion in the community for people with leaning disabilities throughout Perth and Kinross. They run a number of groups and also do one to one work. Their work can be seen as stepping stones to equip people to go out and access mainstream facilities. We were delighted to have them along and look forward to their next visit in July. |
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19 MAY 2006 DONATION BY MARKS AND SPENCER'S STAFF |
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29 MARCH 2006 PERTHSHIRE SOLICITORS QUIZ NIGHT ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESS |
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The 5th annual Perthshire Solicitors' Quiz Night took place at the Salutation Hotel, Perth on Wednesday 29 March 2006. The event hosted by Hospital Radio Perth and the Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre was a huge success with 24 teams taking part. This year's event was won by "Does Grey Matter" representing The Procurator Fiscal's Office. On the night we auctioned several items, with the star item being a signed Scotland football top which sold for £105. A great night was had by all and £800 was eventually raised for Hospital Radio Perth. Our picture shows Allan Dow of the Procurator Fiscal's Office collecting the cup from Anne Begg of PSPC while HRP's John Watson collects the cheque. |
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11 MAY 2005 SOUND INVESTMENT BY SAINTS HELPS FANS |
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Hospital Radio Perth has broadcast commentary from all St Johnstone home games since 1990 and since the following year has covered the vast majority of away matches too. The station's chairman, John Watson, explains why the new equipment was needed: "While our commentary position at McDiarmid Park is fitted with top class equipment, commentary from away games has relied increasingly on mobile telephones. While the sound may be reasonable it isn't the ideal situation to have two people huddled round a tiny handset." The new portable Flipjack mixer will allow the commentators to use professional headsets and microphones while still sending the signal via a mobile. John reports that the improvement is very noticeable, "Although it's still essentially a mobile phone, the improved microphone quality makes the sound very much better and should make life much easier for the commentators. The equipment will also allow us to broadcast all manner of events from around the town that until now have been beyond our reach."
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2 APRIL 2005 YET MORE SUCCESS FOR H.R.P. AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL RADIO AWARDS |
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The 2005 Awards were held in the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Saturday 2 April 2005 and yet again, Hospital Radio Perth won their fair share of prizes. Well done to all involved. COMMENDED - Best Speech Package - Excerpts from Alistair Smith's work with Perth Writer's Group. HIGHLY COMMENDED - Best Station Identification - "Stars In Our Ears" voiced by Gary Smith and inumerable household names from Lorraine Kelly to Vera Lynn. THIRD - Best Specialist Programme - Celtic Folk by John Watson. Photos by Gary Lakin |
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16 MARCH 2005 ANNUAL PERTHSHIRE SOLICITORS QUIZ NIGHT A HUGE SUCCESS |
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The 4th annual Perthshire Solicitors' Quiz Night took place at the Salutation Hotel, Perth on Wednesday 16 March 2005. The event hosted by Hospital Radio Perth and the Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre was a huge success with 26 teams taking part. This year's event was won by "Three Saints And A Sinner" representing Condies with a score of 144. Runners-up, two points behind were the 2003 and 2004 winners "Jules Rimet" representing Neil Whittet. A great night was had by all and £612 was eventually raised for Hospital Radio Perth. |
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2 FEBRUARY 2005 HRP NOMINATED FOR MORE AWARDS |
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Hospital Radio Perth submitted 3 entries for the National Hospital Radio Awards this year. Best Speech Package - Excerpts from Alistair Smith's work with Perth Writer's Group. Best Station Identification - "Stars In Our Ears" voiced by Gary Smith and inumerable household names from Lorraine Kelly to Vera Lynn. Best Specialist Programme - Celtic Folk by John Watson The nominations were announced tonight and we have gained a top ten place with each. The winners will be announced on April 2 at the HBA Conference at the Europa Hotel in Belfast. Fingers crossed! Further information can be found HERE |
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29 JANUARY 2005 HRP COOK UP SOME CHEER FOR FURNITURE PROJECT |
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A culinary spectacle was staged on Saturday night for supporters of the Salvation Army in Perth. Half a dozen HRP members attended to see Chairman John Watson battle nursery owner Vince Butler for the title of "Champion Chef" in aid of the Furniture Project which provides items for those in need. John eventually came out the winner but admitted that he didn't even risk trying his cookery! "The winner was the furniture project which raised a healthy sum. Vince and I treated the whole event as a bit of fun and I think the audience appreciated our efforts - or should I say - antics!" Organiser Dan Rous - a former member of HRP reported that the evening had been a great success. Find out more about the Salvation Army's projects HERE. |
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13 JANUARY 2005 HRP AWARDED THE DAVID K THOMSON AWARD |
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Fifteen HRP members went along to the council chambers to meet Provost Bob Scott and the David K Thomson Award Trustees. HRP Chairman John Watson told those present that the organisation was honoured to receive such an award and that it was testament to the work carried out on a day to day basis by over 40 volunteers. |
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13 SEPTEMBER 2004 NEW STUDIO GOES LIVE |
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Well - we can confirm it works! While Studio 1 might still need one or two little adjustments, it is now operational and live programmes resumed at 7pm tonight with Station Manager Steven Robb presenting the first programme.. Studio 2 installation is underway as you can see from the pictures. A huge "Well done and thank-you" are due to, Steven Robb who has led the project and has kept everyone on track; Norman Riley and Jim Reid who have designed, prepared, soldered and assembled; Caroline Reid who has scraped, polished and painted and everyone else who has helped out. Thanks too to all the companies, trusts organisations and individuals who donated to the project - and everyone involved in the fundraising. Lastly, thanks to Sonifex - they have been great to deal with.
A pensive Steven Robb launches the first programme in the new Studio 1. |
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10 SEPTEMBER 2004 RAF LEUCHARS
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9 SEPTEMBER 2004 IT'S HERE AT LAST! The new studio gear was delivered today and already, as you can see, it's beginning to look the part. The whole think looks even better than we hoped. Here are a few pictures to whet your appetite! We've started in Studio One - it's a split desk configuration - 10 channels on one side, 15 on the other and the computer screens in between. I'm sure you will agree that the furniture looks really smart. Jim and Norman have been doing all the clever stuff while Steven and John have lifted heavy objects and asked daft questions. Already the entire place is knee deep in bits of wire and weird plugs and sockets. So far everything is going reasonably to plan. It seems that it might even work at some stage in the future. Certainly Jim and Norman have put a great deal of thought and preperation into the project and we were all surprised at just how quickly it began to take shape. Tomorrow we get the Studio Two stuff delivered! |
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16 JULY 2004 JOHN CONNOLLY VISITS HOSPITAL RADIO PERTH
In an hour-long show hosted by HRPs Kevin Giles, John answered a range of questions submitted by hospital patients and staff and among the topics covered were his thoughts on the season ahead at McDiarmid Park, his memories of the Ormond era at Muirton Park plus his thoughts on the wider Scottish game. Listeners also had the opportunity to get a glimpse of what sort of music the boss likes to listen to with tracks by Elton John, Neil Diamond, and Ronan Keating all getting an airing. The award winning Hospital Radio Perth volunteers swing into action football-wise on Saturday 24 July as they provide commentary from all home games at McDiarmid Park and most of the away games as well.
10 JULY 2004 NEW STUDIO PROJECT NEARS FRUITION
4 JULY 2004 KEVIN GILES GOES OFF THE RAILS
All-in-all it was a great weekend from sharing a 'fireman's breakfast' (sausage and black puuding cooked on the shovel inside the firebox) to actually riding on the footplate of one of these beautiful machines, everything was captured for posterity by Kevin for broadcast on Hospital Radio Perth. If you would like further information about the Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, please telephone 01506 822298, email: enquiries@railway.srps.org.uk or write to: The Scottish Railway Preservation Society Bo'ness Station, Union Street, Bo'ness, West Lothian EH51 9AQ. Or of course you can click here to visit their website. They, like Hospital Radio Perth, are always looking for volunteers to help keep everything running!
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