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Chairman’s Blog


CHAIRMAN’S BLOG OCTOBER 2021

15th October 2021

WELL WE DID IT! Harrogate Hospital Radio launched on 95.3FM on September 1st at 9.53am. Andrew Jones MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough joined me in the studios as I hosted a day long broadcast showcasing most of our shows on Harrogate Hospital Radio. Andrew chose some great music as part of the launch. He chose […]

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July 2021

1st July 2021

QUARTERLY BLOG – JULY 2021 Well, what a roller-coaster few months it has been for Harrogate Hospital Radio, oh, and of course for the world too! As the pandemic is still causing lots of problems with our everyday lives, I personally believe we are learning to live and manage it as best we can. The […]

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March 2021

1st March 2021

Hello and welcome to my quarterly blog, an update at what has gone on, and is coming up over the next few months, at Harrogate Hospital Radio. As we are all aware, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate our lives in many ways. There is light at the end of the tunnel as the vaccine […]

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December 2020

2nd December 2020

Hello, Thank you for taking time to read my December blog. Well, what a year 2020 has been. No one could have ever predicted the months of heartache and despair the Coronavirus pandemic has brought to our daily routines and lives. March saw the UK go into lockdown, people wearing masks in shops, public transport, […]

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September 2020

1st September 2020

Hello and welcome to my blog. Over the past four years I have had the pleasure and privilege of writing a blog on our website. I have decided to make changes to my blog by writing it on a quarterly basis, as there has been very little opportunity to report what Harrogate Hospital Radio has […]

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July 2020

1st July 2020

Well, on March 23, the whole of the UK changed its course of life to an extent that no one could have predicted, due to the speed the coronavirus was spreading, as we all went into “lockdown”. Everyone had to change their lifestyle; the Media, Television, Radio all changed to cope with the new terminology, […]

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June 2020

1st June 2020

Hi Everyone, Here we are in June, the last ten weeks have been surreal to say the least. Sadly, we are all too aware of the world-wide impact Covid-19 has had on all of us, closer to home the lives of it has claimed here, in Harrogate. Some weeks ago, I interviewed Steve Russell, Chief […]

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May 2020

1st May 2020

Hello, welcome to my May blog. Here we are, still in lockdown as I write this month’s blog. What a strange month April has been for us all, as our daily routines are all but banished because of the pandemic that is Covid-19. Harrogate saw the opening of the Nightingale Hospital for Yorkshire and Humberside, […]

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April 2020

1st April 2020

Hi Mark Oldfield, here, I am the chairman of Harrogate Hospital Radio. It is with a heavy heart I am writing this months blog because like millions of people I for one never thought in my life time would we be facing unprecedented times due to The Coronavirus – Covid-19. Peoples everyday lives have turned […]

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March 2020

1st March 2020

So, what kind of music do you like? Soul music? Then join Ian Smith every Sunday 8pm-10pm, and Andy Bellwood every Monday 1pm-3pm   Classical or songs from shows? Join Derek England every Sunday 6pm-8pm and Ruth Stapleton every Sunday 10am-11am   Music from Around the Globe? Adele G plays music from around the globe […]

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