First Studio
The first studio's at Heatherwood were located in the old admin building. Bill started broadcasting the record request service from a room in this building. These programs can be traced back to the late 1960's. We believe the service started in 1969.
Bill Berry 1976
When the service was officially launched in 1976 it moved to the ground floor of the Maternity unit, next to the hospital switchboard.
The total area for this studio was 12ft by 12ft. This was divided into two rooms, a small reception area and the other which was used for broadcasting, this included one Dexion rack full of singles 78’s and LP’s.
It was only later, in the eighties when another room was added, which increased the overall room size to 12ft by 20ft.This allowed the addition of a second studio and a dedicated area for the library. In the early days 78’s and a few singles and albums were used to produce the request shows.
In the mid 90’s after some long time talks with the hospital trust, a room vacant adjacent to the radio studio’s was allocated to the station. This allowed the complex to offer for the first time proper reception facilities and an area was also set aside for presenters to make refreshments.
