1983 Diary Page
The first event for the year was a breakfast show broadcast on New Years Day by the Saturday crew.
Whilst the New years program was being broadcast the library was changed around. This was the first substantial change since the launch of the station. The library rack which was an "L" shape, and difficult to extract the records was changed into a continuous rack.
A new ward opened in January this year; ward 10:one problem for the radio the bed-head units were broadcasting the hospital radio on channel 6.
In March this year; the partridge mixer was moved into the new room (Studio 1).
The fete this year was opened by Euro MP Baroness Ellis.
This year will always be remembered by our librarian.
A presenter on a Friday night; had over a period of six months pinched over three hundred records, it took a lot of detective work not least of which after every broadcast, each night at 10:30: David would return to the studio to check every single record to see if it was still there.
A record would be put in the library from the chart; by the following week it had gone. The culprit was caught red handed with over twenty records, in his bag. We managed to get a few records back ,but some were lost for ever.
This individual also made it embarrassing for the station because his mother was a nurse on the wards. He did try to return to the station some years later, but was thwarted by our memories of his name.
Local Company Support
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Honeywell Request Form
PJ Through his work at Honeywell got the company to produce 900 request forms.
PJ "I was gobsmacked when these turned up".
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Honeywell Request Form
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Honeywell Designed Logo
Honeywell Designed Logo
At the same time, they came up with the design for the logo which remained till the closure in 2016.©RadioHeritage
Honeywell Logo
Reverse of Request forms
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A fortnightly program on Thursday nights called Heatherwood beat, was broadcast. A member of the local constabulary would come and answer questions from patients.
In Sept the first fund raising disco was held in the social hall.
The studio had increased by size but a request for another space at the hospital was requested.
At the end of the year a special 12hr Christmas Eve and New Years Eve, program was broadcast by the Saturday crew.
WD2 Children's Show
The success story going from strength to strength this year was the children's show. Presenter PJ also provided music for the Xmas party.
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