Yvonne Lowe It Is with Great Sadness We Report the Death of Yvonne Lowe, a Member of Southampton Hospital Radio Who Passed Away Peacefully on Sunday, October 3Rd 2010
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FC On Air 132 document:3_COLON-.AIR 12/11/2010 09:47 Page 1 IFC Regional REP DETAILS 132:19 Regional REP DETAILS 127 12/11/2010 09:49 Page 1 Regional Reps details Region Rep AddRess phone e-mAil Regional Dave Lockyer 54 School Lane 0870 321 6005 [email protected] Manager Higham Rochester Kent ME3 7JF Anglia Mike Sarre 0870 765 9601 [email protected] Home Donald McFarlane 0870 765 9602 [email protected] London Ben Hart 0870 765 9603 [email protected] Midlands 0870 765 9604 [email protected] North David Nicholson 0870 765 9605 [email protected] Northern Davey Downes 0870 765 9606 [email protected] Ireland North West David McGealy 0870 765 9607 [email protected] Scotland Jim Simpson 0870 765 9608 [email protected] South Neil Ogden 0870 765 9609 [email protected] South East Dave Abrey 0870 765 9611 [email protected] Wales & West Steve Allen 0870 765 9613 [email protected] Yorkshire Iain Lee 0870 765 9614 [email protected] Please address correspondence to the Regional Reps at: Hospital Broadcasting Association, PO Box 341, Messingham, Scunthorpe DN15 5EG All members of the EC and Regional Reps are volunteers and will respond to any contact as quickly as possible. Please understand however, that work or family commitments mean that availability may not always be immediate and may be limited to evenings and weekends. 01 INTRO 132:01 INTRO 127 12/11/2010 09:52 Page 1 AUTUMN 2010 Issue 132 The Official Journal of the Hi Everyone, Hospital Broadcasting Association A truly golden issue to bring 2010 to a close. Thanks to John Murray, we have a fantastic interview with Jack Vettriano; a report on Christian O’Connell going ‘Back on the Job’ and all the details of Northern Air’s Fiftieth anniversary in this issue ... celebrations including Joe Sambrook’s visit to Corrie. Regional Rep Details ................................................................................ IFC If you would like to win a Gold Awad, you will find the Board Report .................................................................................................. 2 details for the 2011 Hospital Radio Awards on page 11 and an Legal Update .................................................................................................... 3 entry form on page 13. A Brush with Jack .......................................................................................... 4 We have all the reports from stations across the country – Golden Celebrations for Northern Air .................................................. 6 why not make a New Year’s resolution to ensure that your Matthew Meets Neil Monnery .................................................................... 8 station is mentioned in every issue of On Air in 2011. What I’ve Learnt ............................................................................................ 9 Cheers and have a wonderful Christmas. Christian O’Connell Volunteers .............................................................. 10 National Hospital Radio Awards 2011 .................................................. 11 National Hospital Radio Awards 2011 Entry Form.............................. 13 View from the Basement .......................................................................... 15 Michelle The Great North Run 2010 ...................................................................... 16 Central Cheque Clearing ............................................................................ 18 DIARY DATES Countrywide – News from the Stations .............................................. 20 Yare, Yare, Yare ............................................................................................ 24 2011 CONFERENCE News Round-Up ........................................................................................ IRC 25th-27th March 2011 Who to Contact on the Executive Committee .................................. RC Ramada Hotel, Hollingbourne Nr Maidstone, Kent ME17 1RE FrONT COvEr STOrY 2012 Conference, Northampton Joe Sambrook of Northern Air 2013 Conference, Blackpool had the opportunity to meet the stars of Corrie at Granada Television’s World Press Day recently to celebrate 50 years of broadcasting Coronation Street. Northern Air are also celebrating their 50 years of broadcasting and pictured is Joe with Keith Duffy See full story page 6 Our Ambassadors: Dr Chris Steele, MBE; Ken Bruce and Alex Lester On Air is the Official Journal of the HBA which is the trading name of the National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations, a Company limited by guarantee. Registered in England No. 2750147. A Registered Charity No. 1015501. Registered office: Mariners House, 24 Nelsons Gardens, Hedge End, Southampton, SO30 2NE. On Air is distributed free of charge to all member stations of the Association plus interested parties. All material is ©2010 of HBA and may not be reproduced in any form without the written authority of the Editor. Views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of HBA, or the Editor but are the personal opinion of the contributor. Whilst every effort is taken to ensure the accuracy of the publication, all advertisements and articles appear in good faith and HBA and the Editor accept no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies. Address for On-Air: The Editor, On Air, 2 Falkland Close, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 3DD Tel: 0870 321 6011 Email: [email protected] COPY DATE NEXT ISSUE 30th November, 2010 02 Board Report 132:02,03 Committee report 127 12/11/2010 09:53 Page 1 Board Report HBA Training Network broadcast via a wired or induction loop I’m writing this shortly after HBA’s system, your HBA membership saves second National Training Day took you over £400 per year in these fees. place. Almost 70 people came along to Policies & Guidelines brush up on their presentation or At a recent Trustee Board meeting, public relations skills. The feedback we discussed the findings of an from delegates was overwhelmingly interim report from Volunteering positive and we’ve had some good England on the issue of volunteer suggestions as to what folks would like rights (see us to cover next time. But what about http://www.volunteering.org.uk/What those of you who didn’t come along. WeDo/Policy/Volunteer+Rights+Inquir Please do drop us an e-mail and tell us y/). I’m afraid to say that I have had (a) why not?; (b) what topics you’d like many requests for advice over the to see us cover; (c) anything else you’d years that I have been involved with like to say about training needs. HBA that raise issues very similar to Membership renewals those raised in this report. At the end of the day, Charity Law requires that The six months’ grace period is now the Trustees of a charity must come to up and those stations/individuals who by Nigel Dallard, Secretary their own collective decision regarding have not paid their dues won’t be grievances and disciplinary matters, receiving this magazine. I’m sorry that no-longer serving its purpose. Other within the terms of the charity’s we’ve said ‘goodbye’ to around a dozen than receiving copies of ‘On Air’ constitution, as they are the ones who stations, although I’m sure in many magazine, there is no real benefit to have the legal control of the cases it will be au revoir, as they’ll get Corporate membership. Those organisation. in touch in the coming weeks businesses that wish to support HBA Neither the HBA, your local NHS wondering why we aren’t talking to these days tend to do so by sponsoring Trust, nor anyone else should be them any more. I know I say this a category at the National Hospital telling Trustees what to do in several times each year but please, Radio Awards or sponsoring another individual cases. For this reason, HBA please keep your contact details up-to- aspect of conference or HBA’s work tries, as best it can, to stay out of date via our website and please generally. We have decided that, rather internal disputes within member respond quickly to the first invitation than spend time trying to sign up stations. Where we are asked to do so, to renew your membership. It would corporate members, we’ll devote our we will provide impartial advice to the save so much time if I didn’t have to time to attracting sponsors and give best of our ability but this will usually chase people. This year, I’ve sent 424 those organisations that support us in be restricted to the generalities – are e-mails related to membership this way a time-limited honorary the rules set out in the station’s renewals and received 214. In an ideal membership in return. constitution being followed? Does the world, I would have sent only one Music Copyright Licensing station have a disciplinary and invitation to renew and around 220 As those of you who receive the grievance procedure and, if so, is it acknowledgements. Then there’s the HBA Announce e-mails will be aware, being followed? Do all parties have all phone calls, letters … ‘PRS for Music’, a joint venture the information to hand? Are those Associate Membership between PRS and MCPS, the two adjudicating impartial and different The Trustee Board recently music copyright collecting societies from those directly involved? It’s reviewed the benefits and subscription that represent composers and lyricists, important that management rates of our Associate Membership has recently been contacting hospital committees take decisive action where categories, of which there are two – radio stations seeking information and necessary but it is also vital that a individual and corporate. sometimes music copyright