01 INTRO 136:01 INTRO 127 14/12/2011 18:44 Page 1 Winter 2011 Issue 136 Hi Everyone, The Official Journal of the The season of goodwill is about sharing time and laughter Hospital Broadcasting Association with friends and family and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have contributed to On Air over the last year. Your efforts are very much appreciated ... without them in this issue ... there would be no magazine. So when you’re feeling bored with the same old programmes on the tv, why not reflect on Board Report .................................................................................................. 2 what your hospital radio station has achieved over the past Meet Our New Patron ................................................................................ 3 year and let me know and then we can share your adventures. National Hospital Radio Awards 2012 .................................................... 4 It is always interesting to hear of other stations’ ideas for National Hospital Radio Awards 2012 Entry Form .............................. 5 fundraising; we really can learn from each other. European Year of Volunteering .................................................................. 7 So enjoy your Christmas ... don’t drink and eat too much ... A Tribute t Sir Jimmy Savile ........................................................................ 8 and make your New Year’s resolution to write an article for On Air. HA Training Day .......................................................................................... 10 Thank You Winchester Hospital Radio .................................................. 12 Anniversary Celebrations .......................................................................... 13 Michelle Radio Tyneside’s Diamond Celebrations ................................................ 14 News Round-up .......................................................................................... 16 A View From the Other Side .................................................................. 17 DIARY DATES Countrywide – News from the Stations .............................................. 18 30th March-1st April 2012: Plymouth At The Palace ............................................................................ 21 Annual Conference Broadcasting for Clatterbridge ................................................................ 22 View from The Basement .......................................................................... 23 Park Inn, Silver Street, Northampton NN1 2TA 31st March, 2012 Who to Contact on the Executive Committee ....................................24 Annual General Meeting Regional Reps Details .............................................................................. IRC Park Inn, Silver Street, Northampton NN1 2TA 2013 Conference, Blackpool FrONT COvEr STOrY: Radio Tyneside celebrate sixty years of broadcasting. See inside for full story. 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 ©2011 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 5th January, 2012 Board Report Membership target is met in 2012 and future years. The 2011 membership renewal • To investigate the production of process is finally complete and at the distance-learning packages time of writing, HBA has 226 member Target not met. Training committee stations and 23 individual associate tasked with meeting this target in the members. Unfortunately, three next year. stations failed to renew their • To develop best practice guidance membership and two stations notified for member stations me that they had closed. Target not met. Policies & These losses have been balanced by Guidelines committee re-formed; work Radio Lollipop (UK) deciding that all due to start shortly. its stations should be members of • To continue to act as an advocate HBA, boosting the numbers for hospital broadcasting with key somewhat, as previously only some bodies and potential partners individual Radio Lollipop stations had During the past year, HBA has met maintained HBA membership. with representatives of Attend, During the process, I sent 386 by Nigel Dallard, Secretary Hospedia, IRN, PPL and PRS for Music emails and received 163. I find this and is monitoring developments in number quite amazing. I always charity and copyright law. help regions stage their own local acknowledge receipt of payment by • To encourage greater training events (as long as they are email, so that accounts for around 220 contributions to ‘On Air’ magazine open to volunteers from any member of my outbound e-mails. A few from the membership and to review station). So if you'd like HBA to stations wanted details of our bank how the magazine can be best provide some training in your area of account, to pay by electronic transfer. developed to meet members' needs the country, please do go and hassle A few more stations had other Advertising deals offered to your Regional Rep. questions relating to the renewal companies attending the conference process but well over 100 emails were tradeshow were taken up. individual emails to stations Annual Targets Contributions are being solicited on reminding them of the need to pay (in Each year, the HBA Trustee Board an individual basis whenever an ‘HBA Announce’ email list and in this follows charity sector best practice and appropriate story/topic is spotted. The column and reminders sent via Royal sets itself targets to be achieved in the review of the magazine format was Mail. It's always a mystery to me why next 12 months. stopped due to lack of input. so many stations find it so difficult to Here's a summary of our • To progress changes to the efficiently deal with an invitation from achievement against the targets we set Association's governance and HBA to renew their membership. for our last financial year and those management structure Please, please, next year send your we've set ourselves for the current The review of the Association's cheque as soon as the invitation goes period: governance and management out in late March/early April – if Review of targets set for the year to structure was restarted from the everyone would do this, it would save 31st August 2011 beginning during the year. An initial me a huge amount of time that I could • To stage the National Hospital report is expected to be provided to better spend doing something more Radio Awards within a strictly- members at the national conference in productive. controlled budget March 2012. And here's another reminder – as Target met. reported last time, membership subs • To stage a national conference in Targets set for the year for next year (due on 1st April 2012) the spring, including the National to 31st August 2012 will be increased to £42.50. Hospital Radio Awards ceremony • To stage the National Hospital Target met. Radio Awards within a strictly- HBA Training Network • To stage a national training event controlled budget This year's national training event in the Autumn and a number of • To stage a national conference in took place on 15th October in Leeds. regional training events across the the spring, including the National Two parallel sessions covered the country Hospital Radio Awards ceremony speech and interview side of National training event staged in • To organise a national training presentation and health & safety for Leicester in October 2010 and event event in the autumn, and regional hospital radio stations. also took place in Leeds in October training events in line with perceived The slides and other materials from 2011. demand the presentation training session are Southern regional training event • To make training material from available via our website staged in Reading in February 2011. seminars and workshops at (www.hbauk.com/training – you will Wales & West regional training event conferences more readily available to need to register for an account if you staged in Bristol in August 2011. those unable to attend don't have one already). Committee formally created to co- • To investigate the production of We have received extremely positive ordinate training activities. distance-learning packages feedback from those attending both • To make training material from • To develop best practice guidance sessions and the Trustee Board has seminars and workshops at for member stations already agreed that another national conferences more readily available to • To act as an advocate for hospital training day should be arranged for those unable to attend broadcasting with key bodies and next Autumn. Target not met.