Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:31:45 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/ Radio Fox en-gb http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/images/logo.gif http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/ nugsey07@aol.com http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article40.html Nine years after our first FM broadcast Radio Fox is returning to the airwaves to celebrate our 20th birthday. Radio Fox has been licensed by OFCOM to broadcast for twenty eight days to Leicester and surrounding areas on 107.5FM, giving listeners outside the Royal and the Glenfield the opportunity to hear our programmes. The RSL (Restricted Service Licence) begins at 6am on Saturday May 10th when Matt Dobson takes the hotseat for the Saturday Breakfast Show, and ends with a very special programme between 7 and 9pm on Friday June 6th. In between you can enjoy the shows which are normally only heard by the patients and staff of the Royal and the Glenfield, which include request programmes, specialist shows, sports coverage and plenty of entertainment. In addition to showcasing our own programmes Radio Fox 107.5FM will also include interviews with the staff and volunteers who work at the two hospitals we broadcast to, and there will be plenty of opportunities for you to call or email us to request your favourite song. Station Director Steve Hack says that the RSL will be a great opportunity for listeners to hear what hospital radio really sounds like. “Although everyone at Radio Fox is a volunteer we strive to make our programmes as entertaining and professional as we can. During our first RSL in 1999 many listeners commented on our friendliness and the variety of music we played. I hope those listeners will enjoy hearing us back on FM again and that our broadcast will encourage others to get involved in hospital radio.” Make sure your radio is set to 107.5FM on Saturday 10th May! *Full details of our programmes during the RSL will appear on this website shortly. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:31:45 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article39.html To celebrate our 20th birthday we've been through the archives to find out what the most popular songs have been during our history, and appropriately enough Leicester's most famous singer is at number one! You can hear the countdown on Wednesday during our morning show. 1 Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck 2 Angels - Robbie Williams 3 My Way - Frank Sinatra 4 My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion 5 Is This The Way To Amarillo - Tony Christie 6 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 7 The Best - Tina Turner 8 No Matter What - Boyzone 9 You're Beautiful - James Blunt 10 Rock DJ - Robbie Williams Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:41:21 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article38.html As part of our 20th birthday celebrations we are interviewing a number of former Fox members about their time with the station. We would love to have a chat with Nigel Dobson, our first Station Director, but have unfortunately been unable to find any contact details. Nigel, if you're reading this, please could you contact the current Station Director Steve Hack via the website - and apologies for the unusual way of trying to get in touch! Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:16:23 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article37.html Tom Nicholls, who received a highly commended award in last month's Hospital Radio Awards, has produced a promotional DVD about Radio Fox as part of his degree. You can view it by clicking here. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:11:41 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article36.html Following our success at this year's HBA Awards, the Radio Fox team are preparing to celebrate our 20th birthday on April 23rd in style. Final preparations are being made for a day of special programmes with the fun starting at 6am in the morning and not finishing until 10 in the evening. Amongst the shows confirmed so far are a sporting afternoon with Matt & Dean, who will be looking back at Leicester City and the Tigers achievements over the last twenty years. There's also The True Adventures Of Radio Fox, an hour long documentary celebrating our twenty years on air and featuring archive clips and interviews with members past and present. Bill Jones is promising to bring a psychic into the studios to make a few predictions for the next twenty years and Steve Hack will be hosting a birthday coffee morning from 10am. He'll be chatting to some famous past members of the station. Guests confirmed so far will be former Leicester Sound star and current Peak FM breakfast host Sean Goldsmith, who started his radio career at Fox and is joining us on the phone for a chat. Honorary member Steve England, now living in South Africa, is also going to be phoning in. In the evening the whole Fox team will be bringing you the Big Party, featuring our biggest prize giveaway ever, plenty of fun and a very exciting announcement at 8.30pm. Details will be released on this website after it's announced on air - it is well worth waiting for as it continues our birthday celebrations in style! Keep checking the website for further details of our birthday celebrations and an indepth look at the history of Radio Fox. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:20:45 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article35.html Radio Fox added a further four awards to its collection on Saturday with a successful night at the annual Hospital Radio Awards. Pete & Dave's Classic Rock Show was awarded Bronze in the Specialist Music category and there were Highly Commendeds for Tom Nicholls (Best Newcomer), Sandy Iliff (Female Presenter Of The Year) and the sports team (Best Sports Output). This is the first time we have appeared in the top five of all the categories we have entered, and means we have now won 27 awards in the last ten years. The Hospital Radio Awards are organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association and are considered to be the 'Sonys' of the hospital radio world. This year's event was held in the Queens Hotel, Leeds. Everyone at Radio Fox is delighted with our success and it's a great way to mark our 20th year on air. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:00:54 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article34.html To celebrate Valentines Day, Hospital Radio Fox chatted with a pair of relationship experts live from Austria. Presenter Kris Bramwell interviewed Tony and Nicki Vee via telephone, as part of the special broadcast on Tuesday 12th February. Kris said: “This was my furthest long distance interview. “At such a romantic time of year, it was apt Tony and Nicki were speaking such a picturesque location as the Alps.” Based at their relationship retreat in Northern Austria Mr and Mrs Vee said they were originally looking for a suitable location between Birmingham and London, but had to settle for one of the world’s most romantic locations. They identified truth, honesty and a good understanding of your partner as the secrets to a long and happy relationship. Patients at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and the Glenfield Hospitals were invited to make dedications to their loved ones, or even staff members they had taken a fancy to. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:54:24 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article33.html Radio Fox has been shortlisted in four categories at this years Hospital Radio Awards, which take place at the Queens Hotel in Leeds at the end of March. The Awards are organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association and are entered by hospital stations across the UK. Tom Nicholls has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category, Sandy Iliff in the Female Presenter section, while our Saturday Sport and All About The Game programmes have made the Best Sports Output category. In last year's awards Fox received a highly commended award for its sports output and Sandy won the Gold award for Female Presenter Of The Year. To complete our success Pete Bracey & Dave Rowe's Classic Rock Show has been shortlisted in the Specialist Music category, the first time we have appeared in this section. Fox has now appeared in the Awards shortlists every year since 2000. This year's total of four nominations is the second best in our history. Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:22:29 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article32.html Radio fox is raising money to continue broadcasting 24 Hours a day, we have listed on ebay in one lot all our Leicester City Football Programmes we have collected over the last 10 years. Since 1992 Radio Fox have been privileged to broadcast their own live commentary from every Leicester City Football Home Game to the staff and patients of the Leicester Royal Infirmary and the Glenfield Hospital. At each home game their sports team pick up a program and it gets dropped off in their studio cupboard never to be looked at again. until now. This auction is for all the programmes we have in our cupboard which is between 250 and 300 and they are from every Leicester city home game in the last 10 years. There may be the odd missing one. Please take a look at our ebay listing and please be generous with your bidding as this must be quite a unique auction and it will help us greatly.We hope they will go to a good home and at the same time give us a cash boost which will help us continue to provide a great service to our listeners. Click here to view our listing. The auction ends on Monday 21st January 2008 at 16:09 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:37:38 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article31.html Cliff Wheatcroft was surprised live on air on Saturday by the President of the Hospital Broadcasting Association, June Snowden, and for possibly the first time he was left speechless on air! Cliff was presented with a twenty year long service award by June towards the end of his Brunchbox show, which was awarded by the HBA in recognition of his twenty years at Fox. In addition he was awarded Honorary Membership of Fox as a thank you for his loyalty to the station - only the fourth member to receive this accolade. Cliff first joined Fox in December 1987, several months before the station went on air. He has hosted a request show for longer than any other presenter in the station's history and is the only presenter who has hosted a regular show continuously from 1988 to the present day. Chairman Bill Jones and Vice Chairman Sandy Iliff joined June for the presentation and June also joined Sandy on air during her Saturday Selection show. Congratulations to Cliff on his fantastic achievement. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:06:53 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article30.html Christmas may still be several weeks off but Radio Fox is already putting the final touches on this year's Christmas and New Year programmes, which promise to be the best yet. Starting off the festive programming in style will be the return of the Big Fox Christmas Cracker on December 15th, a twelve hour request and competition spectacular. Our members will be out on the wards of the Royal and the Glenfield between 8am and 8pm, and they'll be plenty of chances to win a prize with the return of the popular Pull My Cracker challenge and regular Prize Requests draws. We'll also be providing split programmes for the Glenfield and the Royal and certain times of the day to get even more of your requests on air. This year the Cracker features two new ingredients - The Radio Fox Bran Tub, where you can win a prize simply by calling in and asking one of our presenters to pull a prize out the tub in the studio, and we are hoping to have live lunchtime music from one of the area's top bands, who have already recorded some jingles specially for the day. Last year's Cracker saw the station play a record number of requests in one day and attract our biggest audience for seven years. Our popular Christmas Day edition of Patients Requests returns with Sandy Iliff and the team playing all your requests from 10am. There's also a special edition of our acclaimed Sixties Scene show, where Les Eastham will be playing you all the UK and US Christmas number ones from that decade. Les is also back with another Christmas Eve With The Beatles programme and you can also hear him on New Year's Day taking a look at the best of the Beatles solo material. Steve Hack brings you his Christmas Turkeys - sixty minutes of the dodgiest festive songs ever recorded - and Richard Fox has two festive charts in the Retro Top Forty. You can also enjoy old favourites such as Carols From Around The Country, a visit from Santa in Radio Fox Meets and our traditional Christmas Request Chart which this year can be heard on Wednesday 19th December. Matt and Dean take over the airwaves on Boxing Day for a review of the year's sport in All About The Game and there's also Classic Number Ones specials and seasonal Thoughts For The Day as recorded by the Leicester Royal Infirmary's Chaplaincy team. A full schedule for Christmas and New Year will appear on the website in early December. Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:53:11 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article29.html Thinking about joining Radio Fox? Now you can download an application form on-line! We have now updated our website to include the application form, which you can fill in and either email to our Vice Chairman Sandy Iliff or send by post to New Members Application, Radio Fox, c/o The Leicester Royal Infimary, LE1 5WW. Click here .to view the application form and for further details on joining Radio Fox, please go to the 'getting in touch' section. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:44:08 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article28.html Ross Wilde has become the latest member of Radio Fox to clock up ten years loyal service to the station, and in doing so received recogntion from our governing body, the Hospital Broadcasting Association. Ross joined Fox in September 1997 and after helping out on Steven Hardisty's Thursday night request show, became the station's first ever rugby commentator, covering all of Leicester Tigers home games and some of their key away matches. Thanks to Ross we have been able to bring our listeners full match commentary on key Tigers away games in the Heinekein Cup and several Twickenham finals too. Ross actually lives in Stourport and travels to Leicester to cover the Tigers games for us. After Richard Fox he is our longest serving current sports commentator. Ross was presented with his long service certificate from the HBA live on air by Vice Chairman Sandy Iliff and is pictured here with Station Director and Sports Producer Steve Hack. Congratulations Ross! *Three other members will shortly be reaching important milestones. Cliff Wheatcroft celebrates twenty years with Fox at the end of this year, Steven Hardisty clocks up fifteen years service next year and Bob Machon will shortly notch up a combined ten years loyal service, having originally been a member from 1987-1993 and from 2003 until the present day. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:07:33 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article27.html The Saturday Sport team have been challenged to take dancing lessons! Is the end result a Disco Inferno or Murder On The Dancefloor? Head to the Saturday Sport pages to find out! Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:27:51 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article26.html The new edition of the Radio Fox magazine will shortly be available. As usual it features a mix of news and features written by the members including an introduction from Chairman Bill Jones, a look back to the early years of the station and articles on several programmes. There's also a full programme schedule and pictures of all the presenters (which you can also see on this website). If you would like a copy of the magazine please send an A5 envelope and two first class stamps to Radio Fox, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE1 5WW marking your letter 'Magazine Offer.' Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:08:13 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article25.html Regrettably we had to take our website offline over the Bank Holiday weekend to carry out some urgent maintainence work. Unfortunately spammers managed to get onto the site and posted content that was neither supported by or authorised by Hospital Radio Fox. As soon as we were made aware of their work the site was taken offline so the additional 'content' could be removed. Radio Fox would like to apologise for any disappointment caused by this. It is sad that someone had nothing better to do than spoil the enjoyment of our site for listeners and visitors. On a more positive note look out in the coming weeks for new presenter pictures and details of the exciting new shows that we are introducing in our 6-7pm weeknight slot. Mon, 07 May 2007 16:39:59 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article24.html 3 months membership for two persons at Banantines Health Club, Welford Road. Donated by: Banantine Gym Won By: James Weston (#495) Whisk your partner of their feet with 5 dance lessons in your own home. Donated By: Dance Quest Won By: Sebastian (#2148) Top quality Indian cuisine for four people including wine in the stylish Shimla Pinks, Leicester Donated By: Shimla Pinks Won By: Hume (#971) £150 Voucher for Piolet Clothes Shop Donated By: Piolet Won By: Daniel An Armani watch Donated By: FATIMA Women’s Network Won By: Imran Dady (#1672) Top quality Indian cuisine for four people including wine in the stylish Shimla Pinks, Leicester Donated By: Shimla Pinks Won By: Greet (#1912) Indies hair dressing His & her haircut Worth £70 Donated By: Indies Won By: Kevin Blackery (#792) Rutland cycling - 4 hours hire for 4 people Donated By: Rutland Cycling Won By: k wilkeman (#774) Dudley Zoo family ticket Donated By: Dudley Zoo Won By: Amy McLaren (#2113) Twycross Zoo Family ticket Donated By: Twycross Zoo Won By: Sandy (#207) Twinlakes tickets Donated By: Twinlakes Won By: Mrs. S. Rowe (#789) Meal for two at Gynsills Pub Restaurant Donated By: Gynsills Won By: Tara Spencer (#804) Wildpark leisure £30 gift voucher Donated By: Wildpark Leisure Won By: Rich Harwood (#1023), Waqas Naseem (#1675) £10 Tesco Voucher Donated By: Tesco Won By: Jane Ball (#806) Have a go at being a DJ at Radio Fox Donated By: Radio Fox Won By: Clare Haringham (#1042), Badgerman (#1298), Alison Jespeison (#666), Lax (#187), Simon Bird (#1916) Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:21:06 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article23.html Radio Fox enjoyed a successful night at the Hospital Radio Awards on March 31st, when presenter Sandy Iliff was given the Gold Award in the Female Presenter Of The Year category. This is the first time Fox has received a Gold Award and the first time the station has made the top three in any awards category for four years. The Hospital Radio Awards, held this year in Northampton, is an annual event organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association and entered by hospital stations across the UK. Each category is judged by industry experts including representatives from the BBC and Independent Radio News. The judges commented on Sandy's friendly on-air style and likened her to Radio One's Sara Cox in how she handled her listener calls. In other categories Fox received a Highly Commended for its sports output for the second time in three years, and our Diwali coverage was commended in the Special Event section. Radio Fox has been shortlisted every year since 2000 in the Awards and previously received bronze awards in 2000, 2001 and 2003. Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:19:50 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article22.html Thanks to the fund raising efforts of our members Radio Fox has been able to upgrade it's outside broadcast equipment. Much of our fund raising comes through doing PA's at local fetes, gala days and other special events, so if you want a quality PA service at your event, why not give Radio Fox a try? We can provide background music, announcements, competitions and microphone facilities. We often broadcast live reports from local events back to our listeners and occasionally go even further - in 2003 we broadcast highlights shows from the Sapcote Country Music Festival and the Caribbean Carnival. Our hire rates are very competitive and all money goes towards the running costs of the station. Find out more by contacting our Finance Director Scott Mclaren on 258 5555, you can also contact us by writing or via this website. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:52:07 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article21.html Comedian and entertainer Jim Bowen was the special guest on the Brunchbox (3rd February) when he joined presenter Kris Bramwell on the phone for a chat. Jim revealed that he was at a friends house enjoying a bacon sandwich and went on to talk about his career and his current work. Kris asked him about his pre showbiz career when Jim was a deputy headmaster, and Jim shared his memories of Bullseye. He said that he jumped at the chance to present the programme, given the popularity of gameshows at the time, and said that it was "an honest programme that I was incredibly fortunate to do." Jim told Kris that he can't actually play darts himself and is flattered by how fondly remembered Bullseye is, twenty seven years after it first began. Jim was invited to pick a record and chose Elton John's 'Nikita' which he said should have been a number one single. Radio Fox would like to thank Jim for taking the time to be interviewed. You definitely can't beat a bit of Bully! Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:56:38 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article20.html Radio Fox has been shortlisted in three categories for this years Hospital Radio Awards, which take place in Northampton on March 31st. The Awards are organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association and attract entries from hospital radio stations all over the UK, as well as plenty of interest from the media. Fox has been shortlisted in the following categories - Female Presenter Of The Year (Sandy Iliff), Best Sports Output (Saturday Sport) and Special Event (our Diwali coverage from last year). This is the eighth consecutive year when Radio Fox has appeared in one or more categories. Last year the station received two highly commended and three commended awards. Listeners will be able to find out how Fox gets on in a special programme on Saturday March 31st between 8 and 11pm, presented by Andy Valentine and Steven Hardisty. The programme will feature live coverage of the Awards and reports from members of the station attending the Awards ceremony, which is part of the HBA's Spring Conference. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:07:09 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article19.html Sandy Iliff had a booming good time (yes we know it's a dreadful pun) when she interviewed Basil Brush in Nottingham. Basil was being interviewed for our Christmas Day Patients Requests programme. Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:59:23 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article17.html Full details of our Christmas and New Year programmes can be found in the programme guide section of the Radio Fox website.Just click the link on the left hand side of your screen.... Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:17:32 +0000 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article13.html Leicester's Award winning hospital radio service will be out and about at several events this year. You can catch us at the Syston Carnival and also the Knighton Park Family Fun Day in September. We will be broadcasting live during both events so why not come and say hello? Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:41:46 +0100 http://www.hospitalradiofox.co.uk/Article12.html Radio Fox is getting out from the studios and on to the wards during September, for a week of special Patients Requests programmes live from the wards. The station plans to broadcast three shows live from the wards of the Royal and two from the Glenfield with the help of our new reporter unit, which means we can do shows live from the awards with just the aid of an internal phone line. Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:40:06 +0100