Auckland Hospital Radio is proud to be one of the first charities to be part of a new community initiative launched by ASDA.
Every three months, three new charities will be chosen to be part of the scheme. Each shopper will then be given a community token with their receipt and they will make the choice of which charity to support by placing that token in the box associated with that charity.
The scheme is open to all charities within a mile of a local ASDA, and a cash sum will be …

Auckland Hospital Radio have launched an iPhone/iPod app so patients, staff and visitors of the hospital can now enjoy the service after they leave hospital.

The application, which was developed in house features a listen live facility as well as up to date programme schedules and live event information.

Chris Nisbet, PR Manager said “Once again, Auckland Hospital Radio is embracing new technology early, being one of only a few hospital broadcasting services currently available on this platform.

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At the start of 2012 it was decided that the paint work in the studio, which had been on the walls for nearly ten years was looking a little tatty, so as part of the hospital’s redecoration project, we were very kindly offered the chance to have the studio freshened up. The decorators moved in on the second week in January and spent just under two days sprucing the place up.
In order for them to get in and work their magic, there was a lot of equipment to either cover up …

As most radio stations were winding down for the Christmas period, Auckland Hospital Radio lined up a whole day of live programmes for the patients, staff and visitors of Bishop Auckland Hospital.

Simon Temby started the day and one of the highlights of the day was the network request show where we joined forces with our good friends at Bay Trust Radio to provide requests for as many wards as possible.

On Sunday 11th December, volunteers from Auckland Hospital Radio packed shopping in Sainsbury’s Bishop Auckland. The staff at Sainsbury’s last year welcomed us for the first time to their new store and this was the second year we provided a bag packing service to customers.

Once again the people of Bishop Auckland were extremely generous and £600 was raised between 11am and 4pm.

Lindsay McElhone, Fundraising Manager said “We’re really grateful for the generosity of local people and this money will go a long way to supporting the service into 2012.”