Broadcasting
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Broadcasting 24 hrs a day 7 days a week, our aim is to provide a wide variety of programmes that everyone will enjoy. Every six months we rotate programmes by taking some long-term shows off and replacing them with new shows (maybe one suggested by a patient!).
Patient participation programmes include 'Ward Bingo', 'Alphabet Bingo' and inter-ward quizzes. Special interest programmes such as the 'Weekly Review' and 'Hospital News', plus a wide selection of music shows, including jazz, classical, blues and rock provides something for everyone.
We have 'Record Requests' every day of the week, where patients and their visitors can choose the music. We also cater for our younger listeners with lively entertainment on a Saturday morning with 'The Weekend for Everything Show'.
Each Sunday our religious programmes - 'Sunday Matters' and the 'Morning Service' recorded in the Chapel of All Saints in the John Radcliffe Hospital are broadcast.
In September 2008 we launched our 24 hour 7 days a week programme shedule. This gives listeners the chance to hear our very varied selection of programmes presented by people of all ages and backgrounds.
Throughout the year we broadcast live concerts from the Nicholas Tingewick Hall and the League of Friends Cafe area at the John Radcliffe and over the Christmas period we produce special programmes.
If you have any comments regarding our programmes, please contact our Programme Controller at the studio on (01865) 225522 or by E-mail: pc@radiocherwell.com.
Jason Townsend
Programme Controller
Music Library & Record Requests
The Radio Cherwell record library holds well over 20,000 titles. Many of these are on LPs, singles, Digital Audio Tapes and the computer hard disk drive, although the majority are now on CDs which have been donated to us by local radio stations and businesses.
Every taste in music is covered, from classical to chart and jazz to country & western. So hopefully we have the tracks that you'd like to hear when making your record request.
Requests are collected by our members, when visiting the wards, and are entered on to our patient pick chart database. This allows us to see what the most requested piece of music has been over a selected time, plus, the most popular artist.
If you would like to hear your favourite piece of music, or would like to make a dedication for someone in one of Oxford's hospitals, give us a call on OXFORD 225522 (or 25522 on the internal phones) or *800 from you PatientLine Unit. Alternatively, fill in the record request submission at the bottom of the page.
Top 10 Song Titles
- Angels (Robbie Williams)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
- My Way (Frank Sinatra)
- Lady in Red (Chris De Burgh)
- Power of Love (Jennifer Rush)
- Crazy (Patsy Cline)
- Whiter Shade of Pale (Procal Harum)
- Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
- Imagine (John Lennon)
- Closest Thing to Crazy (Katie Melluah)
Top 10 Artists / Composers
- Elvis Presley
- Robbie Williams
- The Beatles
- Frank Sinatra
- Queen
- Glenn Miller
- Daniel O'Donnell
- Abba
- Cliff Richard
- Jim Reeves
Record Requests is broadcast at 08:00 AM on Sunday, 03:00 PM on Sunday, 09:00 PM on Sunday, 09:00 AM on Monday, 09:00 PM on Monday, 09:00 AM on Tuesday, 09:00 PM on Tuesday, 09:00 AM on Wednesday, 09:00 PM on Wednesday, 09:00 AM on Thursday, 09:00 PM on Thursday, 09:00 AM on Friday, 09:00 PM on Friday, 09:00 AM on Saturday, and 09:00 PM on Saturday.
Send a Request
If you are currently a patient in one of Oxfords Hospitals, or if you know someone that is, then we would be happy to play a record request, or read out a message for you.
Simply fill out the form below, and we'll do the rest.