Radio Harrow is proud to announce that Thursday, 19th April was our third birthday.
As a charity aimed at producing health and wellbeing content which is broadcast to the community, Radio Harrow have achieved a lot, following the merger of Radio Northwick Park with Harrow Community Radio.
We’ve been nominated for around ten awards at the Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) awards ceremony, and won one. We’ve had 3,500 song requests from patients within Northwick Park Hospital, around 11,000 web listeners per year, and 270 hours of content has been streamed from our Mixcloud Page. Many of our circa seventy-five volunteers are enthused by the station’s new image, producing topical content covering a range of topics such as healthy living, patient stories and dedications on our new weekly team shows, The Saturday Brunch and Harrow Today.
The charity also has much to boast about going forward; aside from hosting another Brains of the Borough Quiz, we broadcast live from the Pinner Wheelbarrow Race on St George’s Day in April 2018. We’re also frequently involved in numerous community events and would love to get stuck in with your next event whenever you would like.
We’ve added some podcasts in which we’ve reflected on our successes over the last three years!
Our 2017 highlights:
Our 2016 highlights:
Our 2015 highlights:
For the 4th consecutive year, Radio Harrow were present at the annual Wheelbarrow Race in Pinner. The day, which featured on 22nd April 2018, was held as part of the annual St. George’s Day celebrations. With the sun shining across North West London, the day featured campanologists, a great 50’s and 60’s performance from Simply Grey, and the infamous wheelbarrow race. Costume-clad wheelbarrow custodians raced each other down the High Street.
Scouts and Guides about to undertake their renewals of the vows. Listen in on https://t.co/MCXY2eQGL0 #StGeorgesDay2018 pic.twitter.com/bZ7kM6mL5J
— Radio Harrow (@radioharrow) April 22, 2018
Getting underway at midday, the first part of the day featured live music from Simply Gray, as well as the annual renewal of the vows for the local Scouts and Guides.
Simply Gray entertaining Pinner right now in the glorious sunshine! #StGeorgesDay2018 pic.twitter.com/dpNZy5cqJk
— Radio Harrow (@radioharrow) April 22, 2018
Ahead of the famous Wheelbarrow Race at 3pm, there was a parade of the competing teams, with all contestants and their wheelbarrows walking down the high street. The race itself was broadcast live on Radio Harrow, with various commentary teams situated across the race track.
Our @mcnab_ is standing by to bring you live commentary from the bottom of Pinner High Street. Listen live at https://t.co/MCXY2eQGL0 #StGeorgesDay2018 pic.twitter.com/3psz20SoZG
— Radio Harrow (@radioharrow) April 22, 2018
Radio Harrow’s David Reece was at the finish line keeping listeners and members of the spectating public informed as the competing teams completed the race. The winning team were Carbos, and the team with the best costume, were ‘The Things’, who received their awards from the Mayor of Harrow, and boxing superstar, Elliot Matthews respectively.
Radio Harrow’s Events Coordinator Brian Rose described the day as a real success. We’ve captured the highlights, including the speech from Harrow’s current Mayor Margaret Davine, in our video below:
You can listen back to our live commentary of the day on Radio Harrow’s Listen Again. We’ll be adding more photos to this page over the next few days!
With thanks to: Ben P, David R, Steve J, Steve P, Nick E, Sarika U, Tony M, Stuart K, Brian R,
John S, Hansa V, Shrey P, Malcolm C, Mike L, and Atul R.
Led and run entirely by volunteers, Radio Harrow are always on the lookout for new volunteers. Whether the broadcasting side of a radio station appeals to you, or if you want to contribute to the patient befriending services that the charity provides, you can find out more here.
Charles was in Amersham for Record Store Day 2018, an international event when people get together in record shops and purchase both old and new releases. Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 to celebrate independent record shops. Five hundred special releases have been issued this year, primarily aimed at music enthusiasts and mainstream music listeners alike.
He joins Graham Campbell of The Record Shop in Amersham. Graham’s partaken in the day for seven years and identifies that the day has got bigger by the year.
Listen to Charles’ full interview with Graham below:
Radio Harrow have published the message below on behalf of the NHS Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group. Radio Harrow cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies or omissions in third party content.
World TB Day helped to raise public awareness on the serious impact that tuberculosis (TB) can have on a person’s health on Saturday 24 March.
Harrow has one of the highest numbers of people with TB in London reflecting a large migrant community from countries with a high risk of the condition. In our borough, over 200 people have been tested for latent TB since 2016, a form of TB where the immune system can’t kill the bacteria, but manages to prevent it spreading in the body.
TB is spread by breathing in tiny droplets from the coughs or sneezes of someone already infected by the disease. It mainly affects the lungs, but it can affect any part of the body, including the stomach glands, bones and nervous system. Symptoms of active TB include a persistent cough that lasts more than three weeks, coughing up blood, a high temperature and night sweats. If you experience these symptoms you should see your GP immediately; TB is a serious condition but can be cured if it’s treated with the right antibiotics.
Dr Amol Kelshiker, Chair of NHS Harrow CCG, said:
“World TB Day is an important opportunity to highlight the devastating effects of the disease if left untreated.
“The number of people affected has dropped in recent years but London still has the highest TB rate of any city in Western Europe. Here at NHS Harrow CCG we are determined that our local population receives the best possible prevention and treatment for the condition.
“There is still a lot of stigma around TB but it is treatable with antibiotics and importantly is a free service.”
Latent TB doesn’t have any symptoms it could develop into active TB at a later stage. Regions with high rates of TB include Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa and Southeast Asia, so people coming to the UK from these areas should consider testing for latent TB, especially if they have not been screened for TB in the past. A screening service for latent TB is available to patients visiting GP surgeries in the borough. Take a look at the World TB poster here to find out if you should contact your GP for a free TB screening. Posters in Arabic, Gujarati, Hindi, Somali, Tamil and Urdu languages.
For further information about the symptoms, causes and treatment for TB, please visit the NHS Choices website at www.nhs.uk/conditions/tuberculosis-tb/. You can also find information about latent TB on The Truth About TB website at www.thetruthabouttb.org/latent-tb/
Anna, Andrew and Anish – “the three musketeers” of anxiety on Radio Harrow’s Thursday Harrow Team – bravely talk about anxiety on air.
Anish defines anxiety as a feeling of unease and a fear of worry, which can be mild or severe and which can start at any time and which can be temporary or permanent.
Andrew and Anish share the factors which have triggered their anxiety, such as uncertainty about the future, and remind us of some of the typical symptoms – a feeling of dizziness, unease and/or light-headedness, experiencing a shortness of breath or chest pains, and/or losing circulation in less essential areas such as the legs.
Panic attacks are one physical manifestation of anxiety and are a symptom with which Andrew and Anish are both familiar. They indicated that at first, panic attack sufferers might not be able to understand the symptoms and may feel as though they are suffocating or dying.
Both Andrew and Anish have seen therapist. Therapy is available both on the National Health Service (NHS) and privately. Therapy can either take the form of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or Counselling. CBT assists individuals in dealing with overwhelming problems in a positive way, by breaking them down into smaller parts and identifying ways to improve state of mind. However, Counselling enables patients to express their feelings and emotions. They will then assist in the process of finding solutions to the patients own problems. Prescription medications such as antidepressants are also available from Psychiatrists or General Practioniers (GPs) which can relieve the symptoms of anxiety.
However, both men identified other methods which they’ve used to control their anxiety. Andrew and Anish offered some helpful advice to sufferers to try for themselves. These include meditation, to assist in externalising fears about the future and internalising recognition of the here-and-now; listening to music; having a massage; distracting themselves with other things; and taking note of methods referenced within self-help guides.
Radio Harrow advise you talk to trusted ones and/or medical professionals should you begin to experience the symptoms of any mental health issue. Further information on typical symptoms of anxiety and depression are available on the NHS website.
Radio Harrow’s Louis is interrogated by Anna as he learns how to ride a bicycle having just turned 25. He talks about overcoming his unease about falling off. There’s always the occasional ‘ding’ of the bike to remind us that it’s all real.
Friday’s Harrow Today team interviewed Harrow resident Neeta Patel to discuss Kawasaki disease, a little heard-of strand of cancer which is more common than some types of meningitis. Pat Gill talks to Neeta about her son’s experiences and her efforts to raise awareness about the disease, in the hope of finding out the causes and solutions of the disease in the future.
In Mental Health Awareness week, Radio Harrow’s Anna Travers courageously shared her experiences on her depression. Describing depression as making her feeling overly-sensitive, vulnerable, isolated and secluded, she reminds us that, ultimately, depression is a mindset, and taking action to overcome negative feelings can help anyone to overcome the “sick, sinking feelings” which tend to dictate the actions of sufferers.
It’s always Time to Talk and Talk. The Harrow Today team reflect on depression being a cause of suicide, particularly in males aged 40 to 44, who are 3 to 5 times to take their own lives than women in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland respectively. Jonny Zucker, a Hemel Hempstead based children’s author, who has been described as cheerful and charismatic, lived with depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) for two decades, and was one of many men who took their own lives as a result. His book ‘Striker Boy’ has since been re-released in a bid to raise money to charity for mental health charity Mind in a campaign which is given his wife Rachel hope, hoping that his words have inspired others.
Radio Harrow advise you talk to trusted ones and/or medical professionals should you begin to experience the symptoms of any mental health issue. Further information on typical symptoms of anxiety and depression are available on the NHS website.
The full list of nominations for the Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) has now been published and we’ve been nominated for five categories (out of eight). The HBA is the national charity supporting and promoting hospital broadcasting within the UK. With members comprising hundreds of registered stations and thus thousands of volunteers, no doubt we will face some stiff competition at the 2018 awards ceremony, being held on 24th March 2018 in Windsor!
The categories for which Radio Harrow have been nominated are listed below. Click on the names to be directed to our Soundcloud page, where you can hear the submitted sound segments!
Best Speech Package – What is Hanukkah? By Brian Rose
Special Event – Local Radio Day
Best Newcomer – Anna Trevers
Best Programme with Multiple Presenters – Wednesday Night Patients’ Hour
Male Presenter of the Year – Tony McNab
You might recognise his voice on your mobile phone, or tablet, but did you know that Josh Briggs is in fact a broadcaster?
In an exclusive interview for Harrow Today, Andrew Bottcher spoke with Josh Briggs, and they discussed how the infamous role came about, as well as what it takes to make it in the media industry.
You can get in touch with the Harrow Today team by emailing studio@radioharrow.org
Steve Johnston, from ‘Be My Guest’ spoke with Roland Gift, the lead singer from the Fine Young Cannibals, on Radio Harrow. You can listen back to the interview below:
You can listen to ‘Be My Guest’ with Steve Johnston every Sunday on Radio Harrow.
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