Radio Harrow has won GOLD at The HBA Awards 2021 for Station of the Year. We are incredibly proud of all our volunteers and contributors to the station, especially during the pandemic as we’ve all had a tough year.
The awards were held remotely on Saturday 20th March during the Hospital Broadcasting Association conference and broadcasted to over one hundred people. Normally the ceremony is held in different parts of the UK such as Bristol and nominated stations are encouraged to attend. However, as this year’s ceremony was streamed attendees had online access and we await for more highlights from the HBA YouTube channel.
The Management Board gave “a special thanks to all the volunteers and presenters who have been working hard over the last year, keeping Radio Harrow on the air through a difficult time. The past 12 months have seen live shows made at home, interviews conducted over Zoom and even programs being recorded in bedrooms & cars during the UK lockdown.”
Chairman David Reece said: “I am so pleased with what we have been able to accomplish as a station and as a charity. It is an amazing feeling to know that we have been able to do something so positive during such a controversial time.”
Radio Harrow Secretary, Ben Punter added: “I’m massively proud of what our team has achieved these past twelve months, managing to create some amazing, touching, and unique radio.”
Communications Manager, Sneha Mervana: “It’s great to see all the talent we have behind the scenes in and out of the studio. There are some incredibly talented individuals who continue to support and help the station grow.”
Radio Harrow continues to provide patients & those in the community with an amazing selection of shows, interviews and a great selection of music. Recently Podcasts have been launched for Sports and Ed Talks. Check it out on Spotify.
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Radio Harrow has been shortlisted for four awards at the Hospital Broadcasting Association Awards 2021. The award nominations were announced on Monday 1st March, and the awards set to take place remotely on Saturday 20th March.
Radio Harrow programme ‘The Shuffle’ has been nominated for ‘Best Station Promotion’, while daily segment ‘The Wall of Sound’ secured a nod in the ‘Specialist Music’ category.
‘The Shuffle’ airs weekdays at 10am and ‘The Wall of Sound’ at 4:30pm.
The station has also earned a nomination in the ‘Special Event’ category for Radio Harrow’s coverage of the Duck Pond Market, from last September in Gunnersbury Park.
Presenter Lydia June Meredith said: “We wanted to create something a bit different for our listeners and to showcase positivity and normality at a time of such uncertainty, even if we had to interview using selfie sticks to distance ourselves”.
Presenter Natascia Bernardi added “Being able to interview stalls owners and interact with the public after so much time in isolation made Live at The Duckpond Market so special for all of us involved”.
Radio Harrow are up against nine other stations to claim the highly coveted ‘Station Of The Year’ award.
Programme Manager Andrew Bottcher said: “I’m delighted that Radio Harrow has been nominated for four Hospital Broadcasting Awards! It’s a fantastic achievement for all volunteers at the station and I’m really proud that even during these difficult times, we can still produce top quality content for Harrow”.
The Duck Pond Market has been running since its creation in 2008 at the manor farm site in Ruislip, and specialises in interesting, local, ethical and sustainable shopping
This year the event expanded into Gunnersbury Park in Ealing.
Radio Harrow presenters Ben Punter, Natascia B and Lydia Meredith went along over the August Bank Holliday weekend to speak to the visitors and vendors at the market, to find out more about our local businesses and how they coped during Coronavirus.
Radio Harrow Podcasts are also available on Apple Podcasts
Hear how the Coronavirus restrictions have affected their daily lives,
the ways they’ve had to reinvent their business model to run effectively
and how they are supporting staff and key workers at Northwick Park Hospital.
This interview is also available on Apple Podcasts
Last night the Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) live streamed the 2020 National Hospital Radio Awards.
The awards are held every year as part of the HBA Conference, which this year were due to be in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Due to Coronavirus the gala dinner and award ceremony were cancelled.
So member radio stations could still be recognised for the work they do, the organisers decided instead to stream the awards via YouTube and Facebook on Easter Monday.
Anandi Shah, from Saturday Brunch, won Bronze for Best Newcomer. The judges said Anandi was “a really promising presenter, with much to offer. She displays her intelligence engagingly in her content and questioning”.
Hansa Varsani, from the Mixed Masala Show came away with Bronze for Female Presenter of the Year. One of the judges said of Hansa, “Wow! What an incredibly positive and fun entry this was…Hansa has also mastered that one-to-one skill”
Here Chris talks about his journey from Radio Harrow (then Radio Northwick Park) to national radio, developing ideas, presenting, podcasting and the radio industry.
Chris Stark co-hosts with Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1 & BBC 5 Live and appears on ‘That Peter Crouch’ Podcast.
During this difficult time, Radio Harrow would like to highlight all the community support services still active in and around Harrow & Brent.
If you are any of the following:
Please get in touch via studio@radioharrow.org, and we’ll see if we can help.
A reminder, you can find the latest information regarding Coronavirus via gov.uk/coronavirus
As the current situation with COVID-19 has developed, there have been accelerated measures throughout the country in order to contain the spread of the virus. It is with in mind that the Trustees and Management Board have made the difficult decision to temporarily close all Radio Harrow facilities and activities. This means that all Radio Harrow studios, are off-limits to all members of the Charity. As a result we have suspended all live programmes on Radio Harrow. The station will however remain on air during this time.
We have not taken this decision lightly. It is based on updated advice and information from the Government, NHS and Public Health England. As the health and wellbeing of our members is our main priority, we feel this is the right decision.
As it stands, the station’s premises are closed until at least Monday 20th April 2020. We are keeping the guidelines under constant review, so this date may change.
We will find ways to get new content from our presenters on air over the coming weeks. Radio Harrow will also continue to be active on social media including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
We will continue to upload podcasts via Mixcloud, Spotify and iTunes, so check back regularly for new content. In the meantime our back catalogue is readily available for you to listen to.
We are available on air all day, every day via radioharrow.org/player
Make sure you wash your hands, and follow the latest updates from the government and the NHS.
Re-live the highlights of “The Reece Piece”.
Radio Harrow presents “David Reece’s Podcast Piece”, which this month features an interview with Laura De Schivanovits, a Mindset Coach from Wembley Park, along with plenty of other bits and pieces you may have missed from the show.
Check it out below.
The Reece Piece airs each Tuesday evening between 8 – 9pm
Each year across the UK, thousands of people come together for Holocaust Memorial Day, to learn more about the past and take action to safeguard against the future.
Brian Rose meets the Director of Harrow’s commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day, Jack Lynes along with Rabbi Frank Dabba-Smith to present a unique insight into this dark period of human history.
To find out more, visit hmd.org.uk
This podcast is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
Brian Rose meets Music in Pinner’s Director, Professor Anthony Pinching.
They discuss Classic Rhythm, a trio for flute, piano & percussion who have played to sell-out audiences all over the UK . The group have also appeared at various festivals, music societies and arts venues.
They weave classical favourites, set alongside a wide variety of other pieces with a range of instruments including Marimba and Tam-Tams.
The group is composed of Royal Academy of Music prize winners Helen O’Connell, Adrian Sutcliffe and Chris Brannick, all of whom are prize-winners from the Royal Academy of Music.
Podcast is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
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