The Sound of Sunday BIG Christmas Show marks the official start of Christmas on Hospital Radio Basingstoke and is a show that has its own format that has been running for 23 years.
It has gradually evolved over the years, with a mixture of special guests and competitions, and the Great Christmas Cracker Dash around the wards. Last year, the annual staff panto ticket competition attracted the highest number of entries ever.
This year’s show starts at 12pm on Sunday 15 December and includes Tyger Drew-Honey from the Anvil panto, the cast of the panto at the Corn Exchange and an interview with Rudolph Walker from EastEnders (Patrick Trueman).
The live show is 6 hours long this year to include requests from Rowan Lodge.
Sunday 15 December 12 – 6pm on HRB.
The date of the special edition of The Sound of Sunday recorded in August at the Alton Classic Car Show has been confirmed as Sunday 1 December.
The 2 hour show will include interviews with many of the car owners as well as live music and entertainment from some of those who performed on the day.
The Alton Classic Car Show is one of the biggest events in Alton’s year and attracts thousands of visitors to the High Street not to mention 200 cars.
The show will be accompanied by a video which wil be published at the same time.
Neil Ogden’s Sound of Sunday at the Alton Classic Car Show 2024, Hospital Radio Basingstoke 1pm Sunday 1 December.
The National Hospital Radio Awards, organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association, took place in April 2024 at Winchester University. The event was filmed using a two-camera setup consisting of 2 PTZ cameras. We completed the final edit, tidying up the original edit and the live recording.
The Sound of Sunday Summer Show will be returning for a 2024 series this summer, broadcasting from a variety of local events around Basingstoke.
The show, which replaces the usual live Sunday afternoon show, has already recorded the 3 shows, at the annual Basingstoke Transport Festival, the Old Basing Carnival and the Alton Lions Safari in the Park.
The show will also promote other things going on in Basingstoke over the summer. The regular word game Word Whizz will also feature in the show which will air for 90 minutes from Sunday 11 August.
A special edition of The Sound of Sunday on Hospital Radio Basingstoke will once again guide listeners through the final day of the Premier League season.
Starting at 3.30pm on Sunday 19 May, the show will feature reports from all 10 final games which all kick off at 4pm. It looks like there will be issues to settle at both the top and bottom of the table so it could be an exciting afternoon.
The Sound of Sunday Last Day of the Premier League, Sunday 19 May 3.30pm on Hospital Radio Basingstoke
The Sound of Sunday was up for an award on 13 April at the National Hospital Radio Awards. The promo that was produced for the Random Vinyl feature was shortlisted in the Best Station Promotion award.
The feature, which asks someone at random to choose a random number from HRB’s vinyl library, started in 2019, although took an extended break during the pandemic due to the fact that we didn’t have a record player in our remote studio.
The promo may not have won an award, but lots more people were recorded choosing their random vinyl , including Voice of the Balls Alan Dedicoat, and these will be heard in the coming months.
The promo produced to promote the Random Vinyl feature on The Sound of Sunday has been nominated for an award.
Random Vinyl asks a different person each week to select a number at random from HRB’s vinyl library and then that track is played – whatever it might be. Hospital staff and volunteers from other hospital radio stations have chosen numbers as well as people met during HRB’s various outside broadcasts.
The 1 minute long promo is shortlisted for the Best Station Promotion award at the National Hospital Radio Awards and is one of 4 nominations for HRB. The winners will be announced on Saturday 13 April.
HRB is launching 3 new shows as part of an updated daytime schedule. The 5 – 6pm show will become known as Tea Time in Basingstoke, airing Monday – Wednesday at 5 with Neil Ogden.
There will be features and local news and information during one of three shows that will look tomake the station more reflectve of what’s going on locally during the day.
Good Morning Basingstoke and the Lunch Break are the other two shows that will go out at 8am and 12pm respectively.
Once again we have been responsible for delivering HRB’s Most Requested Artists Countdown.
This year the show was presented live after 3 years of being a recorded programme.
The chart was compiled from requests played on HRB in 2023, with data up to the first weekend in December being used. The show included a compatition to gues the number one and as well as a goody bag from Morrisons in Basingstoke, the winner, a patient caled Sylvia got to announce the number one. This was recorded during the final hour of the show.
Nmber one once again was Elvis Presley.
Tadley held its annual Christmas lights switch-on with music and the Anvil panto cast taking part. The event was held on Friday 24 November 2023 and the video is now available below.
- The Sound of Sunday BIG Christmas Show 20249 December 2024
Alton Lions Classic Car Show 20243 October 2024
Post Production of National Hospital Radio Awards 202430 September 2024- The Sound of Sunday Summer Show to Return for 202422 May 2024