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Welcome to 2026 but during last year many changes were made mainly in engineering which included a new digital mixer ( Donated to us by the hospital charity ) to enable live outside broadcast automation at a future date.
New additions to our automatic playout service with extra 80s track and most likely will add more 90s tracks and reduce the older tracks from before the 50s although we will retain a few popular tracks such as Genn Miller etc
Just as the football season was about to start lived broadcasting went digital with full automation of studio control to enable the comentators able to switch our online ofering to the alternative output from studio two ( as we cannot broadcast our football comentary due to licensing reasons) after a couple of hiccups all seems to be going well
During the year IT updates have been nescasary with replacements of 3 computers and upgrading of our software, also create a new online record library to look where our music is stored. and preperation for moving our databases to an upgraded one to enable a major upgrade on our CMS (Content Management System) ie our main website which has just been completed
If you are intersted in helping our engineering department with your time we would be pleased to see you training can be given .....Mike Chief Engineer
HRN has got it's own skill on the Amazon smart speaker making it much easier for everyone to install the feature.
All you have to do is activate the skill by either saying 'Alexa enable skill' then when she asks which skill you reply with 'Hospital Radio Norwich'. You can also activate HRN by using your alexa app on your mobile phone. Go to add skill then search for Hospital Radio Norwich, select our app (shows our logo) then click 'enable skill'. Once this is done you only have to say 'Alexa play Hospital Radio Norwich'
On the 12th of April HRN took the plunge and went on so listeners can hear us country wide, with the aim of allowing family & friends fo patients to be able to hear the requests.
as HRN currently cannot ward visit the plan was set up within 72 hours
The service is available on computers, laptops, mobile phones & smart speakers
To listen just click the listen live text which will open a windo to play live through the browser or click the relevant icon to activate an app on your phone or tablet or pc program
If the trial goes OK and we can raise the funds to pay for the cost of an online service we will continue
The studio is usually unmanned at present during daytime hours but Patients and/or relatives can leave messages for requests on our answerphone on 01603 454585. Ward visiting takes place early evenings with wards visited on a rota basis. Requests collected are then played later that evening on our Request Programme (7.30-9.30pm). Patients not visited can still get a tune played by calling 01603 454585 (Remember the number)
Also your family & friends can tune in at home to share your requests as HRN is now relayed online, they can phone in for requests or fill out the online form on our website. The link to listen is on our website https://hospitalradionorwich.co.uk/listen-live, also, you can listen on your smart speaker.
Hospital Radio Norwich has updated some of it jingles with the help of Alan Dedicoat (Voice of the balls & Strictly Come Dancing.) Whilst at the Hospital Broadcasting Association's annual conference our chairman met Alan and asked if he could record some audio links for us. He was more than happy to do so and they have now been edited at our own studio into a new selection of Jingles. These will promote our request show and station identification making the station sound even better. 