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Radio Clatterbridge presenter and chairman Steve Lord broadcast live from Firtrees restaurant this lunchtime. Steve caught up with manager Peter Evans and his staff as the hospital restaurant celebrated its recent renovation. Customers, including visitors and workers from across the health park, also took to the airwaves thanks to a specially-constructed outside broadcast unit. A special menu of Indian food was served throughout the day. Thanks to Dave Harvey for producing the programme.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Radio Clatterbridge broadcast all the latest news from Claire House this evening. Lauren Knights, Marketing and Communication Executive at the charity, visited the studio to tell presenter Steve Lord about their latest fundraising events. Among the events, Lauren told listeners about a Ladies' Night at Brantano in Bromborough on 15th March. Claire House is the store's charity of the year 2012.
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Radio Clatterbridge today welcomed a minister of not one but three churches to the studios. Rev Sheila Prest joined Phil Rostance for the Coffee Club to talk about Ash Wednesday, Lent and a range of other topics. Sheila is the Minister for methodist churches in Lower Bebington, Higher Bebington and Prenton. A former PE teacher, she also spoke in depth about her calling to serve God when she was aged 40, after being diagnosed with the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome known as ME.
Said Sheila: "I would like to thank Radio Clatterbridge for inviting me along to talk to patients on a range of church related issues in the run-up to Lent. It's good to discuss these topics as Lent is almost upon us and Easter soon approaching - it's good and to get the word out. The show with Phil was great fun and I enjoyed the music too!"
If anyone would like to contact Rev Prest, please telephone 0151 644 6288 or email: revsheilaprest@hotmail.co.uk
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Thursday, 16 February 2012
Wirral's Scouts and Guides proved they really can do their best when they handed over a cheque for £1,000 to Radio Clatterbridge. The donation came after the station was nominated as one of the charities to benefit from their latest Christmas post initiative. Chairman Steve Lord and fundraiser John Roberts attended the annual Scout Post Awards Ceremony at Wallasey Town Hall last night. It was the 30th anniversary of the service and so far over £500,000 has been given to local charities with over 20 million cards processed. The donation will go towards the set up and running costs of Radio Clatterbridge's new AM transmitter.
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Wednesday, 8 February 2012
The numbers have come in for teacher and Radio Clatterbridge stalwart Dave Harvey. Dave, who joined with the station in 1988, has become the charity's new treasurer. The Coffee Club presenter was voted in to the position by fellow members at today's Annual General Meeting. John Roberts joins Dave, chairman Steve Lord and programme controller Paul Johnston, on the committee of the charity. John will look after fund-raising activities.
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Thursday, 19 January 2012
Michael Bublé has bubbled to the top of Radio Clatterbridge's request chart for 2011. The Canadian singer only just scraped into the previous year's countdown - at number 25. But a flurry of requests over the last twelve months for Haven't Met You Yet ensures that Bublé is top of the pops in the year's most wanted songs. Meanwhile, Frank Sinatra is the most requested artist over all and Luciano Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma is the top of the classical chart. You can see the full chart here.
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Once again, Radio Clatterbridge will be broadcasting right across the festive season this year with a range of special programmes. In the week before the big day, listen out for Carols at Christmas. The festive fun continues on Christmas Eve, with a special Coffee Club with Steve Evans at 10am, followed by John Roberts' Christmas Eve Special at midday. Beth Merdith is live on Christmas morning with festive music and a chance for you to hear the Carol Concert from the Clatterbridge Hospital Chapel from 10am. Steve Lord is live from midday, finding out what's happening across the health park on the big day. Liam Phoenix joins the Coffee Club on Boxing Day, while June Wood has a special edition of Stage and Screen from midday. At noon on New Years' Eve, Andy Bonner will be counting down The Year's Greatest Hits. Paul Johnston will reveal the 30 most-requested songs of 2011 from 4pm. The Jingle Belles (Sarah Jones, Nat Kelly, Bethan Meredith and the aptly-named Holly Youlton) make their annual outing on New Year's Day at 2pm.
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Merseyside-based pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly has given an early Christmas present to Radio Clatterbridge. Station volunteer John Roberts met with company bosses at its manufacturing base in Speke to give a presentation about the charity and its work. Bosses were so impressed that they have agreed to donate £1,000 to the station. John's life-long friend Derek Cross works in the technical engineering section at Lilly's. The pair met at Port Sunlight Boys' Club. Radio Clatterbridge was one of a 45 charities to receive a share of over £50,000. The site has had a long history of payroll giving. Each employee pound is matched by the company.
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Monday, 5 December 2011
Radio Clatterbridge has extended its reach further into Clatterbridge Health Park, after being reconnected to the Teenage and Young Adult ward. The station now appears via bedside touch-screen televisions. Young patients wanting to listen in can now press the button number 1 to access the service and see a gallery of pictures from the station. Listeners across the health park can still receive Radio Clatterbridge on normal radios by tuning in to 1386AM.
Patients were able to join in the celebrations as the Queen visited Wirral today, thanks to coverage by Radio Clatterbridge. Andy Bonner presented the first hour of the Afernoon Edition from New Brighton where Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh toured the Floral Pavilion theatre. Members of the public shared their experience with listeners stuck in hospital for the big day.
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Thursday, 1 December 2011
Radio Clatterbridge is helping publicise this year's X Factor charity single, after three brothers from Claire House appeared on the hit TV show. Sam, Dan and Tom Lloyd - who all have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - were filmed talking about the good work of the children's hospice. Radio Clatterbridge listeners today heard Andy Bonner's interview with the boys on Afternoon Edition. The teenagers have previously visited the studios a number of times. All proceeds from Wishing On A Star will go to children's hospices across the country. You can download the single here.
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011
As the days grow shorter, Radio Clatterbridge is helping light up the lives of its listeners by promoting a number of events on the health park in the weeks before Christmas. The station broadcast from the Claire House Christmas Fair on Sunday. Liam Phoenix and Graeme White covered the various events at the children's hospice. Now Radio Clatterbridge is promoting the annual Light Up A Life event at St John's Hospice.
Fundraising and Marketing Manager Lesley Woodhead popped in to the studio to talk to Coffee Club presenter John Roberts about the service and how people can get involved.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
The festive season is a little more than a month away, and you can help Radio Clatterbridge when you send out your local Christmas cards. We are one of the charities who will benefit from this year's Scouts and Guides Charity Post. From now until Wednedsay 14th December, you can buy stamps for 20p from shop post offices across Wirral.
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Radio Clatterbridge finally went on air today - 60 years after the station was formed! Special guest Mike McCartney pressed the button to switch on our new AM transmitter. Chairman Steve Lord was the first voice to be heard on the new service as he thanked everyone involved in getting the station broadcasting.
Guests from Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Clatterbridge Hospitals League of Friends, Claire House, St. John's Hospice, Elderholme, Wirral Neuro Rehab and sponsors Home Instead listened in during a reception at the station.
One of Radio Clatterbridge's founding members, Monty Lister, joined Mike McCartney and presenter Andy Bonner in the studio for the first full programme. Steve Lord later returned to the airwaves with a series of outside broadcasts from around Clatterbridge Health Park. He interviewed fundraisers from CCO, Claire House and St. John's... along with the Matron. Steve even ended up in the bedrooms of two residents at Elderholme!
Thanks to Steve Lord, Paul Johnston, Dave Adams, Andy Bonner, Neil Jackson, Ron Berkeley and Dave Berkeley who ensured the launch came together as planned.
Monday, 7 November 2011
A series of special programmes will air on Radio Clatterbridge this Monday to mark the switch on of the station's new AM (Medium Wave) service. Chairman Steve Lord will launch the service at 1pm with the help of special guest Mike McCartney. Andy Bonner will then interview Mike and play some of his favourite songs. Listeners will also get the chance to hear Andy's interview with Paul O'Grady. At 3pm, there's another chance to catch the Radio Clatterbridge Story, produced to mark 60 years of the station. Steve Lord returns with his Tea Time Show with interviews from around Clatterbridge Health Park. Then at 6, a team of presenters present a specially extended Live At The Bridge featuring requests and dedications.
Friday, 4 November 2011
The project to get Radio Clatterbridge on the air next month has taken a step closer with the installation of the station's new aerial. The one watt low-powered mast is essentially just a 10 metre high fibre glass pole. From next month it will allow us to broadcast on 1386AM (Medium Wave) within Clatterbridge Health Park. The aerial has now been connected to our studios and test transmissions have begun. Click here to see photos of the installation in progress.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Radio Clatterbridge's move on to AM (Medium Wave) will take place next month. The ground-work for the station's new mast in Clatterbridge Health Park begins today. It's hoped the new transmitter will be up and running for test transmissions within the next few weeks. The move will for the first time allow patients across the site to hear the service. Broadcasts have previously been restricted to certain parts of the hospital. You can follow our progress and find out more on our special AM page here.
Monday, 10 October 2011
Presenter Phil Rostance has booked a new guest for the Coffee Club - Michael Stanton from Linghams Booksellers in Heswall. Michael joined Phil for a review of some of the current best-sellers, including a healthy eating book by Michael Van Straten called "Super Food, Super Juice, Super Health" as well as "The Sisters Brothers" by Patrick de Witt which was shortlisted for the Booker 2011 prize. Michael also spoke about the Heswall Arts Week which starts on 15 October and lasts for a fortnight.
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Members of the Rotary Club of North Wirral learned all about Radio Clatterbridge tonight. Station Chairman Steve Lord and treasurer Dave Adams delivered a presentation at the club's headquarters in Thurstaston as part of our 60th anniversary celebrations. They played a clip of Monty Lister's Beatles interview recorded in Port Sunlight in 1962 and were surprised to hear one member reveal he was there on the night!
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Monday, 12 September 2011
Radio Clatterbridge hit the road today, to present a live programme from one of our sponsors. Presenter Steve Lord introduced patients' requests from the Vista Kitchens showroom on the Croft Retail Park in Bromborough. Listeners and visitors were also treated to several songs from Nostalgia, an Andrews Sisters tribute band. Vista and another local firm, HomeInstead, contribute vital funding to keep the charity running each year. See our gallery on Facebook, Flickr and watch a video on YouTube.
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Coffee Club presenter John Roberts has been waxing lyrical about Radio Clatterbridge to listeners in the Isle of Man. The charity has always had a strong connection with the island, ever since local cancer patients were treated at Clatterbridge. Manx Radio stalwart Bernie Quayle is a recent Radio Clatterbridge listener, having received treatment at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. So John thought it would be a good idea to pay a visit to their studios in Douglas. He told presenter John Hines all about the station and our plans to broadcast on AM later this year. Both Johns now hope to arrange a reciprocal visit to Clatterbridge at some point in the future.
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011
A hospital patient who was treated for breast cancer at Clatterbridge has used Radio Clatterbridge to share her experiences with others. Mo Ferrer contacted the station through Twitter after reading that bosses at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology had discussed finding patients to help others through their treatment. The 54 year old talked to Coffee Club presenter John Roberts about being off work for 10 months while she underwent chemo and radiotherapy. But Mo's message was that life is for living and there's no room for negative thinking. She was so impressed with the service that Radio Clatterbridge offers that she's now considering volunteering with the charity in her own time.
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Monday, 15 August 2011
Ofcom, the UK's independent communications regulator, has awarded Radio Clatterbridge a frequency on the AM (Medium Wave) band to broadcast programmes to Clatterbridge Health Park. It means that for the first time in its 60 year history, the station will soon be available for anybody in the area with a normal radio. Hospital patients currently hear the output via a closed-circuit landline system, restricting the potential audience. The charity is now liaising with hospital authorities to build a transmitter on the site. It's hoped the first programmes will be broadcast on 1386AM before the end of the year.
Friday, 12 August 2011
Presenter and Programme Controller Paul Johnston got married today, and ensured he was joined by a number of his friends from Radio Clatterbridge for the happy occasion. Paul married Cath Dufton at Liverpool Town Hall this afternoon, with fellow presenter Andy Bonner his Best Man. Two other on air colleagues, Paul Size and Neil Jackson, were Paul's ushers. Everyone at the station wishes Paul and Cath a long and happy life together.
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Saturday, 30 July 2011
Wirral Acoustic Roots band Elbow Jane were special guests on In The Mix earlier. Radio Clatterbridge listeners were given an exclusive preview of their forthcoming album The Boldest Blood including the title track which was played live in the studio. It is about bravery in battle and the loss suffered by families and friends during times of war. The Band are supporting the national charity Help for Heroes.
Citing their various inspirations, amongst other songs played live was Shower the People - the James Taylor classic. The band will be appearing at the Floral Pavillion on the 10th September 2011 which is also the release date for the CD. For tickets contact www.floralpavilion.com or ring 0151 666 0000. Support is from legend Andy Irvine well known from Planxty in the 70s.
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People being treated for cancer at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology could soon receive advice from former patients over the airwaves. Radio Clatterbridge is hoping to link up with a number of men and women who can share their therapy stories on air. It follows a meeting between the NHS Trust and station bosses this week. It comes as former stroke patient Dave Holmes paid another visit to the studios. Dave talked frankly and openly to Coffee Club presenter John Roberts about his experience on the Stroke Rehabilitation ward at Clatterbridge Hospital. Thanks to Dave for giving his time to the patients.
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Thursday, 28 July 2011
Radio Clatterbridge made sure listeners didn't miss out on the Health Park's first ever Treating Yourself Well day. The entire site was transformed into a mini Olympics site in a drive to encourage staff and their families to become more fit and healthy. Hundreds of people took part in events including yoga, basketball, netball, golf and football. Presenter Paul Johnston interviewed organisers to find out more about the event and spoke to Matt Williams (pictured centre) who won the road race which took place around the site. Liam Phoenix and Graeme White also hosted a live broadcast from outside the station's studios.
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Sunday, 24 July 2011
Radio Clatterbridge is backing the campaign to help hundreds of head and neck cancer patients in the Health Park. Clatterbridge Your Cancer Centre wants the public to help raise £100,000 towards the appeal for a new Mask Moulding Unit at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. Manager of the department Dr Keiran Wood and fundraiser Marie Turnbull popped into the studio this morning to talk about the procedure. They told John Roberts how patients wear the masks to protect other non cancerous parts of their body from the radiation used in treatment. The department where the work is undertaken is over 40 years old and in desperate need of refurbishment. The fund-raising campaign was launched by comedian and actor Ricky Tomlinson. Anyone who wants to make a donation can call the Donations Department on 0151 482 7948 or go to their website, yourclatterbridge.org.uk.
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Monday, 11 July 2011
Forget Kate and William... We've had our own Society Wedding! Sarah Russell married Kirk Jones this month in Tuscany and, after a honeymoon taking in Kuala Lumpur, Borneo and Bali, was joined at her reception in Hulme Hull, Port Sunlight by Dave, Nat & Beth from the station. Live music was provided by Matt Johnson (formerly in the boy band One True Voice) who gave a great rendition of Me And Mrs Jones to accompany the happy couple's first dance. We wish them all the best.
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Saturday, 25 June 2011
An important photograph in Radio Clatterbridge's history has been uncovered as the station celebrates its 60th anniversary. The previously unseen image dates from 1972 when the charity was celebrating coming of age. A solid brass "21" key was presented to the team, including our current President Roger Hazlewood (far left). The find follows an appeal made for archive material earlier this year.
Friday, 24 June 2011
The members of Radio Clatterbridge got together tonight for a special photo-shoot to mark the charity's 60th anniversary. Presenters, committee members and even the station librarian turned up to have their pictures taken by local photographer Linda Pelling. She contacted the station through Twitter and offered the session free of charge. A new group photograph will be central to the collection, which is now being processed.
The images will be used in publicity for Radio Clatterbridge and on the station's website. To see more of Linda's work, you can visit her website www.letmeshootyou.co.uk
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Radio Clatterbridge has taken centre stage at the Clatterbridge Hospitals League of Friends AGM. Chairman Steve Lord and Treasurer Dave Adams were guest speakers at the event. Dave concentrated on our 60 year history, whilst Steve looked to the future. An excerpt from our 1962 Beatles interview plus highlights as compiled by Andy Bonner were also very well received. The audience included the new Mayor and Mayoress of Wirral, the Chairman of the Trust and the Deputy Director of Nursing and Midwifery.
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Thursday, 2 June 2011
