Q. What is Wycombe Radio?
A. Wycombe Radio is the internal radio
service for Amersham & Wycombe General Hospitals
Q. Who runs Wycombe Radio?
A. Wycombe Radio is run by the Wycombe
Hospitals Broadcasting Association, a registered charity, and a team of
about sixty unpaid volunteers. Activities are co-ordinated by a committee
of nine members who are elected at the Annual General Meeting held in
November of each year.
Q. What are the aims and objectives of Wycombe
Radio?
A. Wycombe Radio aims to offer a radio
service which is informative, entertaining and relevant to the patients in
Wycombe and Amersham hospitals. Emphasis is placed on contact between
Wycombe Radio and it's listeners. Every evening presenters go around the
wards collecting requests and dedications (an average of twelve to fifteen
are played each evening.) Patients are also encouraged to telephone in for
requests
Q. What programmes does Wycombe Radio make?
A. The programmes produced by Wycombe Radio
are designed to inform and entertain all the patients in the hospitals.
Many of the programmes are based on a music format. However this does not
just mean `POP`. Wycombe Radio is aware that it's listeners cover all age
groups and ethnic backgrounds and therefore the music content must be
tailored to suit all tastes. In any one evening you could hear, easy
listening, classical, jazz, big band, pop, opera... the list is endless.
Q. Is Wycombe Radio a commercial Radio Station?
A. No. Wycombe Radio is completely non-profit
making and run as a registered charity.
Q. How is Wycombe Radio broadcast to the patients?
A. Wycombe Radio broadcasts to Amersham and Wycombe
hospitals via the internal cable system to the headsets at each bedside.
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