1985 Year Nine
1985
In January this year a ward raffle raised £63.20 for the radio.
In March this year the presenters club was started.
A records appeal in the local paper, drew in over 1500 records for the station.
A problem with the hospital bleep this year affected the output for most of the year. The bleep had been boosted to cover certain parts of the hospital. The result for the radio station meant any newscasts being taken from IRN were obliterated. The original cable for the bleep ran right thru the studio's. This was re-routed thru conduit solving the problem.
The studio telephone was changed from a coin box phone to a desk top phone, receiving incoming calls only. Rental costs were to blame for the change.
A celebration of a birthday for ward one: one year on after the renovation on the ward, the radios still didn't work.
A Friday presenter raised much needed funds this year for the radio service, by running in the Bracknell Half Marathon. (Frank Blasi) 150 sponsors at 5p a mile raised £220.10.
The fete this year was opened by local MP Andrew MacKay, who afterwards visited the radio studio with his family.
The 100up club was ceased this year after membership fell to low levels and new fundraising avenues were employed.
1985 proved the most successful in more recent years in securing adequate funding for all the stations activities. The now famous annual grand draw by the radio service begun.
The first charity night was held at the Stag Public House.
Records donated and left in the reception of the maternity unit were pilfered before getting to the radio. This was raised with the hospital at the monthly meeting on how this can be avoided.
The plastic headsets which were used on the bed heads were changed to those supplied for airlines. In August £304.58 was spent.
A modification of the unit with a t-piece and extra tubing provided an alternative solution of the high cost of replacements from the hospital supplier.
A ward raffle in October raised £61.46 for the radio
A garage sale was organized by one of the presenters mum; this raised £141,for the radio station. At the end of the year, the first Radio Heatherwood Sweatshirts were worn by the staff.
Ward 1 had not had the bed head radio system for over a year since the renovations. In December this year the service was finally restored.
It's 1985
The raffles promotion was created to help promote the monthly raffles which were taking place. These raffles were replaced by the grand draw and the jingle was dropped.
Yvonne Harman ( nee White ) Memories
When Yvonne left ward 2 we constructed a one hour desert island discs type program and cut together some of her input into a memory section of the program.
Suzanne Ambrosia Memories
When the children's show finished, We constructed a one hour desert island discs type program and cut together some of her input into a memory section of the program.
Phil Chappell revised promotion.
Russ Parker joined the Saturday team and a promotion was added.
Jingle Jukebox 1985
A selection of jingles, from 1985.
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Membership Card
In 1985 an original league membership card was replaced by a membership card for the presenters club. A 3rd of subs each month would go in prize money.
Local MP Visit
Local MP Andrew Mackay opened the fete this year and also accepted an invitation to visit the radio studio's.
Xmas Programme's 1985
Christmas programs schedule
Whenever Xmas fell during the week. Nights would produce their own special programme's for patients.
Touches You
Fete days would see the display of the radio logo board. This year this was transferred to sweatshirts for presenters to buy.
Along with the logo board, each fete set-up would include the running out of all the pa cables and speaker points as well as setting up the announcers desk to carry all those important messages lost children etc.
Grand Draw 1985
The first Grand draw was a turning point in the fortunes of the radio station.
The next ten years produced significant sums of money for the radio and allowed it to expand all it's ideas and not have to worry whether or not we had enough money.
Each year in February the radio secretary would write to local business to secure prizes for the draw. By the end of June, tickets would be issued and sold on the wards in the local high streets and to family and friends of presenters.
The draw would always take place in September.
The first draw was held at the stag public house in Ascot. Ann And Tommy McCarthy landlords were great friends and supporters to the radio service.
A member of the Bracknell basketball team came to the first draw and officiated. The Grand draw would be the main event, on what became known as charity night. Ann & Tommy would always lay on a buffet which was just one of the ways in which they would support us.
Grand Draw/Charity Night Raised:- £641.30 This Year
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