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National Hospital Radio Awards 2007

Northampton - Saturday 31st March!

The HBA Spring Conference was held in Northampton between 30th March to 1st April at the Park Inn Hotel.

At this years award spectacular Rookwood Sound were highly commended in two categories and commended four categories! Rookwood Sound was represented in force with eight delegates in attendance - Steve Allen, Neil Bailey, Richard Baxter, Charlie Brown, Debbie Brown, Sybil Fowler, Lesley Jennings and Tina Rogers. 

We were shortlisted in six of the nine categories available,  which included - Speech Package for Barry Island Discs, Sports Output for Saturday Sport with Phil Hardy and Charlie Brown, Specialist Music for Wide Open Spaces, Best Promo/Trailer for Cardiff City Commentary,  Special Event for the Visit to HMS Monmouth and the converted Station of the Year!

We were highly commended in the Station of the Year category, and for our Special Event entry!

Why not take a listen to some of our entries below!

See the pictures... here is a small sample there are more in the photo gallery!

Debbie goes mad for some balloons at the Goodies trade fair! Oh Neil seems to be getting into the shopping mode too.. .. Lesley can't hold it all, quick to the checkout! Lesley, Charlie and Debbie on table 12 at the Awards show.. don't they scrub up well!
Listen to our entries... just click on the picture to hear the clips! You will need to have a media player e.g. QuickTime or Windows Media Player installed!

Station of the Year

Speech Package - Barry Island Discs with Rhodri Morgan AM & First Minister for Wales

Specialised Music - Across The Wide Open Spaces with Charlie Brown 

Special Event - Sybil Fowler and Steve Allen aboard HMS Monmouth

Sports Output - Phil Hardy and Charlie Brown for the Saturday Sports Show
Here are the categories we entered...

Station of the Year

This is the main award in the competition. You are required to submit a maximum 15-minute stand-alone documentary style recording featuring extracts from your station output during 2006.  The entry should give the judges an insight into your station, the hospitals you broadcast to, style of presentation and programme content. Also include material from any special programmes or events covered during the year.

Presenter of the Year Male/Female

On this occasion we invite entries from both male and female presenters. You are required to submit a five-minute entry showing the judges the diversity of your presentation, your awareness of the listeners. You are asked to include as many different on air clips as possible e.g. not all from the same programme.

Special Event

As in previous years this award recognises a one off programme broadcast by the station during 2005. A 15-minute compilation from the programme is invited. It must be a one off event and not part of the stations normal day to day output. The judges will be looking for something different from your normal programming e.g. outside broadcasts, coverage of a hospital event etc.

Best Speech Package

Stations are invited to submit a recording of a maximum of five minutes taken from a programme or interview that has been broadcast during 2006. All music should be edited out of the entry. The judges will be looking for material that kept the attention of the listener and should not include presenters reading extracts from books or newspapers and the material must have originated from the station presenters and not from any other source.

Best Specialised Music

The entry should be of 5-minute duration showing the judges the presenter's knowledge of the music in question and should also include any content applicable to the programme. E.g. an event guide/what's on feature relating to the show. These programmes could include jazz, classical, country, religious etc.

 Best Sports Output

A 10-minute compilation is required for this award. You must include both studio sports output along with material broadcast from sporting events i.e. football or rugby commentaries. The judges will be looking for the presenter's knowledge of sport and also the diversity of the sports coverage of the station.

Station Promotion 

This entry can include either a station promotion or programme trailer. What the judges will be looking for is how well the promo or trailer put the message across and whether they think it would attract the ear of the listener. Your entry should maximum of 60 seconds although entries shorter than this will be acceptable.

Best Newcomer

This award is open to anyone who joined a hospital radio station during 2006. The judges are looking to hear what you have achieved on air in the short time you have been broadcasting. You are required to submit a 5 minute compilation.

The John Whitney Award

This award is open to anyone working in hospital radio whether they are part of the presentation team, an engineer, fundraiser or hospital visit. Entries for this category are to be written (no recordings required). The sponsor, the Radio Academy has issued the following guidelines.

“This award is made to the man or woman who has made a quite astounding contribution to hospital station over a period of years. The terms of reference are quite intentionally broad in order to encompass all possible worthy recipients. The winner may be drawn from broadcasting but might equally be found from a technical or administrative background. They may have worked for a single station or a series of stations. The written nomination should explain why the candidate has made a real and long lasting impact”.

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