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Rookwood
Sound Online:
History
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Charity 517814
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Content Revised: Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
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> History
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Rookwood Hospital - the background
Prior to Rookwood being used as a hospital it was the home of a sea fairing family who’s business was transporting coal around the world, Rookwood boasts to have within its grounds a selection of trees from every part of the world. The hospital was used during the Second World War for injured service personnel. Start
of the Station Rookwood
Sound Hospital Broadcasting first hit the airwaves on 31st October 1987
with our current vice president and founder member Julian Brinkworth in
the hot seat. Although this
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The
picture shows volunteers at the first Rookwood Sound Hospital
Broadcasting road show. The sign in the middle says ‘Rookwood Sound is a brand new charitable venture, aiming to set up a hospital radio service at Rookwood Hospital we need £16,000 to do this. Please support us.’
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Development
of Rookwood Sound After the opening in 1987, the service grew and developed and the station was requested by the Health Authority to extend the service to Llandough Hospital. Llandough Hospital is based near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan. It is a specialist centre for chest conditions mixed with that of a general hospital. Llandough also has the longest single corridor in Western Europe and often our presenters and researchers are found wandering it! Thanks We
at Rookwood Sound are very grateful to the work done by our founder
members and I am sure that without their dedication and hard work we would
not be as successful as we have been. We
are also fortunate to have an excellent working relationship with the
Cardiff & Vale NHS trust. Many of our presenters have gone on to work in the field of broadcasting and all have stated that Rookwood played an important part in that. Hence, we also have a good working relationship with both BBC Wales and the Independent Local Radio stations and often you will hear Rookwood Presenters. Our
Philosophy Our
philosophy is that when you are home feeling well you have your own choice
of Radio station to listen too, as expected this is quality radio
providing you with what you want from it. We at Rookwood Sound aim
to be as good as your normal radio station and try and surpass it
where possible. Being in hospital does not stop you from wanting the same things, perhaps even more so the little things matter when time lays heavy while a patient in hospital. The difference is that we at Rookwood Sound take pride in doing what other stations cannot do and that is the personal touch by visiting you on the wards and playing your requests and dedications normally within a few hours of actually meeting you.
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