March has been a busy month for us here at Phoenix - not only have we had our annual general meeting where we elect our committee for the forthcoming year, but also two very successful fundraising events.

Graeme Drayton completed a 30-hour marathon show starting Friday 8th March at 12pm all the way through to 6pm on the Saturday with no sleep! A constant stream of special guests, family and friends kept Graeme awake and all helped to raise in excess of £500 - a fantastic amount of money which will go towards our new studio fund. Well done Graeme!

On the same night as Graeme started his marathon show we also had another fundraising event happening across town. One of the UK's best Bon Jovi tribute acts - Bon Jovi UK - played a packed Marston’s Social Club in aid of both Phoenix Hospital Radio and the Marston’s bowls club. Tickets for this event sold out within just a few days of them going on sale and this rose over £1000, half of which goes to Phoenix and the other half to the bowls club. I'd like to personally thank Nolan Salmon for all of his hard work organising this event.

I'd also like to give a plug to one of our members, Gayle Cosgrove, who later this year will be cycling a bum-achingly long way from Rockingham Raceway to the Phoenix Hospital Radio studio (that's 60 miles!) on Wednesday 29th May. She tells us that she's not doing it just for fun, she's also helping to raise money to our new studio appeal. If you'd like to find out more or maybe even sponsor Gayle, you can find out more at www.justgiving.com/RR2PHR

Matt Mansfield
Station Manager

On the 29th May 2013, Gayle Cosgrove will be cycling 60 miles from Rockingham Raceway in Northampton, back to Phoenix Hospital Radio's studio, to help raise much needed funds for Phoenix, so we can continue broadcasting to the patients of Queen's Hospital.

Her target is to raise £1000, and she needs your help to do this.

Click the donate button below, or you can donate via text, by starting your message with PHRR60, putting the amount you want to donate (eg £5), and sending it to 70070.

Bon Jovi UK Fundraising Concert

Bon Jovi UK & Decade Runners Acoustic are playing a fundraising concert for Phoenix Hospital Radio's New Studio Appeal and the Marstons Bowls Club on Friday 8th March 2013 (doors open 7.30pm).

Bon Jovi UK are the UK's leading Jovi tribute act and regularly headline festivals and theatres. This gig is a rare chance to see them live in Burton and will raise money for Phoenix Hospital Radio's new studio and for Marstons Bowls Club (who are our hosts for the evening).

Tickets cost £8 for adults and £2 for under 16s

Tickets are available from the following places:
- Marstons Social Club
- The League of Friends shop at Burton Hospital
- Online at http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bhlof
- Through the Phoenix Hospital Radio Station Manager - email matt.mansfield@phoenixhospitalradio.com

Tickets are selling fast, so don't miss out!

Ladies and Gentlemen this is what you've all been waiting for! The answers to the 2012 picture Quiz! Click on the link below to download the answers!

Picture Quiz 2012 Answers

Congratulations to the 2012 Winners! Who are:

1. Liz Madden
2. Chris Chantler
3. Mr B.D.Mason

Thank you to all of you that took part in the picture quiz.

"Roll up! Roll up! Give us ya money!". Those of you who were in Derby on the 29th of September would have seen the phoenix hospital radio crew shaking their buckets in the entrance to the Debenhams store. We would like to thank all of you who donated money to us and we are glad to report we raised a massive

£700!

This will go a long way to help keep Phoenix Hospital Radio broadcasting live on air in the next year coming.

You can see the photos of the event by clicking the link below.
Debenhams Tin Rattle

Keep an eye out for us on the 17th of November as we will be back at Debenhams doing it again!!!

On Friday 1st June 2012 Daz Freeman and Darren Kay commenced the 50 hour music marathon. This followed the success of Daz Freeman's 48 hour show in 2011. Daz and Darren broadcast non stop with no sleep for 50 hours playing in excess of 700 tracks with something for everyone. It was great to see support from the hospital, our primary audience as well as contact and support from literally all over the world with email from Sweden to Australia to Canada! The Mayor of Staffordshire, Len Milner even popped in for a few hours to do his bit!

A further advance was made through the technology of live streaming with listeners {viewers} able to watch Daz and Darren's sleep deprivation experiment live. But of course the primary objective was to raise much needed cash to keep the station on air and we are delighted to announce that the current total is in excess of £1.5k. Thank you to everyone that made a donation as well as providing support, food etc etc So, onwards. How do Daz and Darren eclipse 50 hours? Watch this space...

Lucy and Simon would like to make you aware that on the 15th June they will have a live performer in the studio by the name of James Bates.

Roll up roll up! Get the 2012 Picture Quiz now!!!
Have a go at guessing this year's celebrity faces. Simply download and print off the quiz by clicking this link:

Picture Quiz 2012

Once completed post your completed quiz and payment to the address on the quiz.

Good Luck!!!

Well 2012 has been a quiet one so far for Phoenix Hospital Radio. But we have a few things to report.

1st off we have had our AGM in february which we saw the resignation of our Picture Quiz Author John Topliss. So we would all like to to say a big thanks to all of the work John has done for PHR over the many years he has been a member. He will be sadly missed!

2nd We had the Mayor of Burton visit our studio. You can see the photos in our gallery by clicking here

Fundraising News - Once again during December we teamed up with the Burton Roundtable to do santa's sleigh and raise some money for charity. We would like to thank all the members who helped out and took part in this years santa's sleigh.

We generated £740 which we split 50/50 between us and Burton Round Table.

Also in other fund raising news Daz's 48hr show generated a whopping £1500 to help keep Phoenix Radio on air! So well done Darren!

Ladies and Gentlemen this is what you've all been waiting for! The answers to the 2011 picture Quiz! Click on the link below to download the answers!

Picture Quiz 2011 Answers

Congratulations to the 2011 Winners! Who are:

1. Patricia Macpherson
2. Mrs T Crowdy
3. Chris Chanther

Thank you to all of you that took part in the picture quiz.

Ladies and Gents, Its voting time in the Natwest Community Force Project and Phoenix have been nominated all we need now is votes, please send the link on to friends / family and work colleagues this could be worth up to £6000 and would get us back on the Outside Broadcasting scene!!

Thanks,

Steve Cooper
Station Manager
Phoenix Hospital Radio

Walkies!!! - Woof Woof!!!

Burton Hospital League of Friends 16th Annual Dog Walk is taking place on Sunday 11th September at Branston Water Park (Just off the A38). So come along and support us!

If you would like to download a sponsor form then click here

At the weekend our very own Tuesday night presenter Darren Freeman completed his epic 48hr marathon broadcast. It was a huge success and was broadcast live over the internet meaning Darren had lots of requests and interaction. Darren’s marathon broadcast has managed to raise around £1,500 for our station, with help from listeners as far away as America and Australia. The broadcast was streamed live from 10am on Friday to 10am on Sunday. Everyone at PHR is extremely proud of Darren’s achievement and he has even said he may be back for even longer next year!!

Phoenix Hospital Radio are proud to announce that Lichfield based Covers band ‘The Forgery’ will be joining our regular “Saturday Night Live” team, on July 29th. Lead Singer Dave Brown and bassist Tom Abell will be bringing with them the fruits of a recent recording session for your listening pleasure and will be answering questions from the patients and staff of Queen's Hospital, Burton. In their own words, Dave, Tom, Mike and Adam say ‘The Forgery are a seriously good time rock/pop covers band’.

For More Information you can visit their Facebook page The Forgery Or Email them.

Join us on the Saturday 29th July 8 til 10pm, Live on Phoenix Hospital Radio with ‘The Forgery’.

It's that time of year again! You can now download the Phoenix Hospital Radio Picture Quiz 2011 and print it off yourself and have a go!

Simply click the link below and print it off. You will need a colour printer to gain the best chance of getting all of the pictures but it's not completely necessary. Also you will need adobe reader to open it.

Picture Quiz 2011

Phoenix Hospital Radio are proud to announce that local up-coming band, Follow You Home, will be performing live on Saturday 30th April 2011, from 8pm-10pm. Joining our regular “Saturday Night Live” team, the band will be answering questions from the patients and staff of Queen's Hospital, Burton, before playing a live acoustic set.

Kayley Busby, Nick Ayre, Mikey Davis, Rich Davis and Tom Bradshaw are the quintet who make up the band that is Follow You Home. The band was formed in the autumn of 2010 after Nick and Rich began jamming together. It didn't take long for them to recruit Mikey, Kayley and Tom and from then on, they have been playing their own unique brand of infectious power pop/rock. Their first live show on 4th April 2011 saw them supporting Hush, with their first local headline show on 6th May 2011 taking place at the Star & Garter, Burton Upon Trent at 7.30pm.

You can find out more information about Follow You Home here:

www.followyouhome.com
Follow You Home on Facebook
Follow You Home on Twitter

Many of our patient requests are for the old greats such as Matt Munroe and Elvis Presley, and PHR has been lucky enough to have local singer James Foreman in the studio recording some of their greatest hits live. James is a local man who has a fantastic voice. He will be appearing on the Tuesday evening show in the near future, so if you have a particular song you would like him to perform just let us know! He is available for most events and if you are interested in booking him then please just let us know and we will be happy to pass on your details. And remember folks, you heard him here first!

Phoenix Hospital Radio have gained a new access ramp to the station enabling disabled volunteers to have easy access upon entrance and exit of the building. We have obtained the ramp to enable current disabled vounteers easy access and to be able to attract and take on more disabled volunteers in the future. We received a grant from the Access To Volunteering Fund which enabled us to build the ramp, they have been supportive throughout the process, we wish to thank Access To Volunteering for their kindness.

If people wish to become a member please click here and fill in the form. Alternatively contact steve cooper - Station Manager by clicking here or call him at the Studio on Tuesday 7:30 - 10pm using the following number 01283 566 333 ext 5025

Picture Quiz Answers & Winners! Click here to download the answer sheet.

Congratulations to the winners who are:

1. Mrs. L Shahrokh
2. Mrs H Smith
3. P MacPherson

After being elected Station Manager back in February 2009 Steve Cooper continues to keep the station ticking over smoothly and is enjoying the tasks involved.

This year has brought about several changes within PHR, with changing committee roles; Michael Brotherton is now heading up Fundraising whilst Sarah Kent has stepped in to Michael’s old role of Membership Secretary. Another change of course has been the website, which is now kept up to date and is generally much more accessible, this is thanks to our new Web Master Tom Buck.

One of the bigger changes within the station is the end of an era with us finally stopping our disco and outside broadcast services, more information about why this particular change needed to take place can be found on the link at the top of this page.

New members continue to apply and we have several new shows going out, meaning we now have live shows every day of the week and on some days there are up to three of these.

Within the studio itself due to changing times like many others we are steering away from hard copy music and using ‘The Wall’ much more, and no more vinyl or CD based music is being brought in or purchased, this should help with space as vinyl creates a big storage problem for us.

The team at Phoenix Hospital Radio were delighted to announce the election of a new station Manager in February 2009. The previous manager "Twiggy (Chris Twigg)" handed the reins over after a long and happy service of eight years at the helm, to Steve Cooper known to the team and listeners as "Cooperman".

Steve made a presentation to Twiggy at the League of Friends/ Phoenix Radio AGM in February 2009. A certificate was also presented to Chris by the League of Friends chairman Pauline Spratt in recognition of his long service. Steve Cooper, who has been a technical officer and presenter at Phoenix for many years, is thriving in his new role and excited about future prospects for the station and hoping to be out and about in the Burton area with the rest of the team raising awareness and funds for the patients at The Queens Hospital Burton.

The radio is a free service to patients and provides entertainment 24 hours a day with live request shows in the evenings. The radio also has an outside broadcast team who are very popular at local events and private functions.

The Phoenix team would like to thank those wards and staff who are returning used headsets and in particular to Lyndsey Tilley on ward 7 who never fails us. We can't keep saying enough how important this is as there are NO DISPOSABLE headsets issued - all parts except foam tips are recyclable and must be returned to the radio for cleaning. The headsets cost £4.00 each so if thrown away it is a major expense and could lead to shortages for patients.

If you would like us to play a piece of music, supply or collect a headset for a patient or relative in the hospital please call the studio on (01283) 566333 Ext 5025.