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Honorary HRB member Steve Fox joined hospital radio back in 1982 when the station was known as Chairman Mike's Mini Radio.  He was the last voice to be heard on CMMR in 1983 and the first presenter to be heard on HRB a year later on 11th January 1984.

In about 13 years with the station, Steve held many committee positions such as Programme Controller, Public Relations Officer and Station Manager.  For much of that time, Steve was co-host of Thursday evenings along with fellow HRB presenters Lynton Boulton, David Blower and Neale Adams, but also hosted on many other days as well, and finished his time on HRB, hosting a Saturday Breakfast Show.

In the early nineties, Steve was one of the team who helped pioneer commercial radio in Basingstoke, setting up 4 short term stations and eventually winning the 8 year licence for 107.6 Kestrel FM which went on air in May 1998.

Steve has presented on several other radio stations including Alton's Delta FM (when it was known as Wey Valley Radio).  He has also breathed on Radio 1!  You can currently hear Steve every weeknight on Kestrel FM in Basingstoke.

Steve co-hosted HRB's 30th birthday special back in April 2002 and returned to HRB to guest host a Sunday show in October 2002.  Not content with one guest show, Steve returned on 11 May 2003, the day of the May HRB On Show, so had to grapple with a few extra technical bits during the live links from the front of the hospital.  That was as well as a guest appearance from the Iraqi Information Officer (aka HRB's joker Ray Purkiss)!!

Steve's third guest appearance was on 13 January 2004, the 20th anniversary of the start of HRB.  On this occasion, Steve had to cope with the teething problems of the station's new computer system, which crashed during his show!  One year later in 2005 on HRB's 21st birthday, Steve returned again, this time on the day that studio 2 was being rebuilt, so he presented his show from behind a huge pile of CDs and records!

 

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06 October 2008 12:55:48

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HRB is currently broadcasting a limited schedule on PatientLine and on 945MW throughout the hospital. There is news on the hour every hour.  We hope to resume normal programmes on Sunday 12 October at 12 noon.  
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The great British weather intervened in the HRB Watercress Line day but we still managed a tour of Ropley station and a ride on the train.

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A new era for HRB is coming soon.  We are currently moving out of our existing building and replacing it with a brand new building. More info and pictures here

 
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