HRB Members
The team who bring you Hospital Radio Basingstoke all day every day.
Joined HRB: 2023
Joined HRB: 2024
JOINED HRB 2024
Joined HRB: 2024
Musical Likes: Pop, RnB, DnB, 80s
Musical Dislikes: Sad songs!
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Going on holiday
Favourite Sport: Dance
Joined HRB: 2024
Musical Likes: RnB, 90s, indie, pop, musical theatre
Musical Dislikes: Whistling
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Playing Piano
Favourite Sport: Maybe football
Favourite TV: Black Mirror
Joined HRB: 2023
| Musical Likes: | Film, Musicals. Les Miserables. Phantom of the Opera. Generally a bit of everything really. |
| Musical Dislikes: | Rap. |
| Favourite Non-HRB Activity: | Reading. A bit of writing here and there. Walking |
| Favourite Sport: | Running. Swimming. |
| Favourite TV: | Netflix mainly. The 10th Kingdom. Vikings. Documentaries |
Joined HRB: 2024
Joined HRB: 2024
Joined HRB: 2024
Joined HRB 2024
| Musical Likes: | R&B |
| Musical Dislikes: | Heavy metal |
| Favourite Non-HRB Activity: | Football, |
| Favourite Sport: | Football |
| Favourite TV: | Friends |
Saturdays 3 - 5pm fortnightly
Joined HRB 2017
Musical Likes: 80s, Spandau Ballet, 90s Il Divo, Katherine Jenkins, Classical crossover
Musical Dislikes: Hard rock
Favourite TV: Emmerdale and Coronation Street
Favourite Sport: Swimming
Musical Likes: Pop, Euro pop, dance, 70's, 80's, 90's<
Musical Dislikes: Classical
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Walking
Favourite TV: Line of Duty
Joined HRB: 2024
Joined HRB: 2021
Musical Likes: Pop, classical, Blues, folk, country, dance, house, electronic, inde, reggae, R&B, soul, Latin, Motown
Musical Dislikes: Heavy metal, rap, punk, hip hop
Favourite Non HRB Activity: Dancing Argentine Tango
Favourite Sport: Tennis
Joined HRB: 2024
Tuesdays 8 - 10pm
Wednesdays 12 - 1pm
| Musical Likes: | All music |
| Musical Dislikes: | find Punk a little "odd" |
| Favourite Non-HRB Activity: | Line dancing, sport on TV |
| Favourite Sport: | Ice Hockey (Spectating!) |
| Favourite TV: | Enjoy documentaries but no favourites |
Thursdays - Fridays 12 - 1pm
Joined HRB: 2016
Musical Likes: Quite happy listening to most music. Favourite artists include Imagine Dragons, Ed Sheeran and Sia
Musical Dislikes: Not a huge fan of Opera, Heavy Metal, Grunge. Hate Rihanna with a passion, who gets song inspiration from furniture?
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Assistant Scout Leader for the 1st Ash Vale Scout Group. Many of my weekends over the spring and summer months are spent lighting fires, walking 5 minutes to the toilet and sleeping in a tent.
Favourite TV: Don\'t have time to watch a huge amount of telly, but I make sure that The Apprentice and Top Gear (when it was Clarkson, Hammond and May) are on series record.
Other favourite shows include Family Guy, Mike & Molly, Friends, Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother.
Favourite Sport: I would say that I'm probably the least sporty person amongst my friends I don\'t follow Football or any other sports. The furthest my sporting goes is the odd game of rounders or quick cricket with the Scouts.
Joined HRB: 1984 (left 1995, re-joined 2025)
During that time, got involved in lots of fund raising events, Basingstoke Carnival Radio; Pilots for Kestrel FM and did a year on Wey Valley 102. Also appeared on a request show on BBC Radio Berkshire and joined in with a 210FM Christmas special on G-Floor.
Joined Basingstoke Community Radio in July 2020. Left May 2024. Re-joined HRB - March 2025.
HOBBIES: Walking, National Trust; Fundraising; Quizzes; Travel; Cinema; Food; Cooking; reading Crime Fiction; recently dabbled with camping and of music and radio.
MUSIC: Brought up on Jazz, fell in love with David Cassidy then matured into Soul, Motown etc. Nowadays appreciate most music and will play anything. Have an extensive music collection., including lots of classical.
CLAIM TO FAME: I have many but I once did an audition for Weather Girl at GMTV Studios in Camden. I got rejected. Told to lose weight. So, I am on radio. Who cares?
Joined: 1990
Musical Likes: Anything that has a catchy tune
Best HRB Moments: Live from the wards shows and anything that involves interacting with the patients, successfully producing a live 2 hour show from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in 2016, being nominated for and winning National Hospital Radio Awards in multiple years.
Favourite TV: Blue Peter, Saturday morning TV
Hospital Radio Outside HRB: Programming Advisor and National Hospital Radio Awards Competition Coordinator for the Hospital Broadcasting Association Park Champion volunteer at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Swimming, Cycling, Volunteering at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as a Park Champion
Thursdays 7 - 10pm
Joined HRB: 2019
Musical Likes: A bit of everything
Musical Dislikes: Classical
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Travelling
Favourite Sport: Football
Favourite TV: Breaking Bad
Best Thing About HRB: It's a blend of everything you could want in a radio station!
Joined HRB 2024
Joined HRB: 2020
Musical Likes: Motown, soul, punk, 60s - 90s pop, rock, blues, contemporary country, reggae
Musical Dislikes: Rap, hip hop, really heavy metal, opera
Favourite Non HRB Activity: Cycling, cooking, DIY
Favourite TV: Dramas, Sci fi, sport
Favourite Sport: Rugby union, cycling, cricket, football
Mondays 8pm
Joined HRB: 2021
Musical Likes: Absolutely everything apart from Jazz
Musical Dislikes: I guess that would be Jazz
Favourite Non HRB Activity: Exercise!!!
Favourite Sport: Tennis and Coaching my son's football team
Best Thing About HRB: The history and the interaction with listeners
Thursdays 7pm
Joined HRB: 2021
Musical Likes: Years and Years, Queen, Dua Lipa
Musical Dislikes: Classical, Heavy Metal
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Reading
Favourite Sport: Badminton
Favourite TV: Game of Thrones
Best Thing About HRB: Discovering new Music
Tuesdays 3 - 5pm
Joined HRB: January 2009
Musical Likes: Rock, blues, folk, electronic, dance, some light classics
Musical Dislikes: Country and Western, \"crooners
Thursdays 10am - 12pm
Joined HRB 2023
Friday 4pm
Year Joined HRB: 2014
Favourite Music: Pop, country, blues, rock, soul, popular classics
Musical Dislikes: Hip Hop, punk, heavy metal, electronic, chamber music
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Travel and finance and avid supporter of Reading FC for 55 years
Favourite TV: Thrillers, sport, documentaries, chat shows
Favourite Sport: Football, athletics and summer Olympics, most competitive national team events
Joined HRB 2024
| Musical Likes: | Pop, disco, house, R&B, Motown and classical |
| Musical Dislikes: | NA |
| Favourite Non-HRB Activity: | Salon and beauty treatments |
| Favourite Sport: | Boxing |
| Favourite TV: | Documentary |
Joined HRB: October 2003
Musical Likes: Abba, The Beatles, and weird stuff
Favourite TV: Neighbours
Enjoys Most About HRB: The fundraising
Joined HRB 2023
| usical Likes: | Indian Classical& Films, Disney Musicals, ABBA, Boney M, Queen, and modern music. |
| Musical Dislikes: | Heavy metal |
| Favourite Non-HRB Activity: | Anchoring for Tamil TV and Radio and On stage presentations. |
| Favourite Sport: | Athletics |
| Favourite TV: | BBC4 |
Joined HRB: October 2007
Musical Likes: Too many to mention
Musical Dislikes: Rock n roll, Blues, Jazz, opera
Favourite Non HRB Activity: Travelling
Joined HRB: 2019
Musical Likes: The Killers, ABBA, Queen
Musical Dislikes: Nothing too aggressive/heavy
Favourite Non HRB Activity: Playing Rugby, Golf, Cricket & Football
Favourite Sport: Rugby, Golf, Cricket & Football
Year Joined HRB: 2012
Musical Likes: All types of music from the past
Musical Dislikes: Most of current music
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Writing
Favourite Sport: Football watching and golf playing
Favourite TV: Match of the day