Hospital Radio Basingstoke

The team who bring you Hospital Radio Basingstoke all day every day.

Inga Adomaviciute
Treasurer

Joined HRB: 2023

 

 

Gill Avery
Ward Visitor

Joined HRB: 2024

Hobbies include gardening, reading and walking.
Also a volunteer for St Michael's Hospice.
Ben Bartlett

JOINED HRB 2024

Hannah Boyle

Joined HRB: 2024

Musical Likes: Pop, RnB, DnB, 80s
Musical Dislikes: Sad songs!
Favourite Non-HRB Activity: Going on holiday
Favourite Sport: Dance

Tyler Curtis

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

James Ellis

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
Darren Fearnley

Joined HRB: 2024

Matthew Flackett

Joined HRB: 2024

Thyme Francis

Joined HRB: 2024

Liz Glenfield
Mya Harris

Joined HRB 2024

Musical Likes:R&B
Musical Dislikes:Heavy metal
Favourite Non-HRB Activity:Football,
Favourite Sport:Football
Favourite TV:Friends
April Haywood

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

Melanie Hill

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

Victoria Hyde

Joined HRB: 2024

Margot Konitzer

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

Roger Lewis

Joined HRB: 2024

John McKay

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
Elliot Moyle

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.

Anne Murrill

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?

Neil Ogden

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

Chinenye Adaobi Okonkwo
Mark Paine

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!

OJ Patel

Joined HRB 2024

Jon Perkin

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

Scott Rawlings

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

Daisy Redford

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

Christine Rowley

Tuesdays 3 - 5pm 

 

Dave Sanger

Joined HRB: January 2009

Musical Likes: Rock, blues, folk, electronic, dance, some light classics

Musical Dislikes: Country and Western, \"crooners

David Saunderson

Thursdays 10am - 12pm 

Joined HRB 2023

MUSICAL LIKES: Nearly everything, but especially 1960- 1999
 
MUSICAL DISLIKES: Rap
 
FAVOURITE NON HRB ACTIVITY: Reading
 
FAVOURITE SPORT: None, but passing interest in most.
 
FAVOURITE TV: Crime dramas (without adverts)
 
BEST_THING ABOUT HRB: Friendly team working together for patients and the community

 

Roger Scott

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

Bethany Towerton

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
Paul Turner

Joined HRB: October 2003

Musical Likes: Abba, The Beatles, and weird stuff

Favourite TV: Neighbours

Enjoys Most About HRB: The fundraising

Thanga Rekha Venkatasubramaniam

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
Hilary Wells

Joined HRB: October 2007

Musical Likes: Too many to mention

Musical Dislikes: Rock n roll, Blues, Jazz, opera

Favourite Non HRB Activity: Travelling

Tom Williams

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

Mark Winwood

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