The radio station this year was
entered for the Thames valley road safety quiz, coming third in the
competition.
Radio Heatherwood was represented at
the Ascot carnival and in spite of poor weather raised £44.
Dave Smith from Saturdays was
looking after the librarian duties at the station. An article about his
role was carried in the third edition of the radio magazine.
Previously Val Mason was looking
after the library but commitments elsewhere prevented her from carrying
on.
A bed race was organized for the
Ascot horticultural show this year.
Our price records, were the latest
shop to help the radio this year by giving discount, against all the
record purchases.
Lucky dip by the Saturday crew, was
in full swing with a box of chocolates; being given away every Saturday
for a request pulled out of the hat. Keeble's the newsagents of South
Ascot; were the sponsors.
The fete this year was opened by the
actor John Junkin.
A presenter at Radio Heatherwood
Neil Crocker swam the nurses Swimming Pool, a total of five miles to raise
funds for the Radio Station.
The average age of patients in the
hospital, ranges from 35 to 65. A filler record in the period 76 until
1984 would quite often be a record from the charts, which sat on the
console area. It was always too easy to use them, because of being close at
hand. The age group of the presenters also influenced the type of filler.
In October the two way hospital link
with radio 210 was reduced to a half an hour on a Sunday afternoon.
In November the WD2 children's show,
was first broadcast. The presenter would go down to the children's ward
and interview the children staff and parents then broadcast Sometimes with
hilarious results. The first presenter was Nick Westlake but he departed
from the station and PJ took over in 1982. It ran until December 1984.
