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HRI 40th Birthday Party
The weeks of planning over, Friday 7th October saw the night that HRI has been working towards, the Official Celebration of our 40th Birthday. Held at Ipswich Sports Club, Henley Road, Ipswich a mixture of members past and present, families, … Continue reading
HRI to Celebrate 40th Birthday
Charity Evening to Celebrate 40 Years of Suffolk’s Oldest Radio Station Suffolk’s oldest radio station marks it’s 40th birthday this October with a Celebration Evening. Hospital Radio Ipswich (HRI), started life at the Anglesea Road Hospital in 1971, moving later … Continue reading
Wet, Wet, Wet as Studio Floods
Hospital Radio Ipswich sprang a leak this afternoon (4th August) but the music played on. The station which is based in the Northern part of Ipswich Hospital has two studios. Following a night of thunderstorms and torrential rain, water suddenly … Continue reading
Brand New Line-up for Station
Following the excitement of our internet streaming launch at the beginning of July, HRI has now announced a brand new programme schedule. Previously we broadcast every evening and also some afternoons. The remainder of the time non-stop music was automatically … Continue reading
Britannia School Cheque Presentation
Members of Hospital Radio Ipswich were invited to attend the morning school assembly on Tuesday 19th July. It was a great surprise to all attending when we were presented with, quite literally, a GIANT cheque for £150. Eighty-four pupils from … Continue reading
The Internet Launch Blog – Sat 9th July
Throughout our launch day we ran a blog with snippits of what was happening…. you can follow the day below: The Cast (in order of appearance): Mark Keable, Terry Hunt, Mark Murphy, Tim Ward, Nigel Taylor, Rob Peters, Hugh Pocock, … Continue reading
Merry Christmas 2010
According to my chocolate advent calender there’s seven more sleeps until Christmas Day, which in effect means one week to go before Santa makes his annual visit across the globe delivering all his presents to the boys, girls, ladies and … Continue reading
The new committee year
October is always a very busy month for Hospital Radio Ipswich because its the month of our Annual General Meeting and this year it fell on Sunday 4th at 11am. It was quite a positive occasion for the station because … Continue reading
Stewards v Readwald
On Sunday 10th October 2010 Hospital Radio Ipswich shall be providing a PA system for a football match and quiz night. The event will be in memorial of Kate Ward, a former steward at Ipswich Town Football Club. Ipswich Town … Continue reading
A summer catch up
At the beginning of June 2010 Kevin Ashford went to the Suffolk Show with his microphone to do some recordings for his ‘In the Potting Shed’ show and had a fabulous time in the garden area. Thank you to the … Continue reading


