Latest News - please also see our press release page

19.02.11 First summer events confirmed!
The first dates of our roadshow tour have been confirmed. See if we are coming to a town near you HERE!

01.02.11 Shortlisted again!
Following the submission of 15 minute compilation of our best bits, RWM has been shortlisted in the 2011 HBA Station of the Year category!!

We will have to wait until Saturday 26th March to find out if we'll be
taking home the Gold, Silver or Bronze award at the National Hospital
Radio Awards ceremony held during the Spring Conference in Maidstone. Find out more about the awards and the Hospital Broadcasting Asssociaton by logging on to... http://www.hbauk.com/?page=5&sel=1


03.01.11 Frank is top of our chart - again!!
Classic crooner Frank Sinatra has reclaimed his number one position at the top of RWM's most requested artist chart. Radio West Middlesex counted up requests during the last year leaving last year’s number one - Elvis Presley, falling to a respectable third place. In the most requested song chart of 2010, a number of records proved to remain patient favourites. Luther Vandross’s ‘Dance with My Father’, Matt Monro’s ‘Born Free’ and new entry ‘The Flood ‘ from Take That all made it into the Top 10.

We collected and played nearly 900 requests.Patients can also enjoy listening to some new specialist music programmes. Presenter and volunteer Kimi Mamtora introduces patient requests during ‘Bollywood Mix’ each Wednesday evening. Kimi says that she is really enjoying presenting her new Wednesday night request show playing everything from Ghazals, Bhangra beats, devotional sounds, and instrumentals to the latest in Bollywood film music.

28.03.10 Radio awards success!
Radio West Middlesex has scooped two awards at this year's Hospital Broadcasting Awards in Glasgow on Saturday. The station was recognised as one of the top ten stations in the country as well as taking home the Gold Award for best Station Promotion for its Friday night request programme 'Music to Your Ears". The awards ceremony in Renfrew near Glasgow in Scotland also marked the beginning of Hospital Broadcasting Week 2010. You can see photographs and hear our winning entry by visiting here.

26.01.10 Top 10 again!
Radio West Middlesex has been shortlisted in two categories for the 2010 HBA Awards. The first is Station of the Year and second is Station Promotion featuring RWM's resident wordsmith Brian Cowan and Brigid Barnett!

The Gold, Silver and Bronze Award winners in each category will be announced and presented at the National Hospital Radio Awards ceremony which will be held on Saturday 27th March as part of the HBA Conference at Renfrew near Glasgow. You can listen to our fifteen minute audio entry from the link at the bottom of our homepage.


10.01.10 Richmond and Twickenham Times feature
The R&T Times' Charlotte Suter came down to RWM to find out what we are all about - read the article here


03.01.10 Elvis - 2009's most requested artist!
Frank Sinatra's classic 'My Way' has retained its post as the most requested song on Radio West Middlesex. Although Frank has been bumped by Elvis Presley after 10 years as the most requested artist, patients have requested his song hundreds of times over the year to bring it in at number one once again.

Presenter James Hoff, said: "The chart reflects the diverse taste in music that the patients at West Mid have and we are really pleased that our efforts cheer them up during their stay."

During 2009 we played nearly 1,100 requests, with Bette Midler's Wind Beneath My Wings coming in as second most requested song and Michael Jackson's death being reflected in his position as fifth most popular artist. Visit our most requested artists and songs pages for the full chart rundown.


20.03.08 Nominated AGAIN!
Radio West Middlesex has been shortlisted again in the Station of the Year category at this years 2008 Hospital Radio Awards, which take place at the Queens Hotel in Leeds on Saturday 29th March.

The awards are organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association and are entered by hospital stations across the UK which also mark the start of Hospital Broadcasting Week.

Stations are asked to enter a fifteen minute showreel of station highlights from the past twelve months. You can hear our entry on the homepage, For more information on the the awards and HBA, you can log onto their website here.


17.11.07 FM here we go
For the first time in Radio West Middlesex's 40 year history, the station hits the airwaves when it broadcasts its programmes to the local area on 87.7FM for 5 days only!
Check out this website from Tuesday for our special 40th anniversary programme schedule.

1.11.07 The celebrations continue...
Radio West Middlesex celebrated its 40th Anniversary in style at a special awards dinner at Cafe Rouge in Chiswick and also honoured its long serving members...


Back row: Alistair Wright, Richard Kirk, Brian Godden, Eddie Menday, Keith Trueman. Middle row: Alison Moxon. Front row: Pauline Bell, Brian Cowan and Alan Hardy.

15.10.07: Adeline Ran Cardiff in 2.34 !!
A message from Adeline....
"I did it - I ran the Cardiff Half Marathon and crikey - did I ache last week. I was aiming for 2hours45, I did it in 2.34, so I am really really chuffed!
The race was really good fun - apart from the last 2 miles, which I REALLY felt - and the last 500 yards were uphill - which doesn't sound like a lot, but it really is tough after running nearly 13 miles!
I can't thank you enough for sponsoring me, it really does mean a lot to me, and the hospital will be delighted too. We raised £325!!
Much much love. Adeline xxx "

31.8.07: Adeline Runs For RWM!
Radio West Mid member Adeline Towers will be running in the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday October 14th to raise funds for the station in our 40th Anniversary year.

25.5.07: Station Celebrates 40 years
Radio West Middlesex is proud to mark 40 years of broadcasting to the West Middlesex Hospital by launching its anniversary celebrations this bank holiday weekend. You too can enjoy our programmes from 22nd - 26th November when we broadcast to the local area on 87.7FM!

31.3.07: Awards Success in Northampton
Radio West Middlesex celebrated 3rd place victory at the National Hospital Radio Awards. We received the Bronze award in the Station Of The Year category sponsored by BBC Radio 2.


Photo above: Showing (from left to right) RWM members Steve Palmer,
James Hoff, BBC Radio 2 newsreader Charles Nove and RWM Chairman Alan Hardy)

The station entered the awards with a 15 minute documentary about our work, including programme extracts and interviews with hospital patients. Nearly 300 hospital radio stations were invited to compete in the hospital broadcasting equivalent of the "Sony Awards" which are organised by the Hospital Broadcasting Association. The winners of this year’s National Hospital Radio Awards were announced during a ceremony at the HBA Spring Conference at the Park Inn Hotel in Northampton on Saturday 31st March.

Members Alan Hardy, Steve Palmer and James Hoff attended the conference and awards ceremony, collecting the award from Radio 2 newsreader Charles Nove on the station’s behalf.

Presenter and Press Officer James Hoff said, “Being judged as one of the best hospital radio stations in the country is a tribute to all our members and will give us added enthusiasm as we continue our work of cheering and entertaining the patients through our 40th anniversary year”.



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