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1975 to 1981

The Ulster Hospital Radio was the second hospital radio station to be established in the Province (Ards beat us by a couple of weeks).

From the outset it was decided to design the layout of the Ulster Hospital Radio Station to be a studio plus cubicle complex so as to involve more people and make the operation of the studio a social affair. However the desk could be run as a self operated system but this was rarely done in the early years.

Unusually the station was set up and run at the start mainly by professional BBC technicians and broadcasters in their spare time. However, as can be seen from this History, once underway this small group was quickly joined by many 'lay' volunteers who soon were running the shows themselves.

As I have not asked their permission to mention people by name in this History, I have only given their Christian name and initial of the surname. However if you are mentioned in this web site and do not mind having your full name published then please contact me and I shall change it to your full name. And in any case if you were a member of the UHR team in those early years, please get in touch, I would love to hear from you.

The timelines only indicate important events or milestones. There has been no attempt to record the many hours and days spent cataloguing discs, editing tapes etc. Also, once the station was operational, the usual run of the mill programmes of music, requests and presenter chat are not logged here.

Any explanatory notes are in italics and signed by me - BW

If you have any comments or want more details please feel free to contact me

I suggest you start at the Timelines.
Regards
Brian Willis

P.S. Were you a member of Ards Hospital Radio: Mater Hospital Radio; or Radio Royal, during the late 70's? If so, these radio stations are also mentioned in this History. You might be particularly interested in the photos of the 1979 Bed Push and the 1980 Lord Mayor's Show Float(opens in separate window)

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