Victoria Infirmary Radio News |
ViR - dedicated radio for the Victoria for over 10 yearsRefurbishment complete! The repairs and refurbishment of our Office and Studio 2 are now complete, our office now has double glazing and doesn't feel like a wind tunnel! Thank you to the health Board for providing us with a much improved standard of accomodation. We will shortly begin contacting recent volunteer applicants to strengthen our production and presenting teams. ViR's Most Requested Artists Our latest chart of the most requested artists once again features Frank Sinatra as the most popular artist (not surprisingly) but contemporary artists like Robbie Williams and Westlife were also in the Top 10. The chart shows the wide variety of music played on ViR. From classical to rock, Daniel O'Donnell to David Gray, there's something for everyone! For the first time we've listed our top 100 requested songs - Click on the link for the full chart rundown. ViR reaches parts never reached before! As part of the ward refurbishment programme within the Vicky we're now delighted to announce that we can now be heard in Ward A. Requests There is a request box next to the payphones by Ward 2 on Level E with request forms available for patients and visitors to fill in. These can also be obtained from dispensers at the Queens Park entrance, Battlefield entrance and next to the lifts along from A&E on Level B. If you have a friend or relative in the Victoria Infirmary, you can telephone a request to 0141 201 5730 or fill in our on-line request form. Volunteers If you are interested in joining our team at ViR please e-mail us with your name, address and phone number and we'll send you more details and an application pack. Please note you must be over 16. We currently have a fairly long waiting list, but always interested to hear from you if you'd like to join us. Unwanted CD's We are always grateful to receive any donations of unwanted CD's. Please get in touch with us at ViR and we can arrange collection. If you have any free CD's from newspapers that you don't want they can be posted in our request box at the Vicky on Level E next to Ward 2! ViRextra ViRextra on channel 2 enables us to broadcast live football matches, religious, specialist and minority programmes keeping ViR on channel 1 for all your favourite music. Discos and Roadshows ViR's volunteers provide discos and roadshows for community events, schools and private functions like weddings and birthday parties. We are always busy at Halloween, Christmas, Valentines' Day and end of school term but are available for bookings all year round. Our volunteers give their time free and all donations from such events go towards improving the radio service for the patients at the Victoria. Look out for photographs of the roadshow in action on the web site in the near future. Cineworld Cinema Victoria Infirmary Radio is extremely grateful for the support of Cineworld Cinema (previously the UGC), Renfrew Street, Glasgow. Cineworld provides cinema tickets for our competitions on the Wednesday and Sunday night request programmes. There are regular movie reviews and previews featured in our programmes. Click on the link on the homepage for more details of Films on show and on-line booking. Future Projects ViR is planning a fund raising campaign to extend the radio service to the patients of the Mansionhouse unit. The Mansionhouse has not had any radio service for a number of years. A feasibility survey has been carried out and we will be launching a fund raising bid in the near future. Sponsorship Victoria Infirmary Radio welcomes support from individuals and businesses to help improve the radio service to the patients. In addition to this web site, newsletters are distributed to the wards each week and on-air promotions can be broadcast each night. This could be for a one off event or on a regular basis. If you would like to make a donation to ViR, or if you have some prizes which could be given to competition winners, please contact: Craig McDougall, Commercial Controller at craig@victoriainfirmaryradio.co.uk. Alternatively, you can telephone 0141 201 5173 or write to Victoria Infirmary Radio, Langside Road, Glasgow G41 9TY. Feedback Victoria Infirmary Radio would like to hear from former patients with their comments on the radio service. We hope to provide a diversity of programmes so that each night there is something for every listener. You can help to improve the service by contacting us by e-mail, writing or calling the station with your thoughts. Thank You The volunteers at ViR wish to extend a special thank you to the nursing staff at the Victoria Infirmary for their help with our request shows and competitions. |
