It’s not only Her Majesty the Queen marking a 70-year Jubilee in 2022 as BHBN Radio is also marking its 70th anniversary of broadcasting to Birmingham’s Hospitals. Rewind the clock seven decades, to a pub in Moseley in 1952, and what became BHBN was formed to keep patients at the Yardley Green Sanatorium, (now part of Heartlands Hospital), satisfied with live football and cricket commentaries, which is something the Network continues to this day!
BHBN President Robert Bartlett said: "BHBN is built on community and providing comfort and a friend for everyone from patients, to the everyday person sitting at home and looking for something more personal and familiar than commercial radio. So, we're inviting the community to get involved and share their stories, because what we do is all about them, and it's a community celebration as much as a celebration for BHBN Radio."
To mark its 70th Year, BHBN Radio is embarking on its biggest ever quest to commemorate the legacy of the Second City’s hospitals and their importance in the community across the West Midlands. And, they are asking patients, hospital staff and the general public to help to construct an oral history of the six hospitals BHBN Radio reaches.
Simply record a voice note on WhatsApp and send it to 07981 026836 (add this number to your contacts before sending it via WhatsApp). Or alternatively, you can write your memories in an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we at BHBN Radio will voice it.
They need submissions by 30th September 2022, but the sooner, the better. Audio submissions should be no longer than 5 minutes in length.
The on-air celebrations start now, building up to a whole month’s worth of celebrations in November 2022 - which will include a 36-hour live broadcast, programmes from famous former broadcasters and community events, including a live music event at Herbert’s Yard, Longbridge Town Centre.
BHBN Radio is Birmingham’s hospital radio station, providing 24/7 music, sport and entertainment to the six hospitals it serves, right at patients’ fingertips. It can also be heard anywhere, through its very own BHBN Radio App (download for free from App Stores) or listen on the BHBN webpage, www.bhbn.net.
