Sam speaks to Steph Walklett from Sign Together UK about their Level 1 and Level 2 BSL Sign Language learning courses, the prominence of using BSL and what more can be done to educate and increase awareness of the value of sign language. Radio Horton · Learning BSL -...

The Horton General Hospital, which is part of Oxford University Hospitals, has acquired a new Siemens GoTop CT scanner. The Horton hospital was the only acute hospital site within the Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire Integrated Care System (BOB ICS) that...

Radio Horton Volunteer, Tom Wilson is the first volunteer of the charity to receive the Beeby Award, in recognition for his work with the station. Tom received the Beeby Award for the work he does behind the scenes to keep the station running. Tom devotes great energy...

Radio Horton returned to face-to-face fundraising collections at two Banbury supermarkets this Christmas, raising £716.85 to support its charitable activities. Volunteers from the hospital, health and wellbeing broadcaster, which celebrates its sixtieth anniversary...

On 17th July 2022, the Horton General Hospital celebrated its 150th anniversary. On Friday 15th July, a celebratory event took place at the Horton, including a cake cutting ceremony. Reporters Sam Smette and Sarah Bowers went along to meet some of the staff and...

The Horton General Hospital, part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH), will celebrate its 150th birthday on Sunday 17 July. In a first, Radio Horton is teaming up with BBC Radio Oxford to present a simulcast featuring highlights from the special...

A statement from the trustees of Radio Horton follows: Jeanette Warren, Trustee & Committee member sadly passed away aged 71 on 23rd April 2022. Joining the station in 2015, Jeanette was a familiar face to many of our volunteers and will be fondly remembered for...

Banbury's hospital, health and wellbeing broadcasting organisation, Radio Horton is sad to share the news of the passing of long-serving volunteer, Ray Kent who passed away on Saturday 18th December. Ray had been in hospital and a nursing home since falling and...

With 51 years of radio broadcasting under its belt and as Banbury’s only hospital radio station, Radio Horton is looking to broaden its team of dedicated volunteers. If you would like to be involved in a great team and help with various roles at this friendly and fun...

The co-founder of north Oxfordshire’s hospital Radio Horton, Ted Hanson (MBE) sadly passed away on the morning of Tuesday 5th May. Bob Dainty: We will miss him terribly. But his legacy will always live on at the station." Ted had been suffering from a long-term...

Ted Hanson MBE, the co-founder of Banbury’s hospital radio station Radio Horton, has scooped the prestigious top award from the UK’s Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA) this year, for his outstanding contribution to hospital radio over the last 50 years. Jim...

Two local businesses have come together to rescue outside broadcasts for the Horton General Hospital’s Radio Horton. The station’s trusty outside broadcast trailer has become dangerous to use after many years of sterling service. A replacement will cost thousands of...

Radio Horton proudly celebrates fifty years of hospital radio on 7th July 2014. In celebration, the station has organised a four-day line up of events and special programmes. From Friday 4th July – Sunday 7th July Radio Horton will be LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY  from some...

Banbury’s Horton General Hospital is one step closer to gaining a vital piece of equipment, thanks to the generosity of the town’s Sainsbury shoppers and volunteers at Radio Horton. Radio Horton’s annual collection at the Oxford Road superstore last December, raised a...

Radio Horton has lent its support once again to the Horton General Hospital, which is to benefit from £251 raised by the hospital’s radio station team members at its annual collection at Sainsbury’s in Banbury, last December. Volunteer station team members John Webb...