A Lake House resident has been sharing memories of volunteering for many years as a Radio Horton ward visitor. John Webb met Radio Horton’s Care Home Coordinator Julie Baker at Lake House in Adderbury and got out the photograph album to reminisce. John volunteered for...
Radio Horton has proudly marked its sixtieth anniversary with a series of special broadcasts. Since its launch in 1964, Radio Horton has been a cornerstone of life at the Horton General Hospital and the community, providing comfort, entertainment, and information to...
Radio Horton proudly celebrated the dedication and excellence of its volunteers by presenting the esteemed ‘Beeby Awards’, named in memory of the late Colin Beeby, a cherished former volunteer. The station, which celebrates its sixtieth anniversary in July recognised...
Radio Horton, the hospital, health and wellbeing radio station nestled within Banbury's Horton General Hospital, proudly announces its milestone 60th anniversary celebration, set to take place on 7th July 2024. In commemoration of its diamond jubilee, the station is...
Radio Horton, the hospital, health and wellbeing radio station serving the Banbury area, is proud to announce its recent success at the National Hospital Radio Awards held in Winchester on Saturday, 13th April. The station clinched the Silver award in the Best Speech...
Check In and Chat is a free service connecting individuals with compassionate and friendly volunteers for encouraging and supportive phone calls. Returning home after a hospital stay can be a relief, but for those without a support system, it can be overwhelming....
Leigh and Marie came into Radio Horton to chat to Sam about foster care and the valuable work that the Oxfordshire Foster Care Association is doing to raise awareness. Foster care is when a child can no longer live with their birth family, and is placed into the care...
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 National Health Service (NHS) is today celebrating 75 years of providing health services. Founded in 1948, the NHS became the first universal health system that was free at the point of delivery and available to everyone, something that has continued to this day....
As the NHS celebrates its 75th birthday, Greatest Hits Radio presenter, Ken Bruce goes ‘Back to the Start’ for an hour long special looking at the world of hospital radio. With over 150 hospital radio stations, run by over 2500 volunteers, hospital radio has...
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, the health and wellbeing broadcaster for Banbury and surrounding areas, will soon be available across North Oxfordshire and parts of South Northamptonshire on small scale DAB, after local group, NOXDAB was awarded the areas digital radio licence by...
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...
A North Oxfordshire pub has been hosting charity race nights to help raise vital funds for local charities. One of the latest beneficiaries is hospital, health and wellbeing radio station, Radio Horton, who received four-hundred pounds from the event. The Butchers...
Banbury’s Radio Horton is in the final stages of transitioning to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, expanding its remit through the promotion of the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle, and the importance of maintaining good personal mental and physical...
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...
Banbury's hospital, health and wellbeing broadcasting service, Radio Horton has an exciting new opportunity for a Care Home Liaison Assistant. The role would be suitable for anyone looking to get into the charity or voluntary sector as a beginner or someone with...
His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales has recorded a special programme to say thank you to volunteers of hospital, health and wellbeing radio stations for their work in keeping communities connected and patients entertained during the Coronavirus pandemic. ‘Music...
Voices Across Time, a theatre company based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The award is for Voices Across Time’s work creating intergenerational,...
This week is Volunteers' Week 2021, a chance to reflect and recognise the work of volunteers around the country and the difference made individually by millions of volunteers around the country. Radio Horton has a number of volunteers who each support the operational...
As we reported yesterday, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh has passed away at the age of 99. A statement from Buckingham Palace said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince...
The Duke of Edinburgh has passed away at the age of 99 at Windsor Castle.
A proposed partnership between Katharine House Hospice and Oxfordshire University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) has been formally approved. The partnership – plans for which were announced in November last year – will see the hospice’s clinical services...
North Oxfordshire’s Radio Horton has joined forces with Banbury Canal CIC to assist in seeking oral histories of the Oxford Canal in Banbury.
New facilities that will benefit patients needing treatment in the Emergency Departments at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and Horton General Hospital in Banbury have opened.
Accolades have been awarded to volunteers of North Oxfordshire’s hospital, health and wellbeing radio service, Radio Horton in recognition of their contribution and commitment over several years.
North Oxfordshire’s hospital, health and wellbeing radio station, Radio Horton has expanded its broadcasting output to support residents at the Katharine House Hospice in Adderbury.
It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of Radio Horton volunteer, Colin Beeby, 76, who passed away on 21st September 2020 after a short battle with cancer. Those involved with Radio Horton over the years may well have crossed paths with Colin previously...
Simon & Garfunkel are perhaps best known for coining the phrase “bridge over troubled water”, but Banbury’s hospital, health and wellbeing radio is continuing to build bridges between care home residents and their families, keeping them entertained during the...
The hospital, health and wellbeing broadcasting service for Banbury, Radio Horton is celebrating its fifty-sixth anniversary today (7th July 2020). The station launched in 1964 and was the brainchild of local journalists, the late Ted Hanson MBE and Graham Wilton with...
This week marks Volunteers’ Week (1st-7th June) - an annual celebration organised by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), recognising the contributions that millions of volunteers make across the country. To celebrate, Banbury’s Radio Horton has...
Friday 8th May marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day and Banbury's hospital, health and wellbeing radio station has teamed up with Absolute Radio to bring you an exclusive four hour programme on their pop-up radio station, Absolute Radio 40s, with thanks to the Audio...
Local theatre production company, Voices Across Time has joined forces with Banbury’s hospital, health and wellbeing radio station, Radio Horton to bring a new programme to listeners in the community, including care home residents and patients at the Horton General...
In light of the recent COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the Trustees of Radio Horton agreed to make a generous donation of £150 to the Oxford Hospitals Charity, which is supporting staff at the Horton General Hospital who are working in areas directly impacted by the...
Since Monday 16 March the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has limited visiting to its hospitals to help tackle the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in order to protect both patients and staff who care for them. In light of the developing COVID-19...
The hospital, health and wellbeing radio station for Banbury and North Oxfordshire, Radio Horton scored a milestone in its fundraising efforts over the festive season after shoppers of two Banbury supermarkets resulted in raising more than £1,000 for the station. The...
Age UK Oxfordshire has joined forces once again with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to support older people keep well during the colder months. Patients will be supported by Age UK Oxfordshire staff to feel more confident on returning home from...
Patients attending the Horton General Hospital for hip fracture treatment can once again rest assured they're getting some of the best care as the Hip Fracture Team has once again been named one of the best in the country for the seventh year running. The hospital,...
A new chemotherapy service for children is now available at the Horton General Hospital. The service’s first clinic launched in September and provides chemotherapy to young people between the ages of one and 19. The clinic operates as a satellite site to Kamran’s Ward...
North Oxfordshire’s Hospital, Health and Well Being broadcasting service has launched a brand-new broadcasting service, expanding its listenership into Glebefields Care Home in Drayton. Radio Horton has been trialling its exclusive weekly radio programme to...
Radio Horton is hosting a coffee morning on Spring Bank Holiday Monday 27th May to raise funds for the Katharine House Hospice as part of their “Care for a Cuppa” initiative. Volunteers from Banbury’s hospital broadcasting service, Radio Horton will be donning their...
North Oxfordshire’s Hospital Radio station, Radio Horton has accomplished a record-breaking number of donations, raising £800.00 at its annual festive fundraiser which took place at the Oxford Road branch of Sainsbury’s on 22nd December 2018. Intrepid volunteers from...
An inspirational man from Banbury, Oxfordshire, received a prestigious British Citizen Award for Services to Volunteering & Charitable Giving, at the Palace of Westminster on 24th January 2019. Andrew Willis has been helping the disabled, poor, elderly and...
Banbury’s hospital broadcasting service, Radio Horton is appealing for new volunteers to come forward to assist with visiting and spending time with patients at the Horton General Hospital, collecting music requests for its weekday evening request programmes. The...
NEWS: There are calls for a campaign in Banbury to try and tackle the problem of air pollution. It's after Hennef Way was named the worst place in Oxfordshire for deadly nitrogen dioxide. The road has double the legal amount. Vic Walton, former presenter of Radio...
Last week saw the commemoration of two very special events take place at the Horton General Hospital, as the NHS celebrated seventy years on 5th July, Banbury’s hospital radio station, Radio Horton was also preparing for a ceremony of its own birthday, which took...
On Thursday 5th July, the NHS (National Health Service) is celebrating its seventieth anniversary. With events taking place at hospitals across the country, Banbury’s hospital radio station, Radio Horton is marking the occasion with a series of broadcasts entitled...
A Sing Day on June 16th is bringing together a rare combination of Oxfordshire’s musical talents for a day of singing and performance, which all members of the public with an interest in singing are invited to join. Peter Hunt, one of Oxfordshire’s most popular choral...
Hot off the heels of becoming a charity Human Story Theatre are launching their latest play DRY in January. After two successful productions earlier this year: Flat 73 (supported by the Samaritans) and The Fourth Dog (supported by Against Breast Cancer and Maggie’s)...
Banbury’s hospital radio station kick-started 2018 with exciting news following the announcement of a nomination in the Best Special Event category at the prestigious annual National Hospital Radio Awards for its coverage of Fairport’s Cropredy Convention. The station...
Banbury residents turned out in force on Sunday to honour the country’s Battle of Britain heroes. A military and civic parade marched from Broad Street, along High Street, round The Cross into Horsefair and then to St Mary’s Church for a memorial service. After the...
The history of Banbury’s canal will be remembered at a colourful and fun-filled family day out on Sunday October 1. Canal Day this year is ‘on’ again after being cancelled in February because of building work planned for the waterside. Construction work – part of the...
It is with great sadness that Radio Horton has had to say goodbye to one of its loyal members - Andrew Wildman - after he passed away in June. Andrew spent many years volunteering at the station and became one our most popular team members. With the immortal words:...
With one of the country’s biggest summer festivals in full swing, Banbury’s hospital radio station, Radio Horton was delighted to be able to bring content and exclusive interviews to patients in the Horton General Hospital across the weekend. Now in its 37th year, the...
Radio Horton is delighted to be broadcasting from this year's Fairport Cropredy festival - in the group's special 50th year (and the event's 37th)! Tickets have sold out, but don't fear, the station will be there recording and interviewing various artists over the...
Banbury’s hospital radio station has celebrated its fifty-third birthday by providing public address and entertainment in a weekend of events across the local community. Radio Horton broadcast its first programme to patients of the Horton General Hospital on the 7th...
Two former volunteers of Banbury's hospital radio station were recently invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace to rub shoulders with members of the Royal Family, together with more than 5000 delegates, in recognition for their contribution to the voluntary...
Radio Horton was once again proud to support this year's Deer Jam event - the most successful once since the live music and real ale & cider festival started in 2015. Over 1,000 people came along during the course of the day to hear local bands and musicians play...
Volunteers Week (1st-7th June) is an annual celebration organised by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and recognises the fantastic contribution that millions of volunteers make across the country. Yet in the current society, with so many...
A South Warwickshire company launched a new telephone and communication service designed to help busy relatives stay in contact with their loved ones throughout the working day and beyond. Managing Director, Abby Symons joins Radio Horton's Maureen Paterson on Live...
Liz spoke exclusively with Andrew Stevens - Director of Strategy and Planning at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to help explain the ongoing public consultation in connection with the five year Government sustainability and transformation plan and...
Radio Horton has donated £400 to the Horton General Hospital after another successful festive season of fundraising at two Banbury supermarkets. Banbury's hospital radio station held its twenty-sixth Christmas fundraiser at the Sainsbury's supermarket on Oxford Road,...
Victoria Prentis, Member of Parliament for North Oxfordshire, is encouraging her constituents to take part in her campaign, collecting information on journey times to the John Radcliffe Hospital (JR) in Oxford. The idea follows a meeting with the Oxfordshire Clinical...
Earlier this week, Chief Executive of the Katharine House Hospice, Angharad Orchard popped into Radio Horton's Live at Three programme on Monday to talk to Liz MacLeod about the Katharine House Hospice and care it provides in the local Banbury community. Following a...
On Friday 25 November 2016 Dame Fiona Caldicott, Chairman of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will officially open the newly refurbished Endoscopy Unit at the Horton General Hospital. She will be joined by Trust Chief Executive, Dr Bruno Holthof, and...
In 2015, The Easington [public house], Banbury made Radio Horton their charity of the year. In addition to having collection tins on the bar, the Ember Inns-owned pub hosted a family fun weekend, E-Fest which featured live music and entertainment from 3rd-5th July...
Radio Horton was one of two nominated charities supported by the annual DeerJam Festival which took place this summer at Ye Olde Reine Deer Inn. A team from Banbury's hospital radio station compèred and recorded performances over the weekend-long festival from local...
Do you enjoy chatting to people and have an interest in music? If yes, and you have a couple of hours to spare on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday, then Radio Horton would love to hear from you. Broadcasting for over 52 years, Radio Horton is always looking to add to our...
It is with great sadness to deliver the tragic news of the recent passing of Radio Horton's Vice President, Bobby Bragg who recently lost his battle with a long term illness. Bobby worked on virtually every game show, sitcom and chat show produced by popular TV...
National Play in Hospital Week is organised by the National Association of Health Play Specialists (NAHPS) and Starlight Children’s Foundation is delighted to support NPIHW for a sixth year. This special week is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and raise awareness...
Hospital Radio Horton has recently received £286 courtesy of customers of Waitrose, Brackley through its nationwide Community Matters initiative. First launched by Waitrose in 2008, the scheme has so far donated more than £14 million to local charities across the...
A new service that aims to deliver high quality care in Oxfordshire patients’ own homes or places of residence has been launched. The new Home Assessment Reablement Team (HART), launched on 1 October, will allow people to leave hospital once their medical needs are...
Just one week remains for patients and their loved ones from across the Banbury area to nominate Horton hospital staff who have delivered outstanding care to them over the past year for a new recognition award. The Patients’ Choice Award, run by Oxford University...
Radio Horton has received a thank you letter for lending a hand on Watford Ye Olde English Fayre. Chairman of the Watford Village Hall Committee, Dan White expressed his gratitude, which can be viewed in the letter below. Dear Bill, Thanks for your email and very kind...
At a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Banbury Cherwell, Radio Horton received a donation of £250.00 for the help provided at the Broughton Castle Sportive 2016. Radio Horton is extremely grateful for the club's generosity. The Broughton Castle Sportive is the...
At an Extraordinary Board Meeting held yesterday (31st August 2016), the Board of Directors of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have determined that for immediate and real patient safety reasons contingency plans must be put in place to temporarily...
Crowds turned out in force once again to attend a public meeting at St. Mary's Church on Thursday, jointly organised by Victoria Prentis MP and Banbury Town Council in which executives from the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust* and the Oxfordshire...
Map showing Hands around our Horton route Hands around the Horton protest route Close to 5,000 people took to the streets to support the "Hands around our Horton" protests at Banbury's Horton General Hospital today. The protest, organised by Keep the Horton General as...
Radio Horton exclusively spoke with Dr. Veronica Miller, Clinical Director for Women's Services concerning the possibility of suspension of the obstetric services in the Horton's maternity unit. The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recently announced...
The Board of Directors of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will now hold an Extraordinary meeting of the Trust Board on Wednesday 31 August at 3pm at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The meeting will consider whether or not obstetric services at...
Problems in recruiting obstetric doctors at the Horton General Hospital's maternity unit have led to plans for the unit to become midwife-led while efforts continue to fill six vacant obstetric posts. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which runs the...
A Gloucestershire author has had her book, ‘Health and Heartbreak - Healthcare Before the NHS’, published in February this year. Radio Horton's resident Live at Three presenter, Liz MacLeod took the opportunity to speak with author, Jeannie Duckworth about the release...
It was an incredibly exciting day at Radio Horton. After months of planning, the station was finally able to officially unveil six major pieces of news. At a special red carpet event to coincide with the station’s 52nd birthday, Radio Horton unveiled its new studios,...
On 10th July 2016, Radio Horton provided music and a PA service at the annual Broughton Cycling Sportive, held in the grounds of Broughton Castle, near Banbury which saw more than 200 cyclists turnout to take part. Offering participants a variety of four sportive...
On the 17th June 2016, National Care Home Open Day, a nationwide initiative takes place, inviting care homes to connect with local communities by hosting activities and events, designed to recognise the amazing work that care facilities provide. Radio Horton is proud...
Two local charities were under the spotlight at the annual DeerJam Music Festival, held at Banbury's most historic pub, the Ye Olde Reindeer Inn. Organised by The Reindeer, DeerJam took place over Friday evening and Saturday (3rd - 4 th June) and comprised of...
Banbury-based entrepreneur and food-technology/nutrition expert Dr Adrian Massey has launched a campaign to help Oxfordshire shoppers/consumers understand the health risks of breakfast-on-the-go products. After several years in corporate employment, Dr Massey left in...
On 21st April 2016, Radio Horton brought live to patients' bedsides the Welcome Service and Licensing of Reverend Dr. Geoff Morgan as Team Chaplain for the Horton General Hospital within the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Opening the service, Lead...
The Community Fundraising team from Morrison's supermarket in Banbury has made a donation of Easter Eggs to the Children's Ward at the Horton General Hospital. The eggs were purchased and donated by customers of the supermarket on Swan Close Road. Emma Boisselle from...
Hospital Radio plays an important part in our lives, providing an imperative service to those of us in hospital across the United Kingdom. Radio Horton is the hospital radio station serving patients at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. We are proud to be able to...
The role of High Steward of Banbury has been revived after a gap of almost 50 years. Former MP for Banbury, Sir Tony Baldry has been appointed to the position by Banbury Town Council. The post was previously occupied continuously from the time of Queen Mary Tudor (who...
Banbury Town Mayor, Tony Mepham is turning the clock back more than 50 years – to the swinging sixties. Cllr Mepham and the Mayoress, wife Lesley, will go back in time on Saturday 19 March – 7.30pm to 11pm – at Banbury Town Hall with a night of great music from the...
Infamous TV Comedian, and medicinal scientist, Dr. Phil Hammond is bringing his stage-show, dubbed 'How to Survive the NHS and Help the NHS Survive' to Banbury's Mill Arts Centre on 19th February 2016. Ahead of the performance, Radio Horton's Anthony Brown quizzed...
Banbury's hospital radio station, Radio Horton has donated £375 towards equipment and services at the Horton General Hospital following two successful fundraising events over the Christmas season. The money donated was raised at the annual Sainsbury's festive...
In a first for hospital broadcasting, Radio Horton teamed up with Radio Cherwell to connect patients, their families and friends across the four hospitals in the Oxfordshire University Hospitals Foundation Trust – The John Radcliffe Hospital, The Nuffield Orthopaedic...
Radio Horton once again had the pleasure of supporting the annual Broughton Castle Sportive in providing entertainment to cyclists, their friends and families. Now in its third year, the 2015 Sportive comprised of four exhilarating routes developed by the Banbury Star...
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...