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On Thursday 5 October 2017 the day dawn grey – overcast and raining menacingly. Not the ideal day for transporting audio mixers, microphones and other assorted items into a school for a major outside broadcast. Fortunately, by lunchtime, the day had changed completely, and all was set fair for our ‘school trip’.

Sainburys Fundraiser

On Sunday 20th August 2017 a team of volunteers from CHBN were at Sainsbury’s in Truro raising funds for the Hospital Radio service by packing bags and helping customers with their shopping.

The team raised a fantastic £688.39. A heartfelt thank you to all the shoppers who supported us on the day.

Get out your Pom-Poms for World Mental Health Day

Two Truro organisations which promote good mental health - and who have both recently featured on CHBN - are joining forces to host a special evening to mark World Mental Health Day this October.

Stacie Clark of New Day Knitwear and Hayley Stanton of Quiet Connections will be opening the doors to their office so that people who have been affected by, or know someone who has been affected by, mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and low self-esteem can connect and create with one another in a calm, relaxed environment.

CHBN Launch New Web Stream

CHBN have now launched a new and improved web stream for those who listen to the station online.

In addition to the quality and reliability being improved, we now also offer two streams - AAC STEREO and MP3 MONO.

The AAC stereo stream offers the best quality using highly efficient state-of-the-art audio technology and should play in most browsers on most devices.

New Band from the School of Rock in Studio 2

A teenage band who formed just two weeks ago performed live in the CHBN studio last Friday (19th February 2016).

The as yet unnamed acoustic group got together after meeting at the School of Rock South West, based in Camborne, and comprise guitarists Harvey Taylor, Ollie Hancock, Alfie Marshall and singer Elisa Byese.

They performed two songs: A Small Village, written by Elisa four years ago, and a cover of Price Tag by Jessie J.

Walk For Wards 2015

On Sunday 14th June 2015, the second Walk for Wards took place at Trebah Gardens near Falmouth, raising money for the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Charity.

Walk for Wards is part of a national initiative and at RCHT was used to raise funds for the Royal Cornwall, St Michael’s and West Cornwall hospitals. Walkers can raise money for individual wards, departments or RCHT’s general charitable fund.

The walk was supported by many departments and staff from within the hospital's trust together with local people who were keen to support their local hospital.

CHBN Scoops National Award

CHBN has scooped the Silver Award for Best Station Promotion at the National Hospital Radio Awards 2015, which took place on 28th March in Newcastle.

The judges said the following about our entry, which was a promotion appealing for new volunteers: “Interesting retro-style to this promo, with good sound effects that assist in the delivery of a clear message with humour”.

Justin Leigh Visits CHBN Studio

Truro’s hospital and community radio station welcomed a very special guest into its new studio at the Royal Cornwall Hospital this weekend.

Spotlight front man Justin Leigh is also Honorary President of CHBN Radio, and this was his first chance to see the station’s new second studio which has been in operation since the station launched across the community on 100.8 FM in April 2014.

Around 15 of the station’s members were on hand to meet Justin and talk about what they do at CHBN.

CHBN and Sainsburys Truro to Support Comic Relief

CHBN were at Sainsburys in Truro on Friday 13th March 2015 to help staff and customers at the store raise money for Comic Relief.

The CHBN team were in the store foyer all day providing music and entertainment during the day to those who were fundraising.

All the activities in the store that day raised over £1,220 for Comic Relief.

In Conversation with... Mark Jenkins

Mark Jenkins was 'In conversation with...' Clive on Wednesday 25th February 2015.

He is a Cornish film producer who is Associate Lecturer in Media and the Moving Image at Falmouth University. Mark won the Copplestone Award in his early career and has recently been awarded the Nick Darke Award 2014. This will see Mark developing the film screenplay for the film about primitive artist Alfred Wallis, Old Iron.

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