MENU SEARCH About Radio Calderdale is a registered charity and run is entirely by volunteers. We are always on the lookout for new people to join our dedicated team. Many of our volunteers can be seen regularly around the wards, chatting to patients, checking our output and taking requests and dedications. Radio Calderdale is the hospital radio station for Halifax and has been a ‘Friend at the Bedside’ for over thirty years. We were founded in 1981 by Trevor Simpson and were originally based at the Halifax General Hospital, broadcasting also to the Royal Halifax Infirmary and Northowram Hospital. We now have our purpose built studios at, and broadcast to, the Calderdale Royal Hospital. We broadcast 24 hours a day on Channel 10 of patients’ bedside TV sets. The Calderdale Royal Hospital Salterhebble Halifax West Yorkshire HX3 0PW TEL : 01422 224694 Charity Number: 512686 Copyright © 2021 | Audioman By Catch Themes

MENU SEARCH Radio Calderdale Member Celebrates his 90th Birthday Today, 17th February, sees our oldest and second longest standing member, Ernest celebrate his 90th birthday. Ernie joined Radio Calderdale in 1982, not long after it was launched. He answered an advert in The Courier asking for donations for records. Ernie had a vast collection of James Last records which he was happy to share but not give away- so he ‘joined up’ and brought his records with him! 38 years later, he was still playing them until Covid closed our studios! Ernie has presented a show most weeks on Radio Calderdale, only taking breaks to enjoy a cruise or two, or when he has been unwell. He has presented a Christmas Day show every year, and famously used to enjoy his Christmas dinner in the hospital canteen before returning to the studios to present another hour. He hopes to be back on air with his easy listening show which incorporates The Halifax Talking Newspaper as soon as restrictions allow. Ernie was spending his birthday at home with his wife Mary, no doubt taking lots of phone calls from his son Mark and family and friends.Happy 90th birthday, Ernie, from all at Radio Calderdale. The Calderdale Royal Hospital Salterhebble Halifax West Yorkshire HX3 0PW TEL : 01422 224694 Charity Number: 512686 Copyright © 2021 | Audioman By Catch Themes