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HRS Recommended web links
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Stafford
- Stafford Borough Council.
- MultiMap provide an excellent map of Stafford .. and all the UK, come to that.
Staffordshire Council web site.- Staffordshire Communities web site.
- Mid-Staffordshire General Hospitals Trust, which has two hospitals within the Trust. Staffordshire General Hospital, in Stafford, and the Cannock Chase Hospital in Cannock. Both hospitals receive programmes from Hospital Radio Stafford.
- Age Concern: information of interest and value to older people in Stafford and the surrounding area.
Hospital Radio
- Hospital Broadcasting Association: the organisation to which many hospital radio stations belong, including ourselves; also operates as the National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations (NAHBO). The official voice of hospital broadcasting in the UK, though quite a basic web site.
- Media UK's list of hospital radio stations, with links to professional media also.
Professional broadcasting links
- The Radio Magazine: the UK Radio Industry's leading news-weekly magazine, published by Goldcrest Broadcasting
- Media UK: links to a huge range of UK media.
- KRUD Radio Page: a web site with jokes aimed at broadcasters. The site includes "daft requests from listeners".
- Useful hints on radio presenting: ideal for media students.
Radio resources on the Net
News, Weather & Sport
- Latest news headlines from Independent Radio News; the BBC On-Line News Service; The UK Press Association for news, entertainment and sport; British news and sport from Teletext; and world news from CNN.
- Weather from the BBC On-Line, the Met Office, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the World Meteorological Organization.
- On-Line UK Sport: Nationwide Football League, FA Carling Premiership, Soccernet: all league info + links to teams' sites..
- One of our featured teams is Hednesford Town F.C., from which we receive live match reports with our man at the match Neil Holden.
- Our other local team that we feature match reports for is Stafford Rangers, Chris BEdford being the chap who keeps us in touch. There is also an unofficial Stafford Rangers web site which is very informative.
Music Charts
- UK Music Charts: The Radio One web site has the current UK charts. DotMusic (now Yahoo) has several charts including singles, albums and pop videos.
- Every Hit: this web site lists all the number ones for many years. You can also search for specific songs.
- Billboard web site: the American music charts.
Programme Material Resources
- This Day in History: The History Channel, This Day in Music, The History Net, Movie History, Those Were the Days and Years Gone By.
Other Useful Web Sites
- The National Blood Service: all about blood and tissue donation, and how to arrange blood transfusion sessions at your workplace.
- NHS Direct: excellent site for medical information.
- Hello Magazine has given permission for hospital radio stations to use its content without payment, providing the source is credited.
- Staffordshire Media: get a web site designed for your company or have you site checked for accessibility and usability.
Pointless web site
Well, if you're just surfing the Internet to pass time, you might as well waste it entirely at this web site. Pandas on Tour lets you travel the world in the company of two diminutive bears. There's even a secret greeting, if you really want to be sad: www.pandasontour.com. You shouldn't, really.
Recommend a site yourself
Why not help everyone by recommending a web site for this list. Just e-mail webmaster@hrstafford.org.uk. Thanks.