Trevor Adams
Trevor joined in 2003. Having reached a 'certain age' - OK, 50 - he decided it was time to do all the things he had wanted to do but hadn't managed. As lack of money precluded most and being a presenter on HRTW was a low cost option, an ambition held since the arrival of the pirate radio ships in the sixties had been fulfilled. Having become a hospital radio presenter, Trevor loves presenting magazine format shows with lots of news of what's happening in the local community. He finds his hospital radio work makes a refreshing change to his day job in the insurance industry. Trevor also has an interest in classic cars and although he enjoys all types of music, his preference is for rock from the sixties and seventies. Stuck in a time warp? Not 'arf, pop pickers!

Tim Addicott
Tim has been a member of Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells since moving to Kent in 2001. He started out presenting on Sunday mornings but has since become involved in production work for one of the weekly sports programs. During his time at Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells he has been involved in outside broadcasts and collections, the highlight being our 24 hour launch. Tim has also been involved in a lot of non-radio fundraising for Hospital Radio. These include a sponsored 13 ½ mile trek around Bewl Water and Music Quizzes.

David Boyle
Born in 1965, and brought up on a farm, David's pram was often at the side of the hop garden with the radio blaring Beatles , Bee Gees , Abba, all the great classics that he now plays to entertain others. He enjoyed a childhood of fun and mischief and doing all the things that we don't allow children to do these days. David became a Christian at an early age and is now an officer in the local Salvation Army. He learned to play the guitar at 14 (and is still learning at 40+). He and his then girl-friend and some others decided to form a Christian Rock band which played for many entertaining concerts, some of the more memorable with an over 60s choir (best not to ask). After marriage and 2 wonderful children, the band was replaced with the successful " Epicentre Sounds Disco" which he runs with his wife and brother. David is always happy to fit Hospital Radio into a busy schedule and enjoys his shows, also helping out with training new presenters whenever needed. He loves doing outside broadcasts and gets a buzz from meeting the people he has entertained.

Stuart Boyle
From an early age Stuart has been a music fanatic, known among friends as the "Sad Music Muppet", Stuart enjoys all forms of music be that playing live music as a drummer in concert and blues bands or on Hospital Radio. Alongside his brother David, Stuart is deeply involved with the Salvation Army. Stuart has worked in the care industry for many years and his aim in life is to bring a little happiness into people's lives through music. All his shows include music facts from the Sad, Music Muppet.

Rosemary Brooks
Rosemary retired two years ago after working for many years as an Infant School Secretary. Finding herself at a loose end after doing a 6 month "around the world trip", she saw an article in the local press asking for volunteers to join Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells. The rest, as they say, is history. Rosemary enjoys meeting and chatting with patients on her request round. In addition to Hospital Radio, Rosemary fills her time with gardening, line-dancing, cooking and travelling.

Cathie Burgess
Cathie has been a member of HRTW since 1996 when she joined after responding to an article in the local paper asking for new member. She was just 14 when she walked through the studio door into a whole new world which gave her many friends and even, eventually – a husband! Cathie since then, has served as Press Officer for the station, New Members co-ordinator, she has presented shows and fundraised and was heavily involved with the launch of the station’s 24 hour service in 2004. Cathie is a website co-ordinator for a craft shop in South Devon and in her spare time enjoys walking in the woods or spending time on the beach, reading,writing, and making cards and scrapbooks.

Mark Burgess
Mark is on of the station’s longest serving members and has held a number of positions including Station Engineer, Programme Controller, and Station Manager. He has been involved with fundraising projects big and small but his real love is for tinkering around with the audio equipment. In 2006 he and his wife Cathie moved to Paignton in Devon where they are now both involved with Torbay Hospital radio but they continue to keep up-to-date with the events and happenings at their home station.

Karen Burke
Karen was born in Surrey but moved to the beautiful Kent countryside n 2005. She is an office manager for a property design company at present but has a real passion for radio since being chosen to present on BBC Radio Kent in 2006. That was also the same year she started with Hospital Radio. Apart from presenting her Hospital Radio shows she also does reporting for BBC Radio Kent and has previously done shows for CTR in Maidstone. In her spare time Karen likes to keep fit and although is a trained aerobics teacher things have lapsed in the last few years and feels she has to keep working out to counterbalance the other passions in her life – good food and wine.

Stephan Butler
Stephan (pronounced Steven. It's a long story - don't ask!) is a newcomer to HRTW, joining in late 2004. However Stephan has been involved in hospital radio in the past as a teenager in Leeds, and has also presented programmes on University Radio York. His claim to fame is interviewing Jimmy Saville on his programme at the Leeds General Infirmary. Stephan took a break from radio to do tiresome things like start a career. He claims things have changed a lot in the intervening time, but we all know it is just an excuse for not being able to work the equipment!

Diane Clarke
Some long time ago Diane trained as a nurse and midwife at the Kent and Sussex and Pembury Hospitals and so in many ways life has come full circle by being involved with Hospital Radio. She joined in July 2002 and after one year served the next two as Secretary then became the Station Manager. She has won bronze, silver and gold awards for Female Hospital Radio Presenter of the Year in the Hospital Broadcasting Association awards. She enjoys reading, writing, and the pleasures of family life.

Vince Cox
The original tall, dark handsome presenter (well two out of three isn’t bad), Vince has been a member of HRTW since 1993. He is one half of the popular local duo The Chalybeates playing all over the South East. He’s a huge fan of John Denver but has a very varied taste in music, from Roger Whittaker to Motorhead, yes that diverse! A little bit of everything. Amongst his pet hates are drivers who park their cars in ridiculously dangerous and inconsiderate places. Double Yellow lines are there for a reason!!

Will Dunn
Will has been a member since 1997 and, over the years has turned his hand to a variety of jobs at the station including the role of Technical Officer and very occasionally, talented presenter. It is his rather dubious responsibility to look after all the computer systems at the station. He lives by the simple rule that if it has a monitor attached to it, he can probably fix it, if not give it to a real engineer. Will listens to almost anything but chooses to draw the line at manufactured pop nonsense.

Charlotte Evans
Charlotte joined hospital radio in the summer of 2007 after leaving University where she had been a presenter on "Sin Radio". Having read an article in the local newspaper about Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells she decided to join. Charlotte enjoys meeting and talking with patients on her request collecting visits as well as presenting the shows. Charlotte also enjoys taking part in the fundraising aspect of the station during the outside broadcasts and collecting events. Charlotte fills her remaining spare time with salsa dancing, going to the gym, travelling and reading.

Tony Finn
Tony hails from Cork, in the Republic of Ireland, and has been a member of Hospital Radio since January 1997.He enjoys presenting magazine style shows whilst in his real job he is a director of a management Consultancy firm, managing IT programmes and projects for clients. Tony is a lifetime fan of Liverpool Football Club, supports Cork Gaelic Football and Hurling teams from afar, and is also a dedicated fan of the Munster Rugby team. He also dabbles in short writing. A family man with an extended family which includes four grandchildren, he likes most types of music, reads a lot of detective fiction, and keeps his hand in at fishing when time allows.

Tim Godsalve
Tim joined HRTW in May 2005 and has been involved in several shows including the Sound Spectrum, the Sunday Extra sport show and Saturday Action. He is also a member of our Cricket commentary team during cricket week at The Nevill. He thinks he is the next Henry Blofeld because he keeps mentioning pigeons and yellow trucks going by the ground. He loves sport,dance music,DJ’ing and comedy and always likes to inject a little humour into his shows. He has always loved radio and has always had some sort of radio studio set up at home since he was a youngster.

Jason Gray
After many years setting up radio stations in fields in Hastings much to the governments annoyance he decided to e-mail HRTW to see if they required any kind of help and was desperate to get back into radio. He was glad they said yes especially as he feels he is giving something back to those who require it the most. In 2006 he was elected as secretary and has become heavily involved with fundraising. He has the perfect face and body for radio – not so much Hugh Grant but more Russell Grant. His main objective is to entertain and make the patients laugh during his shows. He loves all music but draws the line at Pet Shop Boys and the Modern Indie scene. He has an unhealthy obsession with Ford Capri’s and catering for large groups which often results in parties at the family home.

Steve Hobbs
Steve joined Hospital Radio in 1997 and has since hosted his own show and become involved many of our Outside Steve joined Hospital Radio in 1997 ish and has always been playing music for people – he has run a successful mobile discofor over 15 years (although we’re not counting his first gig was for his local scout group when he was about 14 years old ) He has recently taught himself to play the piano (soon he tells us he will take up the guitar) and has started to write and record his own music and hopes one day to be quite good at it. Steve is also a keen darts player and he has been playing for the same pub team since 1988!! In any other spare time he likes to study public house interior design and can usually be found in any one of his local watering holes, err, studying.

Barry Horsman
Barry took early retirement from Gatwick Airport. He’s married to a solicitor with two grown up sons, one living in Ireland the other a barrister. His past life has included serving as Chairman of Parent Teacher Associations and School Governors, Lion President and a Magistrate. He answered an advert to be a news- reader at Uckfield FM, a community radio station in his hometown and became a reporter and presenter. He went on to join Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells in 2007. He races a land yacht in his spare time when he’s not presenting on the radio or building home extensions.

Arthur Hosmer
Following an appeal for 'sound help' in a local newspaper and having over 40 years experience with public address equipment, Arthur visited the studios on an open day in 2000 and was offered membership as an engineering assistant. As time progressed, he became a station engineer on the committee responsible for studio equipment and the outside broadcasting equipment at fund raising events.

William Jeremy
After moving to the Garden of England from sunny South Wales William decided to return to radio after some years away. Having had some experience of the madness of radio production, it prepared him for the zaniness of Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells. With a broad taste in music that encompasses Gilbert & Sullivan and Noel Coward to Rodgers & Hammerstein by way of Lerner & Loewe and Abba, he has found an outlet for inflicting this musical weirdness on others through the radio. Still trying to find an excuse for activity other than work, he is currently developing some ideas involving being paid other people’s money for having a good time.

Brian Johnson
Cup of tea, Love?" Yawning, you sit up as the nurse plumps your pillow. Then it hits you. There's a whole day ahead and very little to do except wait for the newspaper trolley and, perhaps, look forward to the afternoon or evening's visitors. During stays in the local hospitals, Brian felt the mornings needed brightening upand that’s why he became one of the breakfast show presenters. Brian includes items from the newspapers,features and conversation, as well as music ranging from Snow Patrol to Sinatra Crosby to Coldplay and the Beatles to Beyonce. Brian who has presented shows on the station for 30 years relishes the early start. “it’s the best part of the day”, he says.

Jerome Lyte
Jerome being the stations youngest member enjoys hobbies that include sleeping, playing music too loud in his bedroom and other activities that avoid real work. When he’s not doing this however, he loves helping out at HRTW making a fool of himself alongside the rest of the team. His music tastes are varied and can be classed under the genre of ‘anything’

Chris Makey
Long gone are the days when Chris played Swap Shop and Blue Peter in his bedroom. He moved from T.V to Radio in that same bedroom in the 1980's and that's where it all started. His first obsession was with BBC Radio Kent. Barbara Sturgeon was the pin-up princess of the airwaves. When he's not earning on behalf of those fat cat's in the city of London, you can find him entertaining the patients live on the airwaves of Hospital Radio. He says that the picture doesn't do him justice. He looks far better on the radio!

Barbara Manackjee
Barbara joined the station in June 2003, having retired from many years commuting to London and a very stressful job. She was seeking something totally different and thought HRTW would be fun, especially seeing how it had cheered up family and friends who had been in hospital. Barbara’s taste in music is totally eclectic she enjoys everything from Hendrix through to Pavorotti. Barbara represents the station at the regional Hospital Broadcasting Association meetings. Apart from the fun of presenting her shows, Barbara enjoys oriental cooking and travelling particularly to France for her wine stocks.

Chris Manser
Chris joined hospital radio in 1981 and has become one of the most active members of the team in recent years, serving on the management committee as Publicity Officer, Programme Controller and Station Manager at various times. Apart from his love of music and radio, Chris is a keen TV viewer of Formula One and currently follows the fortunes of Jenson Button.and Lewis Hamilton. Chris also spends his spare time surfing the internet and has made several friends worldwide. He has a wide taste in music and looks after the station’s playlist system, which helps select much of the music you’re likely to hear on Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells.

Paul Mcnally
Paul doesn't actually live in this country any more, but he's still a member of Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells (yes, he loves this place so much... it's true). He's currently living in Paris, but you might catch him occasionally covering for absent presenters during the holidays, if you're lucky.

Phil Mills
Phil is one of the younger members of HRTW. It is quite easy to say likes the medium of radio a bit to much as he wants to eventually work in radio full time. Having joined HRTW in 2005, Phil has presented many shows and particularly enjoys going to the various outside broadcast events. Musically Phil is a big fan of most genres particularly from the eighties through to the present day.

Pete Moore
aka the Chunky Cowboy, Pete has a wide taste in music although his favourite is country. Becoming a radio presenter is the realisation of a life-long ambition, a dream that started during his school days in the sixties while listening to the pirate radio stations, such as Radio Caroline. Football and Line Dancing are Pete's other passions. He dances two or three nights a week and DJs on Tuesday evenings and occasionally at weekends, usually at charity fund raising events.

Stephen Parris
Stephen started his musical career at a young age as a choral scholar. He sang in choirs wherever his career in the Diplomatic Service took him.His musical leanings are towards the classics; but he is also fond of fifties', sixties' and seventies' pop as well as trad jazz. He has dabbled in sound on an amateur basis, running charity discos for the English Church in Oslo. He has also been involved in amateur dramatics. On retirement, he decided to put these interests to good use by joining HRTW. He enjoys accepting challenging requests for musical items and loves presenting request shows. Other interests include walking, keep-fit and photography.

Les Rawlings
Les joined Hospital Radio in 1996. His claim to fame was becoming the most mature member of the station. He served in the Royal Signals and after demobilisation he rejoined the sound department at Denham Film Studios. In 1950, Les joined the Broadcasting Group of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Crowborough, retiring in 1986. He enjoys his time on air, talking to the patients, and also introduces new members to the studio as well as assisting with engineering problems.

Chris Reed
Chris became involved in hospital radio in 1973 through a conversation in Broadcasting House, where he worked on the production team of the BBC radio programme 'Late Night Extra'. Later that year, when London's Capital Radio was launched, he also became involved with the production of Tim Rice's programmes on the station, which more recently merited a (very brief) mention in Tim's autobiography 'Oh, What A Circus'. He joined the Tunbridge Wells team in 1978 and now presents our classical music programmes. Chris is the longest serving member of the station's management committee, having been its treasurer since 1982.

Claire Sampson
Claire joined the team in September 2007. She’s had a life long love of music of all genres. When she was young, she used to create radio tapes with her sister to play for each other on long car journeys, consisting of a bit of banter and some tunes copied from the top 40 at the time!! She found out about hospital radio by going onto the website, and thought it was a great thing to be a part of. Not only could she get involved with being a presenter and indulge her life-long love of music, but also she knew it would be helping out a fantastic organisation that can bring cheerfulness and hope to patients during their time in hospital. Claire particularly enjoys presenting a request show, as it enables her to play a wide range of music. Many of the songs the patients choose are new to her and she often falls in love with the songs, there’s also a great challenge finding some of them when they vary from the norm. Away from the radio, Claire loves spending time with her husband, socialising with friends, reading, travelling and dancing. However, due to her love of dancing, she is partial to a bit of jigging around to some of the songs the patients request, thank goodness there is no web-cam in the studio!!

David Todd
David joined Hospital Radio Tunbridge Wells in Summer 2006 after graduating from University where he was a presenter on his campus radio station "Junction 11". After seeing an advert in the local newspaper, he decided to fulfil a long-held ambition and try his hand at Hospital Radio, and after just over a year of practising began presenting a regular show in early 2008. In his spare time David is a keen musician, and enjoys playing keyboards, both producing and writing music with friends. He enjoys both the technical side of presenting as well as fundraising at various outside broadcasts. But he does his best to avoid confusing listeners with his taste for obscure progressive music!

Ian Turner
Ian joined Hospital Radio in 1992 when he began presenting the Kent & Sussex Requst show on Thursday nights. He then went on to present Children's Choice which included requests from the Jacoby ward in Pembury Hospital and Rainbow Ward in the Kent & Sussex. Ian enjoys listening to all types of music and loves bringing a variety of music on to his shows to keep his listeners entertained.

Matt Ward
Matt joined hospital radio after reading an article in the local paper in 2005. He enjoys presenting request shows and aspires one day to be a professional presenter . Matt is also involved with St John Ambulance assisting in the running of Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge Cadet Divisions teaching first aid and care to young people aged 11 to 18.

Tim Waters
Tim has been with the Station since 1976 - which he says seems a very long time ago! For many years he hosted a request programme on Sunday afternoons for Tonbridge Cottage and (this shows how old he is..) the old Hawkenbury Hospital and the Homeopathic Hospital! Both now long gone, but sweet memories. Still presenting, (after all this time), Tim invites you to join him for his pick of golden memories from the last 5 decades.

Louise Westlake
Louise joined the team in 2008 and has become one of the request show presenters. She lives in East Sussex and is a freelance Producer at London’s LBC, sacrificing precious beauty sleep to work on the radio station’s overnight shows. Louise is studying Broadcast Journalism at City University in London and hopes to one day be reading the news for the BBC. Just remember where you heard her first…

Mark Wickens
Mark enquired about membership having noticed an article in the local newspaper in September 2006. As a mobile Dj Mark has always had a keen interest in music and has been a roadie since the tender age of 15! Since initially joining HRTW Mark has completed his training and is now proud to be a presenter at the station. At weekends he can often be found helping set up our outside broadcasts before spinning his own ‘party classics’ in the evenings.

Jason Williams
Joined hospital radio in 1999, having previously been involved with Hospital Radio Maidstone. He enjoys making people happy by playing them their favourite songs on the radio. He particularly likes music from the 1980's and 1990's. Jason is another one of the younger members of the team having been born in 1982.

Chris Woodward
Chris has always been keen on radio broadcasting but it was not until 2003 that he had the time available to become involved with HRTW. Chris loves presenting shows and he really enjoys researching the various features included in his shows. He aims to include a variety of topics, which hopefully the listeners will find interesting and entertaining. Chris also employs his keen interest in sports by helping to produce and present sports shows. He is also involved in presenting cricket coverage from Tunbridge Wells cricket week. Apart from sport Chris has a number of other interests including flying light aeroplanes, motorcycling and playing the guitar.