\n John Shepherd, 78, has been giving up his time since 1995 to DJ on the hospital’s radio station.\n<\/p>\n
\n Alongside is co-host Adam Davey, 32, who has been at the station for 11 years, the duo hosted their final programme last week.\n<\/p>\n
\n At an emotional final week, fellow volunteers hosted a party in John’s honour.\n<\/p>\n
\n John ended his presenting career with a six-hour mammoth show playing all his favourite songs.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n A farewell meal was held with co-presenters at the Akash in Darwen, and John was presented with a commemorative plaque and a voucher at a local music shop.\n<\/p>\n
\n Secretary, Melanie Briggs, said: “John is a lovely person and has been a dedicated presenter at Radio Hospitals Blackburn for 30 years.\u00a0 We will all miss him so much.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cEveryone at Radio Hospitals Blackburn and also the volunteer services wish John a very long and happy retirement.”\n<\/p>\n
\n John began working on the Hospital Radio at the old Park Lee Hospital and then moved to a new studio at what is now Royal Blackburn Hospital.\n<\/p>\n
\n Both John and Adam (back left) retired from their roles on Radio Hospitals Blackburn (Image: Nq\/Radio Hospitals Blackburn)\n<\/p>\n
\n An East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust spokesperson said: \u201cTwo of our longstanding radio hospital volunteers, John Shepherd and Adam Davy, hung up their headphones for the last time.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAfter 30 years behind the mic, John has decided with a heavy heart to retire from volunteering.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe recalled nervously arriving for his first shift at the old Park Lee Hospital. After some training, he went on to have his own programme.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cJohn introduced Adam to volunteering 11 years ago, and he loved it so much he has done it ever since.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Thank you Adam and John for all your years of dedication.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n John Shepherd began volunteering in 1995 (Image: Radio Hospitals Blackburn)\n<\/p>\n
\n The radio provides a unique and tailored broadcasting service to aid the recovery of patients within the Royal Blackburn Hospital.\n<\/p>\n
\n It also broadcasts on the internet, so patients who are looking to recover at home will still be able to listen.\n<\/p>\n
\n The radio covers Blackburn, Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley and surrounding areas.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is a self-funded charity organisation and sources income from sponsors and local businesses who donate money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Shepherd, 78, has been giving up his time since 1995 to DJ on the hospital’s radio station.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":{"0":"post-272165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}