much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . april 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message victoria radio network broadcast area victoria hospital slogan hospital radio in kirkcaldy frequency 1287khz first air date 3 march 1971 format music and talk callsign meaning vrn1287 website www.vrnkirkcaldy.com the victoria radio network vrn is a hospital radio station based in kirkcaldy scotland . 1 it currently broadcasts 24 hours a day to the premises of the victoria hospital and surrounding facilities on 1287am mw and to patients bedside radios . contents 1 history 2 membership 3 broadcasting output 4 former members 5 awards 5.1 2006 5.2 2007 5.3 2008 5.4 2010 6 website 7 references 8 external links history edit vrn was formed in february 1971 by a group of young people in kirkcaldy . its first broadcast took place on 3 march and the studio was originally housed in a cupboard of the main tower block of the hospital . the station moved to premises on nearby st clair street approximately 1 mile from the hospital . however when this area was later redeveloped the station moved back to the hospital site . this time a custom built studio was created out of portakabins . the final move was to an old boiler house on willow drive . in 2002 vrn was awarded a medium wave broadcasting licence . the first am medium wave broadcast took place on 2 february 2002 and the station continues to broadcast on am to the present day . 0 membership edit vrn is run entirely by volunteers with no full time members of staff . there are currently around 50 members of the team . the majority of members are presenters but there are also ward visitors fundraisers and committee positions . broadcasting output edit as a hospital station output is directed towards patients staff and visitors . main programming features include patient request shows every weeknight live commentaries of raith rovers saturday home matches . vrn s book at bedtime a selection of audio books getting to know you local people are interviewed and select music to play when presenters are not in the studio a series of pre recorded programmes are played along with music . former members edit an important function of hospital radio is that it has allows a first step for those looking to work in broadcasting . notable former members of vrn include richard park managing director of global radio arthur ballingall former managing director of radio tay jackie storrar country and western singer and broadcaster scott davie bbc scotland football commentator laura haldane scottish news anchor for itv s daybreak awards edit vrn has received awards many of which have come from the hospital broadcasting association hba . 2 recent awards include 2006 edit male presenter of the year hba john murray bronze award female presenter of the year hba laura haldane silver award 2007 edit male presenter of the year hba john murray gold award best speech package hba interview with gordon brown silver award best specialised music hba blues & stuff bronze award station of the year hba silver award 2008 edit best radio broadcast creative fife the treatment table male presenter of the year hba neil ingebrigtsen bronze award 2010 edit the john whitney award hba john murray website edit as a hospital station vrn does not stream its output online . however a selection of archived material can be listened to via the vrnplayer . references edit http www.vrn1287.com about.htm about vrn http www.vrn1287.com awards.htm vrn are currently 05 2012 doing tests for internet steaming with the view of providing this service for their listeners external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title victoria radio network & oldid 741591704 categories hospital radio stationskirkcaldyradio stations established in 1971radio stations in scotlandhidden categories use dmy dates from december 2014use british english from december 2014articles lacking reliable references from april 2011all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 13 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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