CHBN Radio

CHBN is the Community and Hospital Broadcasting Network, serving Truro as a community station and Cornwall as a hospital-radio service. It broadcasts on 100.8 FM and operates from the Elizabeth Sanders Studios at Royal Cornwall Hospital. The project brings together CHBN Community Radio CIC and the Truro Hospital Radio charity.

Its daytime output combines music and local voices, while evenings and weekends make room for specialist programmes. National and international news bulletins accompany the schedule, and the station publishes community information and an events guide. Requests give listeners a direct way to contribute to the music, reflecting the service's hospital-radio connection as well as its wider local audience.

Mike Brown is one of its presenters and programme-makers. His work has included a special production based on Ray Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rains, illustrating a creative spoken-word strand alongside the songs. Richard Edoki, known as RichyBongo, is another broadcaster associated with CHBN; the station has highlighted his work in community engagement and cross-cultural understanding.

The wider team includes Adam Carpenter, Chris Robins, Clarissa Jacobs, Jason Moyle and Karen Webster. Volunteers also contribute to production, training and the technical work that keeps the station running. That participation links the on-air voices with a broader community project. CHBN's distinctive combination is geographical and practical: it serves people around Truro while retaining a specific connection with hospital listeners, requests and locally produced radio.