Generous Medway motorists have helped raise funds to support visually impaired people in the area. British Wireless will be able to support more people with sight loss in Medway thanks to a generous grant. The Moto service station on the M2, between junction four and five, has given the charity a £2,000 grant from its…

BWBF attended a conference at the weekend to learn more about community radio stations and how we could work with them. A conference held by the Community Media Association has given BWBF an insight into the world of community radio. Agent Liaison Manager Dave Beard went along to the organisation’s annual Community Media Conference on…

A listener has sent their old radio back to BWBF – which they’ve had since the mid-1980s – and it still works! The British Wireless team was surprised to receive a Roberts RP20 in the post yesterday. (Tuesday, August 30th). It’s one of our older models which was first issued in the mid-1980s and discontinued…

British Wireless’s technical team is working on a redesign of the charity’s Talking Newspaper service. With the annual Talking Newspaper Federation conference just six weeks away – BWBF’s technical team is working hard to redesign the service it offers. This is to make it easier both for the listeners who use it and Talking Newspaper…

Users of the British Wireless Sonata internet radio will now be able to enjoy a streamed version of David Suchet’s Audio Bible. Sonata Plus+ users can now enjoy all 83 hours of David Suchet’s Audio Bible. BWBF’s technical team has been working hard to upload the six CDs so listeners have access to all 1,189…

A well-known blind artist has spoken about how her BWBF radio keeps her company while she’s painting. Despite having no sight at all in one of her eyes and no peripheral vision in the other, Dawn Parkinson creates beautiful pieces of artwork. She taught herself to paint and uses a magnifier which enables her to…

Rio 2016 fever is sweeping the UK – and it’s no different at BWBF’s head office. Rio fever is building across the UK as Team GB adds to its Olympic medal haul – and BWBF is reminding supporters they can listen to the coverage on their radios. Whichever set you have from British Wireless, you…

The latest RAJAR figures have been released today – showing a rise in the number of people tuning into their radio every week. These figures again show the importance of having access to a radio and therefore how vital the work done by British Wireless is.  RAJAR is the official body in charge of measuring…