Articles by Peter Rogers

The Needingworth Scribblers, Alison Goulding, Helen O’Mahoney and Jean Fairbairn launched their first book at The Book Warren in Willingham on Saturday 23rd November entitled  […]

Our own Sue Rodwell Smith – who is the Director of our soap, the twice weekly serial, “Huntsford” was awarded a Bronze in the annual […]

A new charity fundraising group has been set up in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, to help fund research and treatment in the fight against muscular dystrophy. […]

From Jamie Stocker – Soul and Motown Show In the middle of their UK Tour the Hot 8 Brass Band made their return to the […]

Hunters Down Care Home are very excited for this year’s Huntingdon Carnival. They were joint winners in 2017; in 2018 they were overall winners so […]

It’s a family friendly music, food and drinks festival. Now in its fifth year this local festival is going from strength to strength. Sister Sledge […]

We couldn’t have wished for better weather as Sunday began with bright blue skies. What a way to start the 10th anniversary of Over Day […]

Gabrielle – Under My Skin This month on the Soul and Motown show we have been very busy with lots going on in and around […]

The next guest in this month’s Scribblers’ Hour will be Andrea Weeding. In 1976, when she was a girl, Andrea and family moved from a town […]

The first programme from Writers’ Corner – Scribblers’ Hour – was aired on the 27th February 2019.  Presented by Sue Rodwell Smith her first guests […]

The Britsh Gymnastics Foundation Love to Move programme has developed and evolved thanks to lead programme coach, Kim Hall who was interviewed on the HCR104fm […]

Huntingdon Community Radio is encouraging more women to become Presenters and Producers with the station. At the moment only around 5% of HCR104fm’s volunteers are […]

It was announced this week that Lime Pictures, the TV production company behind Hollyoaks and the Netflix children’s hit Free Rein, is to adapt James […]

Ferrars Hall Care Home in Huntingdon are hosting a dementia café for local people living with dementia or anyone caring for someone with dementia.  People […]

We’re delighted to announce the launch of our brand-new show, ‘Senior Moments’, on Tuesday 15th January ! The programme will be the 3rd Tuesday of […]

HCR104fm is holding a Quiz Night on Saturday the 19th of January at The Montagu Club in Hartford Road, Huntingdon. There is a prize of […]

Huntingdon Community Radio is now on the lookout for guests from local charities and community groups, to promote themselves for free on air throughout 2019. […]

Ferrars Hall Care Home in Huntingdon are hosting a dementia café for local people living with dementia or anyone caring for someone with dementia.  People […]

You are cordially invited to the HCR104fm Open Day at Saxongate in Huntingdon High Street on Saturday the 8th of December. Meet our volunteers and […]

We are pleased to announce a new item in our Wednesday schedule. Huntingdon Community Radio are keen to promote local talent and this is an […]

Finding that special something for a Christmas gift can be a nightmare – unless you pop down to the AA signposted St Ives Antiques Fair […]

In today’s age of modern technology, everyone is potentially at risk from telephone and online scams, as well as doorstep fraudsters and mail scams.  So […]

It is with deepest regret we announce the death of Gill Hanby who played ‘Sandra Pinkerton’ in our soap drama ‘Huntsford’. Gill played the character […]

HCR104fm’s regular on-air soap ‘Huntsford’ has achieved national recognition at the 2018 Community Radio Awards, seeing off four other nominees to be crowned winner in […]

The Community Radio Awards recognised ‘Huntsford’ in the Arts & Creative Section by awarding us Gold.  The judges said it was a real community soap […]

Peter Rogers’ Brunch til Lunch programme welcomed Beverley Tack from the Hilton Flower Club this week where she spoke of the Flower Festival which the […]

The Huntingdon and Godmanchester Twinning Association are planning an ambitious project for April 2019 and they are looking for people to help. The Bridge Arts […]

There’s always something going on in our studios and Thursday morning this week was no exception. Peters Rogers with his Brunch til Lunch Show welcomed […]

Our guests on Over to You on 17th July were from the Cambridgeshire branch of the BRC – President Rosie Gutteridge, and Vice President Alyson […]

There are many good causes which appeal for our money and one of the most deserving ones sent representatives into our “Over to You” programme […]

Early in May Jez Bottley, the Huntingdon Bell Tower Captain and some of his colleagues came into our studio to champion the cause of bell […]

The TAG Bikes lads and crew have been frequent visitors on Peter Rogers Brunch ’til Lunch show. They recently had an Open Day to invite […]

Sue Rodwell Smith with Arthur Payne who won £25 worth of M&S Vouchers after entering the March competition regarding ‘Huntsford’.

We said a fond farewell to long time contributor, Rev Rosemary Maskell of St Barnabas church on Oxmoor, Huntingdon, who is to move on to […]

One of the regular contributors on HCR104fm is St Neots Museum curator, Liz Davis.  Liz was recently on our Over to You programme with presenter […]

On Sunday 25th March, the Student Zone welcomed back it’s former students for a Reunion show. I joined back in September 2015, and am coming […]

Carers Trust Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk is delighted to announce the launch of Pride in Our Carers Awards 2018 – and invites nominations to honour family […]

Local ghost enthusiast Mark Egerton, who has been a regular contributor to our Over to You programmes, recently posted this item on facebook. This is […]

What’s happening in and around Huntingdonshire?   “Over to You” is the programme where you find out what’s the latest in the voluntary sector.   Every weekday […]

English style bell ringing has been a special part of our heritage for over four centuries and now our local church bell towers need more […]

Brief Encounters is aired on the second Sunday of every month and this month’s guest will be Jim Stevenson.  Jim is the Senior Ranger at […]

The Cromwell Museum Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Curator to oversee its collections and manage the Museum located on Huntingdon’s […]

That’s a scary thought but one of our guests on 21st Century Women this month did and not just once either! There’s a brave woman. […]

The best constituent of the ‘Over to You’ show is the variety of community features it covers. On Wednesday 31st January, Bobby Jones interviewed Alison […]

Each year HCR104fm has an annual dinner which incorporates our own internal awards to show the station’s appreciation of its volunteers and the amount of […]

On the 29th of December in the last Spotlight show of the year on HCR104fm, Spotlight’s ‘Song of the Year 2017’ was revealed… With voting […]

Each year HCR104fm asks local primary schools if their Year 1 children would like to ask Father Christmas questions. The children record their own questions […]

CHRISTMAS STORIES From Tuesday 19th December to Christmas day we will be airing seven Christmas stories narrated by Sue Rodwell Smith.  Listen in at 11.25am […]

“2018 is going to be a big year for the country as it will be 100 years since the end of World War 1” so […]

What fun the children of St Ives are having this Christmas time. The Old Riverport Retail group together with the Town Team of St Ives […]

Our annual Open Studio Day for 2018 was a great success. Over 50 Christmas messages were recorded by you, our listeners, for your family, friends, […]

On Friday 1st of December, Huntingdon will be transformed into a winter wonderland as the doors to a THREE DAY Traditional Christmas Market open! 12 […]

It was a warm and pleasant day; perhaps a bit dull on the weather front but Wednesday 15th November was the day that Peter Rogers, […]

The voting for HCR104fm’s new award ‘Spotlights Song of the Year 2017’ closes in just 1 month… so far the shortlist includes: January’s entry: Embers […]

As the nation centred on the Whitehall Cenotaph, all across Huntingdonshire in the major towns and villages local residents gathered around their local war memorials […]

Operation Christmas Child Operation Christmas Child has been associated with HCR104fm since the beginning of our RSL (Restricted Service Licence) days, that’s more than 25 […]

Brief Encounters is aired on the second Sunday of every month and this month’s guest will be Julie Britten.  Julie is the manager of Ferrars […]

 What do you do when you live in a small village and the landlord of your local pub wants to retire and close the pub? […]

The “Over to You” programme, each day at 7pm, talks to many local people who are involved in our community in many different ways.   Norman […]

  Brief Encounters is aired on the second Sunday of every month and this month’s guest will be Jamie McTavish.  Jamie is an Australian who […]

The ‘Spotlight Song of the Year’ award has been set up for the first time this year in order to commend the multitude of musical […]

  Helen Kewley (Writer), Sue Rodwell Smith (Director), Julie Daniel (Writer), Andrew Moor (Writer COMMUNITY RADIO AWARDS 2017 – nominated in the Arts & Creative […]

When did you last visit your local library? When your children were small? Or perhaps when you needed some local information? Have you heard about […]

The third Godmanchester Town show, since the revival of the produce and flower show’s demise in the 1960’s was held in the St Mary’s Church […]

Brief Encounters is aired on the second Sunday of every month and this month’s guest will be Patsy Coleman.  Patsy is the founder of Splash […]

One of the most unusual charities in Huntingdonshire is holding its 20th International Teddy Freefall Competition this September 9th.  The landing target for this celebrated […]

  Huntingdon’s 2017 Carnival Weekend (12 & 13th August) formed the scene of HCR104fm’s summer outside broadcast marathon. Being the Carnival’s major partner for the […]

  August’s edition of 21st Century Women aired on Wednesday 16th, featured Andrew Bish, a former Huntingdon marine, who has been researching the military path […]

Have you ever wanted to see 15 teenagers climbing a mountain in a range of crazy orange costumes!? Well today is your day. We are […]

Peter Rogers has invited the experts from Everyone Health to come along to the studio to talk to him, in his 10 minute community slot, […]

HCR104fm visits the Battle Proms 2017 Well summer came around again quickly as did the 2017 Battle Proms series. Just like last year HCR104fm were […]

 Erika Brown who is a committee member for Hemingford Abbots Flower Festival and Open Gardens spoke on our “Over to You” programme on Friday 16th […]

  Throughout the duration of May the Student Zone embarked on their newest venture. Each Sunday night between five and seven a focus was placed […]

  Brief Encounters is aired on the second Sunday of every month and this month’s guest will be Patsy Coleman.  Patsy is the founder of […]

The members of the St Peter’s church, Old Hurst, Parochial Church Council and supporters of the church organised a Flower Festival on 13th & 14th […]

The new Mayor of Huntingdon, Councillor Jay Dyne’s first official engagement was to speak on HCR104fm’s “Over to You” show on Friday 12th May only […]

  Brief Encounters returns to HCR104fm’s airwaves on the second Sunday of every month when Sue Rodwell Smith will interview a member of the public […]

Peter Rogers’ “Brunch ‘til Lunch” show has a 10 minute feature most days where he invites a guest into the studio to chat to him […]

All new Huntsford is back! “Over to You” HCR104fm’s flagship community access programme heard all about our own new, and different, Huntsford soap opera, this […]

Ffion Rebecca is a new and upcoming local artist, originally from Wales, her self titled EP Love away from Home, features original tracks such as […]

Christmas is the season of good will to all; and the residents of Huntingdonshire are amazingly generous when it comes to donating to the needy, […]

One of our 21st Century Women, Liz Kelly was duly impressed when she caught the item about the village on the news with pictures capturing the […]

Inspector Paul Rogerson of the Cambridgeshire Police came into our studios recently to talk to our listeners on Peter Roger’s Brunch till Lunch, about the […]

On Tuesday 15th November 2016 The Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) were in Cambridge for a Concert at the Cambridge Corn exchange as part of […]

Karen Pauley, the ideas person behind the Godmanchester Remembers project was speaking to Paul Chapman on “Over to You” on Armistice Day about how the […]

HCRFMs regular Sunday show presenter Jon Aveling went to see the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on October the 28th perform at the Cambridge Corn exchange in the […]

Rock into the Weekend 28th October – Win a pair of tickets to see Opeth at Wembley Arena On this week’s show, Cory will be […]

There have been moves afoot since our own monthly 21st Century Women programme won its Silver Award in the National Community Radio Awards for Best […]

Well done to HCR104fm’s Saturday Sports team and 21st Century Women’s team which both won awards in the prestigious ceremony.  The Saturday Sports team broadcasts […]

We are attending the Huntingdon Carnival on Sat 13 & Sun 14th August where we will have a stand featuring the Corsa and Adam. We are […]

HCR104fm reached another milestone in its history this week as we celebrated our 21st birthday of broadcasting to the residents of Huntingdon and the surrounding […]