Talk:Hospital Broadcasting Association

Notability
The HBA appears to be an organisation that hospital radio stations pay a membership fee to. There doesn't appear to be any evidence that the HBA has performed any notable acts or is likely to be known by any member of the public. It also appears to be have been created/edited by one user (who has not created/edited any other articles). 86.145.28.201 (talk) 22:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Anything that makes hospital more hospitable must surely be notable to the thousands of people involved. Wouldn't a more objective evaluation require original research and break the NOR rule? One research question might be: "Would local hospital radio have been as successful without national organisational support?" or "To what extent can hospital radio in the UK be considered a success and what factors have contributed to this?" --Northernhenge (talk) 22:49, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

The HBA is a supporter of voluneer organisations. Like Northernhenge said, thousands of people volunteer, and anyone in the radio business will proabably have heard of it. It does work behind the scenes and the radio stations are on the front line. --SeanSkinner (talk) 14:45, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Commercial interest
Clearly 86.145.28.201 objects to this page (and Kingstown Radio‎ and Radio Northwick Park‎) but I can't really see how it's different from other pages that relate to commercial organisations. Off the top of my head, examples include Sainsbury's, Centerparcs, Corus Group and Hull Trains amongst many many others. What is the specific problem with the HBA entry? --Northernhenge (talk) 22:49, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Background history and member stations
This article notes the incorporation date of the company, but NAHBO existed for many years before this as an un-incorporated group. Perhaps some reference to this should be added to this page?

The 'station' section needs review - on what criteria as these listed on this page, it certainly is not a full list of member stations (which is probably not needed) - I'd suggest removing this and directing readers to the 'List of Radio stations in the UK' article, which more fully lists stations. Philedmondsuk (talk) 23:18, 26 August 2012 (UTC)