Brighton’s local community radio station RadioReverb has broadcast a special edition of their HIV Happy Hour radio show to support World Aids Day.
The programme had an interview with the team at Lunch Positive, a specially recorded vignette about World Aids day and why it is important to raise awareness each year, and the “sound track of my life” came from local resident John Russell, who is a long time survivor of HIV (over 30 years) who was also an old friend of Freddie Mercury.
Host Martin Chatfield said: “I feel really proud of the show as it’s the only one of its kind in the world. I’ve learnt so much about living with HIV and as everyone’s journey is different it means we can give out a lot of advice to people listening whether they are HIV or not.”
HIV Happy Hour is a magazine style show which launched on RadioReverb just over one year ago. Since launching it has become one of RadioReverb’s most listened to shows with the podcast being downloaded around the world.
Guests have included a cross-section of people who have been affected by HIV, including heterosexual males and females, gay men. The show also interviews professionals who give advice, such as Duncan Churchill, a Brighton HIV consultant from The Lawson Unit at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
