Kingstown Radio

Kingstown Radio is a hospital radio station based in Kingston upon Hull, England, broadcasting on 1350 kHz (AM), to patient's bedside Hospedia systems and via the local NHS intranet across the Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust.

Kingstown Radio
Broadcast areaKingston upon Hull
Frequency1350 kHz and Hospedia
Slogan"The Home of Classic Hits"
Programming
FormatHospital Radio
Ownership
OwnerHull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
History
First air date
16 July 1961
Links
Websitehttp://www.kingstownradio.co.uk

History
Basic Hospital Radio studio

In the early 1970s Ken Fulstow laid the Foundations for the "National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations", the inaugural meeting being held in the Hull on 5 April 1970. NAHBO later became the "Hospital Broadcasting Association" and has a membership of over 200 stations.

Backpage Sport

"Backpage Sport" was also the name of a sports magazine programme which aired in the 1990s on Tyne Tees Television and is also the name of Manx Radio's sports programme .

Achievements

In 2007, Kingstown won the Silver Award for Sports Output, and four commendations for presentation and production at the Hospital Broadcasting Awards, held in Northampton .

See also

References

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