Kingstown Radio

Kingstown Radio is a hospital radio station founded in 1961 and 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. It is a registered charity. Broadcasting music, news, sport and health information to staff and patients, its Hull City live commentaries were partially popular beyond its usual audiences, alongside BBC Radio Humberside it was the only station broadcasting these games live. Former presenters (volunteers) include Jon Culshaw a popular comedian and James Hoggarth who later joined BBC Radio Humberside and more recently became their music editor. The station has been at more than one site during its history but for many years was based on Hull Royal Infirmary shared by flats for nurses and doctors upstairs, with short notice of only a few weeks in 2021 the building was pulled down, as of February 2022 the station is no longer broadcasting and is still seeking a new space to move to which so far the NHS have not got available partially due to COVID.

Basic Hospital Radio studio

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

Backpage Sport

"Backpage Sport" was 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.[1]

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 particularly for its coverage of Hull City matches from the KCOM Stadium now the MKM Stadium presented by Louise Pitts and Stuart Miles.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". www.manxradio.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". www.kingstownradio.karoo.net. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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