Millside Radio provides
hospital radio programmes 24 hours a day for people in
King's Mill Hospital
King's Mill Hospital is an acute general district hospital serving the population of north Nottinghamshire and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. It is managed by the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The majority of the hospital ...
in Nottinghamshire, England, on the Mansfield and Ashfield border. It started in 1989 as a part-time service using studios at
Queen's Medical Centre
The Queen's Medical Centre (popularly known as QMC, Queen's Med or Queen's) is a teaching hospital situated in Nottingham, England. Until February 2012, when it was surpassed by the Royal London Hospital, it was the largest hospital in the Unite ...
, Nottingham, before moving into former offices at King's Mill, where it was officially opened by
Jeremy Beadle
Jeremy James Anthony Gibson-Beadle MBE (12 April 1948 – 30 January 2008) was an English television presenter, radio presenter, writer and producer. During the 1980s he was a regular face on British television, and in two years appeared i ...
.
It broadcasts 24 hours a day in high-quality stereo using the hospital's WiFi network across the hospital and via a distribution system free to patients for radio, but which charges for other communications, such as individual bedside wired telephone and television. It is also streamed free online via website, smartphone and smartspeaker.
Staffed entirely by volunteers, it is registered as a charity using the name Millside Hospital Radio.
It has live news and sports coverage broadcast on the hour. Sports updates are included in many live shows during the week. It broadcasts from outside locations, such as
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd. () (often styled as ASDA) is a British supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with the Associated Dairies company of York ...
Mansfield and
B&Q Mansfield, and from events around the hospital.
The station's mascot is called Milly Bear.
[Hospital radio airs live 24-hour show. ''Chad'', 1 March 2017, p.22. Retrieved 8 February 2022]
References
External links
Millside RadioMillside Radio Facebook pageMillside Radio Twitter page
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Hospital radio stations
Radio stations in Nottinghamshire
Radio stations established in 1989