Kingstown Radio is a hospital radio station founded in 1961 and based in

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, broadcasting on 1350 kHz (AM), to patient's bedside

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systems and via the local NHS intranet across the Hull and East Yorkshire

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Trust. It is a registered charity. Broadcasting music, news, sport and health information to staff and patients, its

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live commentaries were partially popular beyond its usual audiences, alongside BBC Radio Humberside it was the only station broadcasting these games live. Former volunteer presenters include

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, a popular comedian, and James Hoggarth, who later joined

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and more recently became their music editor. The station has been at more than one site during its history, but for many years, Kingstown Radio was based at

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, sharing a building with flats for nurses and doctors upstairs from the studio. However in 2021, the studio building was pulled down with short notice of only a few weeks; as of August 2022 the station is no longer broadcasting and is currently seeking a new studio space to move to, with the station unable to find a site at Hull Royal Infirmary due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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and is also the name of

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's sports programme.

Achievements

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

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, particularly for its coverage of

home matches presented by Louise Pitts and Stuart Miles.

References

Kingstown Radio Celebrated 50 Years of Broadcasting

External links

P Squared Radio Automation

Dave Langer Jingle Site
* "Kingstown's Off-Air Appeal", Hull Daily Mail, 5 July 2013 (Hospital Service needs support to get back up and running

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Backpage Sport

Achievements

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References

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