Millside Radio

Millside Radio provides hospital radio programmes twenty-four hours a day for people in King's Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire, England, on the Mansfield and Ashfield border.

Millside Hospital Radio
Broadcast areaKing's Mill Hospital, Nottinghamshire
SloganYou're at the heart of everything we do
Programming
FormatVariety
History
First air date
20 October 1989
Links
WebsiteMillside Radio

It started in 1989 as a part-time service using studios at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, before moving into former offices at King's Mill, where it was officially opened by Jeremy Beadle.[1]

It broadcasts twenty-four hours a day in high-quality stereo sound using the hospital's "Hospedia" network, a wired distribution system free to patients for radio, but which charges for other communications, such as individual bedside wired telephone and television. The programming is also streamed online.

Entirely staffed by volunteers, Millside Radio is registered as a charity using the name Millside Hospital Radio.[2]

Millside Radio has live news and sports coverage broadcast on the hour. Sports updates are included in many live shows during the week.

Millside Radio broadcasts from outside locations, such as Asda Mansfield and B&Q Mansfield, and from events around the hospital.

References
  1. Millside Radio set to mark 25 years on hospital airwaves. Chad (local newspaper), 1 Oct 2014, p.42. Accessed 22 November 2020.
  2. Millside Hospital Radio registration details at Charity Commission. Retrieved 17 June 2014

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