Radio Broadgreen
| City | Liverpool |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Broadgreen Hospital |
| Frequency | Closed Circuit System/Streaming on line |
| First air date | 19 October 1983 |
| Format | Hospital Radio |
| Website | www.radiobroadgreen.com |
Coordinates: 53°24′39″N 2°53′55″W / 53.4108°N 2.8987°W
Radio Broadgreen actually began at Radio Newsham in the early 1980s. Radio Newsham was approached by the administration of Broadgreen Hospital to set up and operate a service for the patients at the Broadgreen site.
The new hospital radio station at Broadgreen Hospital was given the go-ahead and broadcasts began in October 1983.
The official Radio Broadgreen opening took place on 19 October 1983 with the Lord Lieutenant A.E. Stoddart.
When the opportunity arose to broadcast from both sites, Radio Newsham was renamed to Liverpool Hospital Broadcasting Service to reflect the fact that Liverpool Hospital Broadcasting Service had 2 stations broadcasting under its wing.
Initially, programmes were produced at both stations with some presenters doing one show a week at each hospital.
Both of these hospital radio stations broadcast in harmony until 1988 when a dwindling patient population and the need to cut costs left the Liverpool Area Health Authority with no option but to close down Newsham General Hospital and with it Radio Newsham.
That left Radio Broadgreen as the new base of the Liverpool Hospital Broadcasting Service.
In 1997, after 13 years of broadcasting within the hospital building itself, the old caretakers lodge house within Broadgreen Hospital was given to Radio Broadgreen for the station to use as its permanent base. To this day, Radio Broadgreen is still broadcasting live from the old caretakers lodge house.
Each day, Radio Broadgreen broadcast live shows dedicated to every type of music. These include specialist country music shows; 50's, 60's and 70's shows; folk music, rock music, pop music shows and every day they broadcast any requests received as well as live commentaries of Everton FC and Liverpool FC home fixtures.
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