How it began
Hospital broadcasting at Morriston Hospital, Morriston, Swansea, UK. Began in 1968, when it was set-up by a few ambitious, hard working individuals. In those early days and until quite recently the station was known as Radio LF.

Funding for the project was partly provided by the volunteers, as a result of various fund raising events and also by the generosity of the Morriston Hospital League Of Friends.

In those days, the radio studio was situated in a room, which affectionately became known as the ‘bunker’. It was a small room with no windows and an extremely low ceiling. If you were tall you were in danger of becoming a patient very quickly.

In 1979 the studio moved its location from inside the hospital buildings to a Portacabin in the grounds of the hospital. There the studio stayed until 1996. In the summer of 1996 work began on building a new studio area, once again, inside the hospital. The membership worked hard to buy new equipment.  With the help also give by the League of Friends and the kindness and generosity of the Trust at Morriston Hospital, a new 3-studio complex was created.

Programmes
Programmes broadcast to the patients range from the popular Record Request Show, through to more specialist programmes, such as Jazz, Drama, Radio Bingo, Chat Shows, Sports Coverage, the hugely popular 'Volts Show' showcasing unsigned bands, and programmes through the medium of the Welsh Language.

We also get ‘out and about’ where we talk live to patients in the wards.

Requests
If you have a friend or relative in Morriston Hospital, then why not put in a record request and perhaps even send a message (Address details are at the end of this page)

How to join Hospital Broadcasting
If you live in the catchment area of Morriston Hospital and would like to join Radio Freeway then drop us a line. If you don’t live in our area but would still like to join Hospital Radio, it is likely that your local hospital with have a radio service.

Donations
If you have old records, CD’s, tapes etc. that you no longer require then we can use the to improve our music library and thus offer our listeners a better choice.

Special Projects
For a small donation to our radio service we could help you with a project that you may be planning. E.g. Recording of narration for various productions such as Puppet Shows, Amateur Dramatics etc. please contact us for further details.

Around 1999, regular visits to the Children's Ward began. This further developed with Ted's Team - this has continued to be one of the most popular high profile projects at Radio Freeway.

Support
Whilst we have a relatively successful radio service, we continually strive to improve the standards of broadcasting that we offer our listeners. If you feel you could help us in some way then we’d be happy to hear from you.