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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.
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CONTACT DETAILS:
Paul Rees
Station Director
Radio Freeway
Morriston Hospital
Heol Maes Eglwys
Morriston
Swansea
SA6 6NL
UK
TEL:
01792 703105
E-mail:
radio.freeway@virgin.net |
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