area raigmore hospital royal northern infirmary rni frequency fm 87.7 mhz first air date 1970 format hospital radio owner website www.invernesshospitalradio.co.uk inverness hospital radio is a volunteer run radio station serving raigmore hospital and the royal northern infirmary rni in inverness scotland . the station broadcasts 7 days a week and welcomes requests and dedications for patients . the station has been in service since 1970 and has a dedicated studio . the station received the queen s award for voluntary service in 2012 . as of 2015 update there are around 35 volunteers . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit inverness hospital radio is the working name for inverness hospitals broadcasting service . the station first went on air on 2 november 1970 with a pre recorded show broadcast to the patients in the rni and raigmore hospital . 1 a small room in the rni became the first studio of radio inverness in 1975 . since 22 august 1979 they have been a registered charity . 2 the station moved to a brand new studio in raigmore hospital in 1998 . 3 at that point they were operating with approximately 50 volunteers although this has reduced to 35 volunteers in 2015 . 4 programming edit the station now broadcasts 24 hours a day with live shows between 8pm and 10pm every day with up to 11 hours of live broadcasts on some days . 5 6 awards edit in 2012 the station received the queen s award for voluntary service . 7 donnie aird one of the founders who has been involved throughout the station s 40 year history 6 was presented with the john whitney award at the 2014 hospital broadcasting association awards . 8 this award recognises outstanding contributions to hospital radio over a period of years . the station is a registered charity registered charity number sc 007993 references edit inverness hospital radio history . inverness hospital radio . retrieved 30 may 2014 . search scottish charity register charity details inverness hospitals broadcasting service sc007993 . office of the scottish charity regulator . retrieved 5 january 2015 . services hospital radio . nhs highland . retrieved 4 january 2014 . inverness hospital radio ihr . hospital broadcasting association . retrieved 4 january 2015 . record requests hit right note . inverness courier . 16 march 2013 . retrieved 4 january 2015 . a b macleod c 7 january 2011 . turned on and tuned into hospital radio . inverness courier . retrieved 4 january 2015 . the queen s award for voluntary service 2012 pdf . london gazette . 1 june 2012 . retrieved 30 may 2014 . the john whitney award . hospital broadcasting association . retrieved 4 january 2015 . external links edit official website coordinates 57 28 25 n 4 11 35 w 57.4736 n 4.1930 w 57.4736 ; 4.1930 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title inverness hospital radio & oldid 734666949 categories hospital radio stationswinners of the queen s award for voluntary serviceradio stations established in 1970radio stations in scotlandhidden categories use dmy dates from january 2015use british english from january 2015articles containing potentially dated statements from 2015all articles containing potentially dated statementscoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 august 2016 at 22 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view