references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message coordinates 53 24 39 n 2 53 55 w 53.4108 n 2.8987 w 53.4108 ; 2.8987 radio broadgreen city liverpool broadcast area broadgreen hospital frequency closed circuit system first air date 19 october 1983 format hospital radio website www.radiobroadgreen.co.uk radio broadgreen is the only hospital radio station currently broadcasting in liverpool england . it is based within broadgreen hospital in liverpool england . this wikipedia page has been edited down due to the publication of a book called radio broadgreen . the book is based on wikipedia information only . neither lhbs nor radio broadgreen have produced such a book nor do they have any connection with the publishes . more detailed information about radio broadgreen can be found at the website www.radiobroadgreen.co.uk contents 1 how it began 1.1 radio newsham 1.2 the grand opening 1.3 liverpool hospitals broadcasting service 1.4 radio broadgreen s permanent base 2 shows broadcast 3 fundraising 4 slogans 5 volunteers 6 see also 7 external links how it began edit radio newsham edit 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 grand opening edit the official radio broadgreen opening took place on 19 october 1983 with the lord lieutenant a.e. stoddart . liverpool hospitals broadcasting service edit 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 . radio broadgreen s permanent base edit 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 . shows broadcast edit 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 . a live stream of programme output except during live sports commentary is available to listen to via their website . fundraising edit with radio broadgreen being a registered charity they rely on donations to keep themselves afloat . these events range from bag packing events to sponsorship deals for adverts or shows by local companies . slogans edit the best tonic for liverpool volunteers edit radio broadgreen is staffed wholly by volunteers who spend a minimum of 2 hours a week producing presenting their own shows . all staff also spend time around the hospital gathering requests and interacting with the patients of the hospital that receive the hospital radio service . see also edit hospital broadcasting association external links edit official website radio broadgreen on twitter hospital radios football network retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title radio broadgreen & oldid 742519571 categories hospital radio stationsradio stations in liverpool1983 establishments in englandradio stations established in 1983hidden categories articles lacking in text citations from march 2016all articles lacking in text citationsuse dmy dates from august 2015use british english from august 2015coordinates 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 4 october 2016 at 05 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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