YORK Hospital Radio will celebrate 50 years on the air this weekend.
The radio’s first ever programme – a request show to the former Fulford Maternity and Naburn hospitals – was broadcast in 1964.
Half a century later, volunteer broadcasters are still entertaining listeners at York Hospital 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
It broadcasts a mixture of music shows, requests, football commentaries from Bootham Crescent, live broadcasts from the stage of York Theatre Royal and a range of outside broadcasts from other theatres and concert venues.
Events to mark the anniversary include a special live broadcast on Saturday morning from the Yorkshire Museum and a live programme from noon on Sunday featuring members past and present, speaking about their personal memories of their time at the Hospital Radio.
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