Tune in to Coventry’s local hospital radio, FREE 24/7! Now available on Smart Speakers and the TuneIn App!
Listen on your bedside unit, online, or via the Coventry Hospital Radio App at www.coventryhospitalradio.org. If you are staying in Hospital you can find us FREE of charge on your bedside unit or online: www.coventryhospitalradio.org
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Let the weekend commence, Join Moz Baker from 4pm as he will get your weekend underway with an eclectic mix of tunes from across the decades. From Sinatra to Styles, Streisand to Swift there's a little something for everyone. Test your knowledge with his Mystery Icon quiz as well as Cov Kid memories, Sky Blue Anthems, "Better than the Original" and the classic show tune. Most of all though he aims to have some fun.
All the details on how to tune in are at www.coventryhospitalradio.org
10/01/2025
Join Richard Smith every Friday Afternoon for "My Favourite Song" It is 60 minutes of people from the entertainment world telling you all about their favourite songs. The show starts at 3pm and you can listen in for FREE across UHCW on your bedside unit or online at www.coventryhospitalradio.org
10/01/2025
Joining Moz Baker from 4pm today will be Sean Moss, Recruitment lead for Coventry Panthers Flag American Football Team and this week's CovKid Memories comes from Roger Medwell Coventry captain of Industry.
10/01/2025
Do you like 60's music? Join Gary Davies LIVE at 1pm for a totally 60's show where he looks back at the top 20's of this week as it was throughout the 60's decade on https://fastcast4u.com/player/coventry/ or through your bedside unit/Coventry Hospital Radio App.
10/01/2025
Join Kaydon Gaylor from 12pm with Midday Madness. It is 10 decades of music from the 1920s to the 2020s alongside your lunchtime news headlines. Listen in for FREE on your bedside unit across UHCW or online on our website or the Coventry Hospital Radio App
10/01/2025
Join Harry Jones from 10am for an hour of classic hits from the 70's/80's and 90's. The tunes will be non stop and it will be like your in the fast lane of music. Listen in at www.coventryhospitalradio.org or FREE on your bedside unit across UHCW NHS Trust.
10/01/2025
Join Clive Brookes from 9am on his castaway island where each week he talks with a different guest about their life and the music that has a special meaning to them. Listen in at www.coventryhospitalradio.org
10/01/2025
Join Julie Hughes Rowlands this morning from 8am for all of this: "Julies here with a dolly mixture of music. Some old, some new and also some local groups and music from albums thrown in." Listen in at www.coventryhospitalradio.org or for FREE on your bedside unit.
10/01/2025
09/01/2025
If you struggle to sleep at night don't worry every night until 7am we have launched "CHR Through The Night" this is relaxing/soft/mellow music to help you sleep or relax and of course we will have the news headlines every hour.
09/01/2025
From 9pm this evening we have an hour of classical music for you on Coventry Hospital Radio, the show is called "Best of British Classical" you will hear artists from the likes of Katherine Jenkins, Russel Watson and more. Tune in for FREE on your bedside unit across the UHCW and online at https://fastcast4u.com/player/coventry/
09/01/2025
Join Moz Baker this evening from 8pm as he will be hosting "The Legends Show". He will be playing all those artists/bands that we call "Legends of the music industry" plus the ones we all love to sing-a-long to. Moz will also be taking your requests. So listen for FREE across UHCW NHS Trust or online at www.coventryhospitalradio.org
09/01/2025
Join Moz & Clive from 6:30pm for PUSB Weekly and their invited guests for 60 minutes of pure Sky Blue Chat. They will be discussing the matches that have been played and looking forward to the weekend ahead, as well as any other Coventry City news. You can drop them a message at anytime: [email protected] or on X
09/01/2025
Join Clive Brookes from 5pm for all your requests plus the great pub quiz. Can you beat the quiz master? Listen in at www.coventryhospitalradio.org or FREE on your bedside unit across UHCW NHS Trust.
09/01/2025
Join Nigel Stevens for an hour of the sound of soul and jazz from 3:30pm. He will also be having a mini pub quiz. So you better get those pen and papers ready! Listen for FREE on your bedside unit or via our website.
09/01/2025
Join Alka Ghandi from 2pm for an hour of bollywood songs in various Indian languages ie Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali. Health regarding interviews with professional people ie, Chair Yoga, community based health advisers etc. You can listen in for FREE across UHCW on your bedside unit and online at www.coventryhospitalradio.org
09/01/2025
Introducing our brand new monthly staff recognition scheme - the Making a Difference Awards 💙
Patients and their loved ones are invited to submit nominations to thank staff who go the extra mile to enhance their experience and provide the highest standards of care.
There will be up to seven winners per month and everyone who is nominated will receive a certificate with your kind words included.
If you know someone who shines brightly, please take a few moments to nominate them for an award - a small gesture that will mean so much.
You can find out more about the awards and submit a nomination here ⬇️
Join Giriraj Chauhan from 12pm as he is bringing you the very best of Bollywood songs, Old School Songs, Pop Music, Quotes of the Day, Historical Events and any Requests. So listen in for FREE inside UHCW and online at www.coventryhospitalradio.org
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Hospital radio in Coventry first started in 1971 when an American patient wanted to listen to Coventry City football matches and found out that it wasn't possible. When he got out of the hospital he set up a trust fund which paid for the landlines to connect the hospital to the Sky Blues old home ground of Highfield Road. All home matches were then broadcast Until the move from Highfield Road to the Ricoh Arena in 2005.
It was soon realised that the network used for broadcasting the games could also be used for a hospital radio circuit. This was the begining and in 1972 Hospital Radio in Coventry was establised. In the early 1970’s the station was known as Walsgrave Radio.
In 1980 the radio joined the Hospitals Voluntary Organisation and the name changed to Coventry Hospitals Broadcasting Service.
Many members soon joined, and a veriety of programmes were soon winging their way to patients in the numerous hospitals in Coventry. During the1980’s when local radio stations were springing up, there were a steady stream of volunteers eager to learn the skills of broadcasting so they could apply for jobs.
2003 saw the indroduction of a 24 hour broadcasting system and the use of new software packages, enabling us to broadcast direct from a computer to the patients. This system made it quicker to play a patients request since most of our CD music is held on the database.
In July 2006 a brand new hospital was opened and we moved out of a broom cupboard into a state of the art studio which broadcasts to about 1200 beds through bedside units.
In 2014 Coventry Hospital Radio as it’s now known started broadcasting online via it’s own website www.coventryhospitalradio.org as well as throughout Coventry University Hospital.
CHR currently has 37 volunteers, 30 of which have regular shows playing a mixture of Jazz, blues, Rock, Pop, World Music, Oldies and the music of today along with loads of requests for the patients.
