Darlington Hospital Radio (Radio Skerne)

Darlington Hospital Radio (Radio Skerne) Charitable Hospital Broadcasting Service - Broadcasting 24 Hours A Day

Permanently closed.

Darlington Hospital Radio was founded in January 1984 with help from the Hospital League of Friends and Darlington’s Lions Club. After a year of intensive fundraising the station broadcast its first show from a temporary studio in the basement to the patients of Darlington Memorial Hospital on January 19, 1985. The station stayed in their so-called temporary studio for a further seven years, until talks with the hospital management found a new location on the ground floor next to the Memorial’s Entrance B. At a cost of £20,000 the station made the move to the current location and the new complex was opened by the then Mayor of Darlington, Councillor David Lynette and Bill Steel of Tyne Tees Television. In May 1998, the station opened a new studio – the ‘Ivy Nixon Studio.’ Named after a prominent and much respected member of Darlington Hospital Radio – Ivy Nixon.

To alleviate the feeling of loneliness and isolation, boosting morale and thus aiding the healing process by providing a local ward visiting, entertainment and information service to the patients of Darlington Memorial Hospital.

Address

Darlington Hospital Radio - Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
DL3 6HX

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Registered Charity Number: 515869 Registered Charity Description: To alleviate the feeling of loneliness and isolation, boosting morale and thus aiding the healing process by providing a local ward visiting, entertainment and information service to the patients of Darlington Memorial Hospital.

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01325 743304

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