Antrim Hospital Radio is a voluntary organisation that started back in April 1994 with a group of radio enthusiasts when the hospital was just being built. Our membership has been drawn from as far a-field as Cushendall and Glengormley.

We are an award winning station (BT Hospital Radio Awards 1997) that aims to provide quality request based shows for the patients in Antrim Hospital.

So, what do we do?

Our presenting staff are committed to giving the patients what they want to hear and to do this they spend a hour visiting with the patients in the ward to collect requests - favourite songs, hymns and pieces of music. Then return to the studio and produce and present an entertaining 2 hour show with the patients’ requests included.

Our volunteers visit all of the wards in the hospital in rotation over the period of a week.

We have a well equipped studio and excellent library resource. New recruits are trained by experienced presenters and are given their own show as soon as they are ready to go solo.

The age range for our presenting staff is between 18 and 80, with most of the volunteers being actually 25+!