Care Waves Radio

Care Waves Radio is the health and wellbeing service for Northern Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Broadcasting from Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, it also serves Castle Hill Hospital and Hull Royal Infirmary. Patients, hospital staff, visitors and the wider community are included in a remit that spans both sides of the Humber.

Its team collects requests at patients' bedsides and builds the music around listeners' choices. News and useful information accompany a varied selection of records, with the station describing its approach as a healthier mix of music. Personal greetings and requested songs provide a practical connection between the wards, the studio and people listening outside the hospitals.

Glenn Mason presents Mason in the Morning, while Richard Smith's A-Z of Pop gives familiar songs an alphabetical theme. Fred Setters' Simply 80s concentrates on that decade and Mike Walker contributes The Show with No Name. Later selections include Electric Avenue and Myles Moore's Jazz Lounge, with Charlotte presenting Late Night Relax. The combination provides distinct daytime and evening appointments around Music Waves and Night Waves, rather than a single uninterrupted playlist.

The service was established in 1951 and previously operated as Grimsby Hospital Radio. Its current name reflects a wider healthcare audience while retaining those local origins. Care Waves is run by volunteers and funded through donations, working within the setting of NHS Humber Health Partnership rather than operating as a conventional commercial music station.