Cirencester Hospital Radio

Cirencester Hospital Radio is a voluntary service based within Cirencester Hospital on Tetbury Road. Its continuous broadcast combines live presentation with recorded programmes for patients and staff. The station marked fifty years of broadcasting in 2026, maintaining a local role focused on the people using the hospital rather than a general commercial radio audience.

Volunteers visit the wards to collect patients' music choices, which feed into The Request Show. Listeners can also send a request with details of the intended recipient, allowing a message or favourite record to be connected with a particular patient. Those visits give the programme team contact with the people for whom the service is made.

The studio sends its programmes to the wards on Channel 5, with an online listening option also available. Running that service involves paying for licences and maintaining equipment as well as making programmes; the charity has additionally sought funding for wireless distribution around the wards and to other small hospitals. Volunteer roles are open to adults and include presentation, collecting requests and practical studio tasks. A few regular hours can therefore contribute to either the broadcast itself or the contact with patients that helps shape it.

The broadcaster has a longstanding association with the Cirencester Hospital League of Friends and supports Corinium Talking News. The latter provides recorded Gloucestershire news for visually impaired people, adding another local audio resource alongside the station's own entertainment. As a self-funding charity, Cirencester Hospital Radio relies on donations and volunteer work to maintain its programmes and studio.