Highland Hospital Radio

Highland Hospital Radio provides entertainment for the NHS Highland area, reaching people in hospital and listeners recovering or relaxing at home. Music, conversation and personal requests form part of its service. Its programmes connect hospital listening with the wider Highlands through contributors who bring knowledge of local life, culture and community organisations.

The Saturday Drop In invites guests to discuss health, wellbeing and services available in the area. Charities, support organisations and local community representatives contribute alongside music, games and informal conversation. This gives practical information a place within an approachable programme that welcomes people whether or not they are currently receiving hospital care.

The service has its studios at Raigmore Hospital and also takes programmes into the region through outside broadcasts. Shannon Marvell and Tom Nelson host Saturday Drop In, whose guests have included Highland Blood Bikes and representatives of local wellbeing organisations. Danny's Disco Show revisits dance favourites, while Iain and Terry present the Brand New Golden Oldies Show with album tracks and music games. Sherry's Shorts gives local short-story writers a monthly setting, and Poetry Now extends the literary conversation to poets across the Highlands and Islands.

Other shows explore retro disco, older popular music, short fiction and poetry. Local writers and conversations with authors from the Highlands and Islands add a literary strand to the schedule. That range of material gives Highland Hospital Radio a character shaped by both its healthcare audience and the creative interests of the people making its programmes.