Radio Broadgreen

Radio Broadgreen is the broadcasting service of Liverpool Hospital Broadcasting Service, based at Warmington Lodge in Broadgreen Hospital. Its history dates to 1975, and the station continues to describe itself as a hospital community service for Liverpool. The hospital setting provides a local base for programmes that are also available to a wider listening audience.

Music and volunteer presentation are joined by a dedicated interest in sport. RBG Sport and the Hospital Radios' Football Network are identified within the station's programme material, giving sports followers a distinct part of its output. Recorded programmes can also be revisited through its playback offering, alongside the continuing live service.

The organisation began as Radio Newsham in 1975. An invitation to establish a service at Broadgreen Hospital followed in 1982, and the new station launched in October 1983 after fundraising and a change to the Liverpool Hospital Broadcasting Service name. Members have taken part in events including the International Garden Festival and welcomed local Scouts and Guides to the studio. Patient visiting remains part of its purpose, placing conversation on the wards alongside the programmes heard on air.

The organisation brings together presenters, engineering volunteers and people involved in fundraising and sponsorship. Its public activity records the support of local organisations and businesses, reflecting relationships beyond the studio itself. Radio Broadgreen's combination of a Liverpool hospital heritage, community participation and a visible sports strand distinguishes its role from a general city-wide music network.