Radio Redhill is a hospital radio station broadcasting to the patients and staff of the East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, Surrey. It is available on 1431AM, online and on the hospital's internal radio system.
Broadcasting 24 hours a day, Radio Redhill has patient request programmes from 8.30 - 10pm Monday to Saturday and from 10am to 12pm Sundays. A patient request programme dedicated to classical music is broadcast each Sunday evening at 7pm. There are a wide variety of other programmes including local and national news, classical programmes, talk, relaxing tunes, factual, music related and birthday stars.
The station was winner of the Station of the Year Gold award at the Hospital Broadcasting Awards in 2005.
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