Station Funding
Walsall Hospital Radio receives no funding from either Manor Hospital or Walsall PCT. Instead, money is raised by volunteers through a number of different activities and occasional charitable grants.
Regular fundraisers held to support the station include table top sales in the hospital’s entrance lobby, broadcast marathons, beer & skittle evenings, and tin shakes out in Walsall town centre. In addition to these campaigns, the station also generates some revenue in the form of donations through its official website.
In recent years the station has benefited from charitable grants from institutions including the National Lottery’s ‘Awards for All’ scheme, Walsall CVS and from funding from local businesses.
Money is required to cover costs including routine studio maintenance, utility bills and broadcasting licences. WHR’s operating costs for the year 2007 were approximately £3140.
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