Bridge FM (Dundee)

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Bridge FM
BridgeFMDundee.png
Broadcast area Tayside
Fife
Frequency 87.7
Programming
Language(s) English
History
First air date
1952
Technical information
ERP Bridge FM
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Webcast
Website

Bridge FM (formerly TOC H Hospital Radio, Radio Tayside and Radio Liff) is an independent hospital radio station which is currently based in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, Scotland that was launched in 1952. The radio station airs 24 hours a day with a range of music and talk show programmes.

Contents

Overview

History

TOC H Hospital Radio (1952-1975)

Bridge FM was founded by Jim McClure and was originally founded as TOC H Hospital Radio in 1952. The station was originally set up to provide football commentary for patients at the hospital. [1]

Radio Tayside (1975-1998)

By 1975 broadcasts were received by Dundee Royal Infirmary, Royal Victoria Hospital and the recently opened Ninewells Hospital. At this time, the full name of the radio station was changed to "Radio Tayside Dundee Hospital Broadcasting Service," also known as Radio Tayside.

From 1975 to 1980 the studio continued expanding the radio service despite severe cash flow problems and changes in personnel. In 1978-79 a change in committee resulted in a decision to undertake a major face-lift to the studio and £10,000 was spent to create a new studio in a building next to the existing one that, during the television era, had been used as a workshop/darkroom. [1]

Radio Liff (1998-2001)

A steering committee was set up to examine how to best provide an in-house hospital radio service to meet the special needs of patients in Royal Dundee Liff Hospital. This included some former members of Radio Tayside who had sought to increase the provision of hospital radio services in Dundee. Liff Hospital did not have any form of wire broadcasting system so initially a restricted service was provided by members visiting each ward in Centre Division on a rota basis with a mobile disco unit. Although popular with patients and staff, the heavy commitment required from the volunteers meant that this service had to be withdrawn.

Radio Liff launched a public appeal in 1989 to help equip a broadcasting studio at the hospital. In just six months more than £6,500 was raised to transform accommodation donated by the hospital into a custom-built radio suite to allow cassette tapes to be recorded and sent to the wards. After the highly successful public appeal Mary, Countess of Strathmore officially opened the new studios of Radio Liff in March 1990 making Radio Liff the only volunteer-based hospital radio service operating in the Mental Illness sector in Scotland with 'broadcasting' started in April 1990. Later in December 1993 taped programmes were also distributed to Royal Victoria Hospital following the earlier withdrawal of Radio Tayside from providing broadcasts there. [1]

Bridge FM (2001-present)

After Royal Liff Hospital in Dundee shut down and patients moved to Ninewells Hospital, Radio Liff merged with Radio Tayside to form the Tayside Hospital Broadcasting Group and renamed the station to Bridge FM, which is derived from the Tay Road Bridge, connecting Dundee to Fife as the radio stations broadcast in both Tayside and Fife. [1]

Presenters

The current presenters of Bridge FM as of January 2022: [2]

Programmes

Current

Here are the current programmes on Bridge FM as of 2018: [3]

Syndicated

  • TBC

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FM, Bridge. "Bridge FM | History". Bridge FM. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ↑ FM, Bridge. "Bridge FM | Presenters". Bridge FM. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ↑ FM, Bridge. "Bridge FM | Shows". Bridge FM. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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