Hospital Broadcasting Association
A little over 100 years ago, the first hospital radio station was launched in the UK at York County Hospital, featuring football commentary and church services. Its fair to say this station was a pioneer to some of the hospital radio stations that began broadcasting in the 1940s onwards. Now, in 2026, HBA currently have over 160 individual hospital, health and wellbeing broadcasting stations, representing 1000s of volunteers.
Basic Information
- Category: organization
- Website: http://www.hbauk.com
Documented Facts
- Inception (Wikidata): 1992-09-24 (Source 4: Wikidata Q16984917, revision 2546682885)
- Country (Wikidata; date unspecified): United Kingdom (Source 4: Wikidata Q16984917, revision 2546682885; Source 5: Wikidata label: Q145, revision 2554939741)
- Official website (Wikidata; date unspecified): http://www.hbauk.com/ (Source 4: Wikidata Q16984917, revision 2546682885)
Evidence and Sources
- Hospital Broadcasting Association — Official Site (official)
- Hospital Broadcasting Association on facebook (social)
- Hospital Broadcasting Association on linkedin (social)
- Wikidata Q16984917, revision 2546682885 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q145, revision 2554939741 (knowledge-base)
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- Recorded profile date: 2026-04-22
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A little over 100 years ago, the first hospital radio station was launched in the UK at York County Hospital, featuring football commentary and church services. Its fair to say this station was a pioneer to some of the hospital radio stations that began broadcasting in the 1940s onwards. Now, in 2026, HBA currently have over 160 individual hospital, health and wellbeing broadcasting stations, representing 1000s of volunteers.
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- 4 supporting sources linked.
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