Welcome to the home of Chichester Hospital Radio

 We have recently re-vamped our website, so there might be a few 'teething troubles'.  If so, please bear with us.  We hope you find the new website informative and easy to use.  Please use the 'Contact Us' page to let us know what you think.

Chichester Hospital Radio has been serving the patients, staff and visitors to Saint Richard's Hospital (usually abbreviated to St Richard's), in Chichester, the County Town of West Sussex, on the south coast of England, UK, since 1972. 

CHR broadcasts a range of informative and entertaining programmes, including a nightly Patient Request Programme - a service that no other broadcaster provides. Many patients have told CHR how thrilled they were to hear their request played on the air, and how much better they felt as a result. It was founded in 1972 and began operations from a broom cupboard. Before long, a disused pram store was converted by volunteers into a studio, which is still being used today. The broadcasting facilities have been enhanced over the years to enable broadcasting on medium wave radio, (1431AM), and to create a second studio within the existing premises. CHR now broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

CHR is a registered charity, and is staffed entirely by volunteers, who visit the patients, collect requests, maintain the equipment, manage the sound library, run the organisation and, of course, present programmes on-air.

 If you'd like to help us, for example by donating money or sponsoring a programme, please see the 'Contact Us' page.  If you're thinking of joining us, see the 'Join Us!' page.  We look forward to hearing from you, in either case.

This website is published by Chichester Hospital Radio, a service provided by the Chichester Hospitals Broadcasting Association; a charity registered with the Charities Commission in England (and Wales) under No 292599.