Hospital radio
Hospital radio (also: “hospital radio”, “hospital transmitter”, “patient radio”, “patient radio” or “patient transmitter”) is a form of facility broadcasting in hospitals and charitable institutions, such as B. Senior housing complexes.
The hospital radio basically serves to entertain and inform the patients or residents of these houses and, with a few exceptions, is operated on a voluntary basis. In most cases, the range is limited to the house cable network in the patient rooms of the facility.
history
The first hospital radios in Germany were founded in parallel and without a network in the 1960s. In most cases this was triggered by tape recorders who wanted to make their hobby available to a social cause. In some cases, hospital staff and pastors also initiated the establishment of the ward, as the radio was recognized as a means of entertainment and providing information to patients in a hospital.
In 1966 a hospital radio, which is still active today, was created in Uelzen, Lower Saxony . It is thus the oldest active transmitter of its kind in Germany today. Further patient radios started in Greven ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) in 1967 and in Villingen-Schwenningen ( Baden-Württemberg ) in 1969 .
More recently, there have been startups especially for children and young people.
Distribution in Germany
For 2007, Schmölzl names 82 active and 36 abandoned hospital radio stations in Germany.
| state | active | inactive |
|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 25th | 3 |
| Bavaria | 1 | 3 |
| Berlin | 0 | 0 |
| Brandenburg | 0 | 0 |
| Bremen | 0 | 0 |
| Hamburg | 3 | 2 |
| Hesse | 8th | 2 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 0 | 0 |
| Lower Saxony | 10 | 6th |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 30th | 18th |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 1 | 0 |
| Saarland | 1 | 0 |
| Saxony | 0 | 0 |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 0 | 0 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 3 | 2 |
| Thuringia | 0 | 0 |
This list is probably not exhaustive. For the present, the number can only be estimated; in any case, it should be lower. The list below gives an impression .
Distribution outside of Germany
Most hospital radios are in the UK and the Netherlands ; they are also known in Switzerland . The first hospital radio ever went on the air at Walter Reed Military Hospital in Washington, DC in 1919 ; the first British in 1925 at York County Hospital; the first continental European in 1947 in Rotterdam .
Organization and technology
The construction of a hospital radio is generally associated with considerable costs. This includes the purchase of suitable equipment, cabling and the corresponding infrastructure for in-house distribution. Another item is the ongoing GEMA fees, which depend on the size of the house and the number of listeners. Depending on the federal state, permits from the authorities are also required. A broadcast license is only required if the program is broadcast via antenna or cable. With regard to the personal content of special programs with patients, data protection must be observed.
Discarded devices from private and public broadcasters are often used as free donations for technical equipment. The counterpart is the innovative technicians who also use inexpensive DJ equipment for broadcast systems. Depending on the duration of the broadcast and the scope of the productions, the systems range from semi-professional technology to complex broadcast systems with editorial rooms and complete self-drive studios.
As an idea about a lack of financial resources, some radio stations have built their own systems and devices in cooperation with technicians and developers. In the group of like-minded institutions, these technical experiences and developments are gladly passed on free of charge in order to also help financially weak institutions. Skilful self-construction and modifications provide the associated savings potential. The Elmshorn hospital radio is one of the few stations that support like-minded institutions. A separate technology page offers free circuits and information on replicas. A special feature is the availability of the documents, because there are no licensing problems here. All circuits have been designed by our own designers and technicians and can therefore be reproduced without property rights.
Programs
The programs are usually very different and depend on the provider. Basically, a relaxed style of moderation is used, which should clearly distinguish itself from the other radio stations. Moderators can put together their own programs at a clinic broadcaster, which has now become impossible with almost all commercial broadcasters. This also explains the increasing enthusiasm of the employees, who can still make a difference in this medium with the choice of music. This personal freedom also gives hospital radio the necessary freshness in the program, which enables it to be clearly differentiated from commercial broadcasters. Format radio is hardly used at this point, as most employees do programs on a voluntary basis and with their own taste in music.
Word share
Blocks of information between the individual titles are becoming increasingly important. Local news can be read out in a clinic station and easily processed. Since many of the facilities are looked after by “lay people”, the result is a funny but very entertaining moderation that would hardly have a chance with professional broadcasters. Hospital broadcasters can therefore also be used as a career springboard for young moderators who can gather and deepen relevant experience.
Therapeutic meaning
The perception of music has been shown to be involved in the recovery of sick people. The psychological aspect of caring becomes particularly important if the moderator plays a desired title for the patients in room 103, for example. Patients feel understood and get the feeling of being the focus of the facility. Here the phrase “the listener allows the moderator to be with him” gains in importance. On special occasions (Christmas and other festivities) special programs are often produced or vocal performances are broadcast from the central premises of the clinic into the patients' rooms. This also includes the in-house worship service. Some clinics already advertise that they operate their own radio station.
Young talent / staff
It is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit volunteers for hospital radio. Increased duty of care and basic knowledge in dealing with different musical styles make access difficult for many young people. If you consider the average age group of the patients, the average is around 65 years. It is often not understood that this generation in particular is overwhelmed by the modern hits of the hit parades, nor that the taste is even rudimentary. Some institutions have already had to cease operations without replacement after more than 20 years of work. In addition, there is the extreme pressure of competition from the numerous radio and TV stations, which with their “action concepts” form a clear opposite of hospital radio.
List of German-speaking hospital radios
| Surname | city | Period | link | country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "On the pulse" | Freiburg | 1995– | ( deutschlandfunk.de ) |
 BW
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| Antenna Bethel ( formerly Bielefeld Hospital Radio) | Bielefeld | 1968 / 2000– | antenne-bethel.de |
 NW
|
| Augusta hospital radio and television (AKF) | Bochum | 1982– | akf-bochum.de.tl |
NW
|
| DIAK radio | Karlsruhe | 2006– | diak-ka.de |
BW
|
| Echofunk Porz | Cologne | 1973– | echofunk-porz.de |
NW
|
| Eutin patient radios (EPR) | Eutin | 1984- 2010 |
 SH
|
|
| Forum 7 | Herne | 1972– 2012 |
NW
|
|
| Radio in the St. Christophorus Hospital Werne (CFC) | Werne | 1990– | ri90.de (1976–1990 in Lünen ) |
NW
|
| Channel 1 VinzenzTV ( formerly Radio St. Vinzenz) | Limburg | 1985 / 2000– | st-vincenz.de |
 HE
|
| Kanal-4 - the television of the Klinikum Ibbenbüren GmbH | Ibbenbueren | 1984– | kanal-4.de |
NW
|
| Kanal4 patient radio | Marl | 1989– 2012 |
NW
|
|
| Karlsruhe Clinic Radio (KFK-KA) | Karlsruhe | 1973– | Klinikfunkka.de via Radio Regentrude |
BW
|
| Clinic radio 71 | Villingen-Schwenningen | 1969 - |
BW
|
|
| Kliniken-Radio Bietigheim-Ludwigsburg - The health radio | Bietigheim-Bissingen | 1977– | Klinikenradio.de |
BW
|
| Clinic radio "swab tones" | Detmold | 2001? - 2005 |
NW
|
|
| Klinikradio-TV-Freundeskreis | Saarlouis | 1993– | Klinik-freundeskreis.de |
 SL
|
| Cologne hospital station | Cologne | 1970 / 74– | krankenhaussender.de |
NW
|
| Hospital radio (KHF) Freudenstadt | Freudenstadt | 1971– | freudenstadt.de |
BW
|
| Hospital radio (Khf) St. Walburga | Meschede | 1982– | walburga-krankenhaus.de |
NW
|
| Hospital radio Barmbek (KFB) | Hamburg-Barmbek-Nord | 1981 / 95– | krankenhausfunk.de |
 HH
|
| Hospital radio Lahr | Lahr | 1970? - | ortenau-klinikum.de |
BW
|
| Salzgitter hospital radio | Salzgitter | ? |
 NI
|
|
| Hospital radio Tuttlingen | Tuttlingen | 1982- 2016 |
BW
|
|
| Hospital radio Uelzen | Uelzen | 1966– | khf-uelzen.de |
NI
|
| Hospital radio & TV studio Ludmilla | Meppen | 1992– | studioludmilla.de |
NI
|
| Elmshorn Hospital Radio (KRE) | Elmshorn | 1989– | krankenhausradio-elmshorn.de |
SH
|
| Hospital Broadcasting Attendorn Kanal 2 (KRA 2) | Attendorn | 1973– | kra2.de |
NW
|
| Hospital transmitter (KHS) of the St. Marien Hospital Lüdinghausen | Ludinghausen | 1975– | khs.luedinghausen.de |
NW
|
| Niederberg echo | Velbert | 1981– | ( lokalkompass.de ) |
NW
|
| Patient radio Achern | Achern | 1987- 2015 |
BW
|
|
| Patient radio Berlin-Pankow | Berlin-Pankow | 1986– | clock7.de |
 BE
|
| Patient radio Heidelberg ( formerly Klinikradio Dr. No ? ) | Heidelberg | ? |
BW
|
|
| Patient radio Kassel | kassel | 1987– | agaplesion.de |
HE
|
| Patient radio Wilhelmshaven | Wilhelmshaven | 1987- 2017 | Klinikum-whv.de |
NI
|
| Ammerland Clinic's patient radio | Westerstede | 1995– 2018 |
NI
|
|
| Patient radio catchy tune | Leonberg | 1986 - | ( leoaktiv.de ) |
BW
|
| Patient radio Tübingen | Tübingen | ? | Klinikseelsorge-tuebingen.de |
BW
|
| Tracking device (for teenagers) | Klingenmünster | 2012 / 15– | pfalzklinikum.de |
 RP
|
| Radio 88 Klinikfunk Rems-Murr | Backnang | 1988-2014 |
BW
|
|
| Radio active | Seligenstadt | 1997 ? - |
HE
|
|
| Radio Brinkmann | Offenbach | 1995– | sana.de |
HE
|
| Radio Celle 1 (RC1) | Celle | 1990– | radio-celle-1.de |
NI
|
| Radio City - Bonn hospital radio | Bonn | 1976 / 78– | radio-city-khf.de |
NW
|
| Radio Diana | Bad Bevensen | 1999? - | diana-klinik.de |
NI
|
| Radio Eilbek ( formerly patient radio for Hamburg) | Hamburg-Eilbek | 1989 / 2004– | radioeilbek.wordpress.com |
HH
|
| Radio Elisabeth | Beckum | 1993- 2019 |
NW
|
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| Radio Franz ( formerly KrankenHausFunk Greven) | Greven | 1967– | radiofranz.de |
NW
|
| Radio "happy aua" | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | 2006– |
HH
|
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| Radio Hippocrates | Frankfurt am Main | 1994- 2006 |
HE
|
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| Radio ImPuls | Kehl / Offenburg | 2000? - |
BW
|
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| Radio clinic radio | Wiesbaden | 1986– | Klinikfunk.de |
HE
|
| Radio MfK-Büli-Marburg (for children) | Marburg | 2014– | ukgm.de |
HE
|
| Radio MHH | Hanover | 1976– | radio-mhh.de |
NI
|
| Radio Rudi | Emden | 1990– | radio-rudi.de |
NI
|
| Radio RUMMS (for children) | Mannheim | 2009– | radio-rumms.de |
BW
|
| Radio S. | Frauenfeld | 1979– | radio-s.ch |
 CH
|
| Radio Schräges O. | Oberhausen | 1985- 2012 |
NW
|
|
| Radio SK | Fulda | 1991– | rms-fulda.de |
HE
|
| Radio X - Lennestadt hospital radio | Lennestadt | 1990– 2012 |
NW
|
|
| Hospital radio LuZ | Lucerne | 1991– | radio-luz.ch |
CH
|
| Winterthur hospital radio | Winterthur | 1979– | spitalradio.ch |
CH
|
| Studio 58 | Oelde | 1996 - |
NW
|
|
| Studio 81 - The Karl Olga Hospital Radio | Stuttgart | 1982– | sana.de |
BW
|
| Studio EVK | Hamm | 1970? / 2002– | evkhamm.de |
NW
|
| Studio wave 2 | Solingen | 1978– | studiowelle.de |
NW
|
| Studio wave Hiltrup | Munster - Hiltrup | 1970– | studiowellehiltrup.de |
NW
|
| Vincenz wave | Dates | 1974- | vincenzwelle.de |
NW
|
| Wave tub | Herne | 1983– | annahospital.de |
NW
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literature
- Hubert Schmölzl: scissors - swabs - microphone. Hospital radios in Germany . Sach + Fach-Verlag, Werne 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-023255-8 .
Web links
- hospitalradio4u.com : History of hospital broadcasting
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hubert Schmölzl: Scissors - swab - microphone. Hospital radios in Germany (2007), pp. 11, 81–91
- ↑ umbrella organization: Hospital Broadcasting Association (HBA)
- ↑ hospitalradio4u.com, Annex C
- ↑ hospitalradio4u.com, History P1
- ^ Elmshorn hospital radio