AHBS Community Radio
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{{Infobox radio station
| logo =
| name = AHBS Ashford Hospital Broadcasting Service
| airdate = 26 December 1971
| frequency = 107.1 MHz
| area = Ashford, Kent
| format =
| website = [https://www.ahbs.org.uk www.ahbs.org.uk]
| owner =
}}
AHBS Hospital Radio is a hospital radio station serving the town of Ashford, Kent which launched on 26 December 1971.
The station broadcasts 24 hours a day around the wards of the William Harvey Hospital and on 107.1 FM Radio Ashford. The station is funded entirely by grants, donations and subscriptions.
Broadcasting
The existing hospital station and studios are based at the William Harvey Hospital in Kennington.{{cite news|url=http://www.folkestoneherald.co.uk/undefined-headline/story-20527925-detail/story.html|title=Webbo's World: Life at 50|work=Folkestone Herald|date=30 January 2014|accessdate=10 May 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ashfordherald.co.uk/help-fund-truly-local-radio/story-20572511-detail/story.html|title=Take part and help to fund local radio|work=Ashford Herald|date=6 February 2014|accessdate=10 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175557/http://www.ashfordherald.co.uk/help-fund-truly-local-radio/story-20572511-detail/story.html|archive-date=2015-09-23|url-status=dead}}
The main output of AHBS is the Live Request Show daily with a regular line-up of presenters.
History
AHBS (Ashford Hospital Broadcasting Service) has been broadcasting hospital radio to Ashford's hospitals since 1971.[http://www.ahbs.org.uk/hospitalradio/index.php AHBS Hospital Radio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907133816/http://www.ahbs.org.uk/hospitalradio/index.php |date=September 7, 2012 }} Radio Ashford Limited applied for a licence to operate a community station for Ashford, and were granted the new community station licence by OFCOM in May 2009 which includes some of the AHBS programmes.[http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards/may09/ Three community radio licence awards: May 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226100202/http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards/may09/ |date=December 26, 2012 }}
The AHBS volunteers produced the Weekend Breakfast Show up until October 2017 when it was transferred to Radio Ashford to broadcast the show instead with the same frequency.
References
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External links
- [https://www.ahbs.org.uk AHBS]
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Category:Radio stations in Kent
Category:Radio stations established in 1971
Category:Community radio stations in the United Kingdom