Radio General - Warrington Hospital Radio is a registered charity and provides a local broadcasting service to the patients in Warrington Hospital.
Radio General can be heard on 'Radio' channel 1 on the Bedside unit. In addition Radio General Xtra is available in the main entrance & some public waiting areas..
The programme line-up consists of music requests, easy listening music and chat shows together with specialist music programmes. Concerts from the Parr Hall and other locations around the town are regularly broadcast live to the patients. The 'Out & About' programme is regularly broadcast at weekends from different locations around the district.
The weekly 'People and Places' programme gives local people and groups an opportunity to talk about their interests and activities. A service is broadcast each Sunday morning. Items of 'Community Information' are also broadcast regularly throughout the day.
The core times for LIVE programmes are Monday-Friday at 12:00pm, Saturday from 5:00pm and most evenings at 8:00pm. See our website for the current programme schedule.
During the rugby season match commentaries on the Warrington Wolves home games are broadcast from the Halliwell Jones Stadium along with those of the Widnes Vikings from the DCBL Stadium.