Kingstown Radio was a hospital radio station founded in 1961 and based in Kingston upon Hull, England, broadcasting on 1350 kHz (AM) for the last twenty three years of its life, to patient's bedside Hospedia systems and via the local NHS intranet across the Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust. It was a registered charity. Broadcasting music, news, sport and health information to staff and patients, its Hull City live commentaries were particularly popular beyond its usual audiences, alongside BBC Radio Humberside it was the only station broadcasting these games live.
Former volunteer presenters include Jon Culshaw, a popular comedian, and James Hoggarth, who later joined BBC Radio Humberside and more recently became their music editor.
The station has been at more than one site during its history, but for many years, Kingstown Radio was based at Hull Royal Infirmary, sharing a building with flats for nurses and doctors upstairs from the studio. However in 2021, the studio building was pulled down with short notice of only a few weeks; the station ceased broadcasting and attempts to find new premises proved fruitless.
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