Kingstown Radio
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| Broadcast area | Kingston upon Hull |
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| Slogan | "The Home of Classic Hits" |
| Frequency | 1350 kHz and Hospedia |
| First air date | 16 July 1961 |
| Format | Hospital Radio |
| Owner | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Website | http://www.kingstownradio.co.uk |
Kingstown Radio is a hospital radio station based in Kingston upon Hull, England, broadcasting on 1350 kHz (AM), to patient's bedside hospedia systems and via the local NHS intranet across the Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust.
It is a registered charity. In July 2011, the station celebrated its 50th anniversary and it continues to have a strong following with listeners.
Kingstown Radio's music policy means it plays a wider choice of music than other stations in the area, with songs from the pre-60's to now. It also, keeps listeners in touch with events and information from the local area including sporting events like Hull City A.F.C., [[Hull FC.].] and Hull Kingston Rovers matches.
Many presenters now on local radio stations across the UK started out on Kingstown Radio. Among them are names familiar to regular listeners of local stations, including BBC Radio Humberside and KCFM like James Hoggarth, Darren Lethem, Mark Somers ( Nile FM ), Mike White, Garry Fuller of Gaydio, John Fox from Free Radio and Rob Langley.
Kingstown was launched as a Hospital Radio station in July 1961. However, its roots can be traced back to the 1950s when the Hull City Football Club and its supporters club, along with Kingston upon Hull Telephones Department and local cable company Rediffusion got together to discuss the possibility of providing football commentaries to hospital patients.
The idea was put into practice, with a landline being installed at Boothferry Park, which was then fed into the Hull telephone exchange and onto the hospitals via the telephone lines. This became known as "Tigerfusion", so called because of Hull City AFC's nickname "the Tigers". The first match to be transmitted was Hull City v Luton Town which went out on 8 November 1952.
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