Local hospital radio station Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd has developed its station’s output and now listeners can enjoy the station’s programmes on Alexa!
The station, which has been broadcasting to patients since 1976, can now be accessed on the Amazon device by asking Alexa to ‘Play Bangor Hospital Radio’.
Kevin Williams, Chairman at Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd is delighted with the station’s recent development “It’s wonderful that our station is now available on Alexa. We have so many great programmes on Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd and it’s important to us as a station to make our programmes even more accessible to our listeners. We have patients listening in Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, and listeners in our wider community and even further, as far as Australia. We’re an important connection to patients and staff of Ysbyty Gwynedd, as well as friends and family, and also supporters of our station in the community. Alexa’s Welsh is great too – once you ask Alexa to ‘Play Bangor Hospital Radio’, Alexa replies with ‘Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd’ perfectly!”
Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd is now available on Alexa – ask Alexa to ‘Play Bangor Hospital Radio’.
Listen to Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd presenter, committee member and Marketing, Media Relations and Press Officer Sarah Wynn Griffiths chatting on ‘Post Prynhawn’ on BBC Radio Cymru about the hospital radio station on Alexa. Listen from 55:43: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001p0df
Patients in Ysbyty Gwynedd can listen to Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd on channel 1 on their headsets in the hospital. Our wider community can listen online: www.radioysbytygwynedd.com, on Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd’s App and also on Alexa.
Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd was named the UK’s ‘Hospital Radio Station of the Year 2022’ by the Hospital Broadcasting Association and also won the ‘Bronze’ award for ‘Digital Station of The Year’ in the 2022 Community Radio Awards.
The station is going from strength to strength – working on special charity programmes to highlight the valuable work of local and national charities, and numerous outside broadcasts supporting fantastic events including Bangor Garth Pier Music Festival 2023, North Wales Pride 2023, Relay For Life 2023 and the NHS’ 75th Birthday. Radio Ysbyty Gwynedd is looking forward to broadcasting live from the Bangor Summer Festival on the 19th August.