Volunteers working for Nottingham's hospital radio have big aspirations for the future of the station.
Mickey Lewis, 29, of Lenton, has had a regular slot on the station for five years and wants to see it move online so that patients can listen in the comfort of their own homes, too.
The team of volunteers who run the station say it is all about making patients feel less lonely when they are in hospital.
Mr Lewis, whose regular show is from 4pm-6pm on Fridays, said: "I got into radio because I would help my friends out on the university radio and I realised I quite enjoyed it.
"Then, a year or so later, I got a job at the City Hospital and I asked about doing the hospital radio. Five years later, I am still doing it.
"I really enjoy it and it is all about making people less lonely at the end of the day. If we can play a song that brightens a day, then that is what it is all about.
"We take requests from people on the wards, we have phone-ins and we just talk about things that are going on in the world.
"It is a little community here at the hospital and it is nice that people can tune in and feel a part of it."
Mr Lewis, who now works at Nottingham University, said he wanted the radio to go online so that it reached more patients at the City Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre, as well as their friends and family and the staff.
He said: "They might put a request in and then get discharged so might not hear the song.
"Or their relatives might want to phone in and wish them love. That isn't really possible now because they have to have the radio by their bed in hospital to be able to listen."
The most requested artists, he says, are Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.
"It is probably one of the most diverse stations out there," he said. "One minute we're playing Frank Sinatra and then we are playing the latest Ed Sheeran.
"We have a lot of ages that we need to cater for."
Last year, Mr Lewis won the NUH Volunteer of the Year Award for his tireless work at the station and he wants to encourage others to get involved.
The station has been operating since 1974 and relies on donations to keep it running.
If you want to become a volunteer for NHR, please complete an application form available from https://www.nhradio.org.uk/ and email it to membership@nhradio.org.uk
For any enquiries please email membership@nhradio.org.uk
