Radio mixing desk, 8 inputs, made 1970 by TMV Sounds Manchester. Used by Northern Air Hospital Radio between 1970 - 1982.

Northern Air Hospital Radio was founded in 1960. It has been continuously broadcast by volunteers ever since. It predates Manchester’s first local radio station, BBC Radio Manchester, by 10 years.

Northern Air Hospital Radio's founding aim was to provide an alternative to the care given by medical professionals. Hospital stays can be long, tedious, frightening, and difficult. The radio shows offer a friendly voice removed from the hospital ward environment.

Originally, Northern Air Hospital Radio could be listened to around 15 North Manchester and Salford hospitals, including Crumpsall, Delauneys & Springfield Hospitals, Monsall, Hope, Skin, Ancoats, Heathlands, Booth Hall, Northern Hospital, and the Jewish Hospital. Today, it can be accessed digitally and through the bedside media outlet Hospedia in North Manchester General and Salford Royal Hospital. Importantly, it is available to all patients without cost or needing personal equipment.

The request show has been the core of their offer since the beginning. The top three most requested songs (2020) were Frank Sinatra ‘My Way’, Robbie Williams ‘Angels’, Bette Midler ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’.

It is the third mixing desk used by Northern Air Hospital Radio, the previous two were rentals. It is made by TVM Sounds, purchased from Devonshire Street in Salford. TVM Sounds was a manufacturer of public address systems and broadcasting equipment. They were a good alternative to more well-known brands of the time and typical of those used by pirate radio stations and musicians around Manchester.