St. Ita's Hospital Radio is located at St. Ita's Hospital in St. Patrick's Parish, Portrane, Dobate, Co. Dublin Ireland. We broadcast on 97.4fm Hospital Radio first broadcast in December 1983, using home-made equipment, from a storeroom at the hospital. One of the services provided at the time was a cable television service which piped movies to the wards. With the arrival of cheaper VCR's in the wards the requirement for this service diminished and it was discontinued. St. Ita's Hospital Radio was the first radio station in Ireland to receive one of the new broadcast licenses when the minister for ...