 Radio Tyneside has been the voluntary hospital radio service for most hospitals across Newcastle and Gateshead since 1951, broadcasting on Hospedia
 online, and also on 93.6 FM since July 2018 also under a community radio licence.The city also has a Radio Lollipop station based at the Great North Children's Hospital in the Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary.Newcastle is one of the first in the UK to have its city centre covered by wireless internet access.