Highland Hospital Radio is a volunteer-run hospital radio station with studios located at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, Scotland. It broadcasts seven days a week and provides a personalized service to patients through music requests and dedications. Founded in 1970, the station was honored in 2012 with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
The station, a long-standing institution in the United Kingdom, began broadcasting in 1970 under the name Radio Inverness. In 2021, to mark its 50th anniversary, it launched its streaming service. It currently broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and produces more than 25 hours of original content weekly. Its music programming focuses primarily on traditional Scottish music.
As part of its latest technical upgrade, the station has chosen AEQ FORUM SPLIT digital console for its main broadcast studio, citing its ease of use, operational reliability, and high audio quality. This model, part of AEQ FORUM IP series, is specifically designed for broadcast control in on-air environments.
The console incorporates all the essential features for this type of installation, such as automatic monitor muting, a cough function, fader start, signal routing control, signal management for automating external equipment, as well as communication and intercom tools.
Thanks to its modular design and compact form factor, AEQ FORUM SPLIT is suitable for a wide variety of environments, ranging from self-monitoring or speaker-monitoring studios to television production control rooms, sound production facilities, or mixed configurations within large-scale installations.
The console combines ease of use with advanced control capabilities, enabling it to meet both basic operational needs and more advanced workflows. The FORUM IP SPLIT version incorporates the FR CORE modular engine into three rack units and can be configured with up to six quad-fader modules, in addition to a control and monitoring unit.
AEQ FORUM SPLIT can be equipped with multi-channel AoIP input and output cards that support the AES67 protocol via Dante technology, facilitating interoperability with other IP-based audio systems. Thanks to this connectivity, it is possible to exchange signals with consoles, routers, and end devices from over 300 manufacturers.
In addition, the console offers MADI connectivity and allows for the integration of up to two internal digital telephone hybrids, thereby expanding its communication and production capabilities.
The project was carried out in collaboration with our partner Broadcast Radio, a specialist in broadcast solutions, who handled the system integration and technical implementation, ensuring an efficient transition tailored to the station’s needs.
