Record requests began in the late 1950s when the station set up a studio in the attic of Batley General Hospital.

HWD Hospital Radio has extended and refurbished its studio complex over the years to include the latest digital technology.

A wide variety of programmes are broadcast covering a range of genres as well as sports commentary, entertainment and news.

The ever-popular Sunday morning request show, You Pick the Mix,[4] is open for patients and their relatives to select the music played.

On 30 March 2017, actress, television writer and Labour Co-operative MP for Batley and Spen, Tracy Brabin, officially opened the refurbished studio, along with Martin Barkley; Chief Executive of the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.