In this day and age, sometimes it seems as if the sane sound crazy and the crazy, sane. Works for radio too:

Saturday afternoon in Buenos Aires: tucked away behind the towering, prison-like Jose Borda psychiatric hospital, a large group of people is gathering.

Outpatient Julio Diaz is one of the main presenters and coordinators Under the shade of a tree, a haphazard radio studio is being put together.

This is Radio La Colifata, which in Buenos Aires slang means Crazy Radio - the first radio show in the world to broadcast live from a mental hospital.

It is one thing to buy air time and broadcast a show. Attracting an audience is something completely different, although 'Crazy Radio' has that too:

More than a therapy, the show has proven popular with an estimated 12 million listeners.

Taxi driver Hector Eduardo Costa listens as he works through the night.

He says: "They aren't so crazy as people often think. They say things that are spot on. Sometimes they write poems, sing songs, and it is very interesting."

Interesting, indeed. I thought I heard some of their broadcast driving the kids to school this morning. Perhaps we have found a secondary use for psychiatric hospitals...broadcasting schools. (After all, most talk radio hosts are at least a bit unhinged.)