with premiere networks . premier christian radio city london format christian radio contemporary christian music audience share 1.2 % july 2014 rajar 1 owner premier christian media trust website www.premierchristianradio.com premier christian radio is a british christian radio station part of premier a christian communications organisation which is in turn wholly owned by the charity premier christian media trust . premier christian radio broadcasts christian programming including news debate teachings and christian music across the united kingdom . contents 1 history 2 availability 2.1 medium wave am 2.2 digital dab freeview and internet 2.3 premier gospel 2.4 premier praise 3 listenership 4 presenters 5 references 6 external links history edit premier christian radio was founded in 1994 broadcasting exclusively on medium wave to a greater london audience when it also began its telephone counselling service lifeline . it took the air at a launch party in battersea park london on 10 june 1995 . 2 a series of magazine titles then joined . the charity currently produces premier christianity premier youthwork premier childrenswork and christian marketplace . in 2001 premier christian radio received an official warning from the radio authority the regulatory body for radio at the time for broadcasting items that were offensive to people of other non christian beliefs . a yellow card warning was issued recognising that premier had acknowledged its errors and put in place significant new compliance measures to ensure such breaches would not be repeated . 3 in the months of april to july 2014 premier christian radio reached its biggest ever audience in its near twenty years history . rajar figures showed a weekly reach for the period of 240 700 people in london and the south east of england and also showed that each listener tuned in for an average of 10.1 hours each week . 4 this boost followed on from a rebranding exercise in the beginning of 2014 and a new website which included listen again features and breaking news . availability edit medium wave am edit it operates on four frequencies on medium wave across six transmitters 5 1332 london 1305 stevenage bishops stortford harlow and hertford ; crawley guildford reigate and woking 1413 maidenhead camberley staines harrow watford ; and chelmsford brentwood dartford maidstone & sevenoaks 1566 guildford it also broadcasts on the digital one national dab multiplex 6 nationally on freeview channel 725 via its website and via its mobile app . digital dab freeview and internet edit premier christian radio was at first only available on medium wave in london . it later added broadcasts on the internet freeview channel 725 uk and ireland sky digital channel 0123 terminated 14 december 2012 virgin media channel 968 terminated 6 may 2009 and london dab a national dab broadcast was added later . 7 in 2006 the media group launched premier.tv one of the first christian iptv channels in the uk . its 2007 application for a national dab licence as part of the national grid wireless consortium was refused ; premier radio said almost 72 000 premier listeners stepped up and made their voices heard in supporting the bid . 8 in august 2009 premier achieved its target of meeting the 650 000 yearly fee to broadcast on the national digital one dab multiplex and launched on the multiplex on 21 september 2009 . 6 premier gospel edit premier gospel was launched as a dab spin off station in 2010 taking the london dab slot vacated by the parent service s move to d1 . 9 premier praise edit a second sister station premier praise playing contemporary christian pop and rock launched on 27 march 2016 as part of the sound digital national dab multiplex . it will be available on sdl alongside the core premier service which completes its migration over from digital 1 to sdl in april . listenership edit premier christian radio s supporters come from many different christian denominations including those from the anglican baptist catholic evangelical methodist and pentecostal churches . 10 in 2004 the times placed premier christian radio at number one in a chart of the most upmarket stations based upon the percentage of its audience 81 % that is abc1 . 11 in the quarter ending june 2010 the station was receivable by 10 983 000 people ; 143 000 listened for an average of 12 hours each 0.80 % of all listening hours . 12 presenters edit presenters 13 include andy peck ben vane cindy kent former singer with the 1960s folk group the settlers dave rose station director jeff lucas john pantry 1970s singer and music producer justin brierley lady t loretta andrews marcus jones news editor maria rodrigues micha jazz michael cleere michael fanstone muyiwa nage nick battle nicky gilchrist pam rhodes rick easter rosie wright ruth dearnley ceo stop the traffik steve fanstone tony miles references edit rajar 1 the tablet on the air 17 june 1995 notes of radio authority meeting radio authority 4 october 2001 . 2 rajar q2 2014 figures . aircheck kent a b plunkett john 2009 08 19 . premier christian radio set for national digital launch . the guardian . retrieved 2009 08 19 . http www.premierradio.org.uk listen.aspx disappointing news premier website . retrieved 8 january 2008 . archived at the internet archive clarkson stuart 2012 01 10 . premier gospel radio signs mobo winner . radio today . archived from the original on 2012 02 22 . premier gospel radio is a dab spin off station from premier christian radio . premier announces new website to target whole of church . christian today . 17 january 2008 . retrieved 4 april 2015 . premier christian media trust the christian media group that serves all denominations of the christian faith has redesigned its core website premier.org.uk in a bid to reach new parts of the church . it is well known that premier have a strong evangelical audience but it is often forgotten that many of our supporters are from anglican baptist catholic or other christian backgrounds premier.org.uk s web editor naomi thatcher commented . radio waves paul donovan top of the toffs . the sunday times . 3 october 2004 . archived from the original on 17 may 2011 . rajar listening figures http www.premierchristianradio.com presenters external links edit official website charity commission . premier christian media trust registered charity no. 287610 . v t e radio stations in greater london lw am stations 198 mw am stations 558 720 909 963 972 1035 1089 1152 1215 1305 1332 1413 1458 1548 1584 fm stations 88.8 89.1 89.6 91.0 91.3 91.8 93.2 93.5 94.0 94.9 95.8 96.9 97.3 98.5 98.8 100.0 100.6 100.9 102.2 103.3 104.4 104.9 105.4 105.8 106.2 106.8 107.1 107.3 107.8 dab multiplexes greater london i ce london greater london ii switch london greater london iii drg london defunct stations 648 mw united kingdom radio markets aberdeen glasgow london liverpool manchester northern ireland south west england west midlands west yorkshire worcester see also list of 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