Premier Christian Radio Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== 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, ''Premie''r ''Lifeline''. It took the air at a launch party in [[Battersea Park]], London on 10 June 1995.<ref>[http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/17th-june-1995/14/on-the-air], [[The Tablet]], On The Air, 17 June 1995</ref> A series of magazine titles then joined. The charity currently produces ''[[Premier Christianity]], [https://www.youthandchildrens.work/ Premier Youth and Children's work], [https://www.womanalive.co.uk/ Premier Woman Alive.]'' In 2001, Premier Christian Radio received an official warning from the [[Radio Authority]] 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.<ref>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080712192732/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/publications-archive/adobe-pdf/regulation/quart-bulletins/bullet43.pdf Quarterly Complaints Bulletin Q3], [[Radio Authority]], 23 October 2001.</ref> <!-- Backup references: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/01/pr150.htm [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/oct/25/broadcasting Christian radio station warned over content], [[The Guardian]], October 25, 2001--> 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.<ref>[http://www.rajar.co.uk/docs/2014_06/2014_Q2_Quarterly_Summary_Figures.pdf], [[RAJAR]], Q2 2014 Figures.</ref> 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. As of March 2021, reach and listening had fallen back to 121,000 people and 3.5 hours per week.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php| title = RAJAR}} </ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page