Hope FM 90.1 Launches

At the stroke of 3pm on Sunday 27th May, Hope FM Community Christian Radio launched as a full-time community radio station for the Bournemouth area on 90.1 FM.

The Bishop of Southampton, the Very Revd Paul Butler dedicated the station in prayer after Martin Meissner, President of the World Alliance of YMCA's, launched the station with a few words.

For Monday morning it had been planned that the Mayor of Bournemouth, Ann Filer would bring a word of support during the Breakfast Show, being interviewed by show presenter, Blair Crawford. However, gremlins in the form extreme high winds struck at 8.20am, moving the stations link aerial out of alignment and resulting in dead air.

After some rapid hard work the station returned to the airwaves and the interview with the Mayor of Bournemouth has been rescheduled for the Breakfast Show on Tuesday morning (29th May)

Blair Crawford, Breakfast Show presenter, is also Executive Director of both the YMCA and Hope FM. It was Blair's original vision that brought Hope to the air and it has been his long-felt desire and prayer to see it on air as a full-time community Christian radio station.

Web Links

• Hope FM website
• Programme Schedules