Ai FM

Ai FM (爱FM)
Broadcast areaMalaysia, Singapore, Brunei, part of Indonesia and Thailand
FrequencyVaries depending on region
Programming
Language(s)Chinese (Mandarin (main), Hokkien, Chaoshan Min, Hakka and Cantonese)
FormatEasy listening, Talk, News, Oldies
Ownership
OwnerRadio Televisyen Malaysia
Asyik FM
Minnal FM
Nasional FM
Radio Klasik
TraXX FM
History
First air date
17 January 1971; 53 years ago (1971-01-17) (as Green Network)
1 April 2005; 19 years ago (2005-04-01) (as Ai FM)
Links
Webcastrtmklik.rtm.gov.my/radio/nasional/ai-fm
Websiteaifm.rtm.gov.my

Ai FM formerly known as Radio 5 Chinese service (Chinese name: 爱 FM, literally "Love FM") is a oldest Malaysian Mandarin-language radio station for Malaysian Chinese community operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia was first broadcast on 1 April 1946 as Radio Malaya. It is broadcast 24 hours a day (starting on 28 December 1994), 7 days a week.

The station mostly plays easy listening and Oldies from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s similar and related to to Capital 95.8FM in Singapore and Melody in Malaysia as targeting listeners between the age of 50 to now.

Etymology

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The station was formerly known as Ai FM and before that as Radio 5.

History

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The station started as Radio Malaya operating of George Town, Penang on 1 April 1946. With the independence of Malaya on 31 August 1957 after its establishment, the radio station Perkhidmatan Bahasa Cina (Chinese Language Service).

On 19 January 1971, Perkhidmatan Bahasa Cina was known as Rangkaian Hijau (Green Network).

On 1 January 1989, Rangkaian Hijau was known as Radio 5.

On 28 December 1994, Radio 5 was started broadcasting 24 hours a day.

Ai FM adopts the easy listening and Oldies radio format with the majority of the playlist consisting of Easy listening and Oldies music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

On daily nights features Golden Oldies music from the 1950s and 1960s.

Dialect News History

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Since 1946, the radio station has introduced news time slots in dialects, which has been one of its characteristics for more than 70 years. At that time, news in five dialects was broadcast, including news in Hainan dialect that had stopped broadcasting. Dialect news has been broadcast separately at different times for many years. Since 2005, dialect news has been changed to centralized and integrated broadcasting from 8: 00 to 8: 30 every night. 10 minutes for each news segment.

Dialect news period

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From 1 April 2017, each segment of dialect news was shortened from 10 minutes to 5 minutes, and it was split and broadcast in sections. Ai FM is the only Chinese radio station broadcasting dialect news in Malaysia at present. The channel that broadcasts dialect news in Singapore is Capital 95.8FM. Ai FM currently broadcasts news in four dialects: Fujian dialect, Chaozhou dialect, Hakka dialect and Cantonese.

At present, each news segment is about 5 minutes, which is scheduled to be broadcast after the Chinese news bulletin every hour in the evening.

Note: During the reporting period of the National Assembly, the news of Chaozhou dialect is broadcast at 9:10pm from Monday to Thursday.

National Anthem

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At midnight every day, the station along with all RTM national and regional radio stations, play the national anthem as the opening.

Frequency

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Radio

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Frequencies Broadcast area Transmitter site
89.3 MHz Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Tower
106.7 MHz Shah Alam, Selangor Gunung Ulu Kali
101.3 MHz Perlis Alor Setar, Kedah & Penang Mount Jerai
106.1 MHz Taiping, Perak Bukit Larut
Kuantan, Pahang Bukit Perlindung
92.1 MHz Ipoh, Perak Gunung Kledang
89.7 MHz Seremban, Negeri Sembilan Gunung Telapak Buruk
100.4 MHz Malacca & North Johor Mount Ophir
104.9 MHz Johor Bahru, Johor & Singapore Mount Pulai
Batam, Bintan, Riau, Indonesia
90.5 MHz Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu Bukit Besar
105.7 MHz Kota Bharu, Kelantan Telipot
90.7 MHz Kuching, Sarawak Gunung Serapi
89.9 MHz Miri, Sarawak Bukit Lambir
103.3 MHz Brunei Bukit Mas
92.3 MHz Labuan Bukit Timbalai
91.9 MHz Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Bukit Lawa Mandau
95.1 MHz Sandakan, Sabah Bukit Trig

Television

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TV Platform Channel
Astro/NJOI 874
myFreeview 704

References

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