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Broadcast area | West Malaysia and Singapore |
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Frequency | Varies depending on its region |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Talk, contemporary hit radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Star Media Group Berhad |
History | |
First air date | 1 September 2001 |
Last air date | 31 December 2015, 2359 hours |
Links | |
Website | www |
Red FM is a defunct Malaysian English language-private radio station that used to broadcast across Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. It was managed by Star Media Radio Group,[1] a wholly owned subsidiary of Star Publications (M) Bhd. Red FM began broadcasting on 1 September 2001 and was one of Malaysia's top five English radio stations.[2]
The station was targeted at urban and suburban listeners, playing selected music from the 1980s and 1990s as well as current favourites. The station, as of 2003, played pop and rock songs with a focus on R&B.[3] In a 2015 listenership survey done by Gfk, Red FM commanded a weekly listenership of 325,000, which shows expansion by 70%.[4]
On 9 September 2016, satellite TV company Astro announced plans to acquire both Red FM and Capital FM from Star Radio for a price of RM42 million. Astro intended to rebrand and broadcast these two radio stations via on-air and online platforms after acquisition.[5] The acquisition was completed on 30 December 2016 and these stations are now owned by Astro Radio and no longer branded as such. From 1 February 2017 until 2 October 2017, these stations broadcast test transmissions for the then-upcoming rebrand and the official website also stopped working.[6] Red FM's frequencies are now used by Astro Radio's newest Muslim-oriented radio station, Zayan FM with effect from 2 October 2017.
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