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AMP Radio Networks
Astro Radio Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Airtime Management and Programming or simply AMP Radio Networks) is a Malaysian radio network company which operates radio broadcasting services and more since 1996. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad. Astro Radio owns and manages 12 private radio stations which are transmitted through the FM (frequency modulation) radio spectrum. As of November 2024, Astro Radio still remains the number one and largest radio network company in Malaysia, with 72% of Peninsular Malaysians and 14.9 million listeners tuning in to its stations weekly, together with its Media Prima counterpart, Media Prima Audio (Kool 101, Fly FM, Eight FM, Hot FM and Molek FM), according to the GfK Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) Wave 2 in November 2024. Era being at top of the list with the most audience reach estimated at 4.8 million listeners, followed by Sinar and current ever-growing MY. Company background Astro Radio began in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unlike regional branches or divisions, subsidiaries are considered to be distinct entities from their parent companies; they are required to follow the laws of where they are incorporated, and they maintain their own executive leadership. Two or more subsidiaries primarily controlled by same entity/group are considered to be sister companies of each other. Subsidiaries are a common feature of modern business, and most multinational corporations organize their operations via the creation and purchase of subsidiary companies. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Citigroup, which have subsidiaries involved in many different Industry (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raaga (radio Station)
Raaga (formerly THR Raaga, stylised as raaga) is a Malaysian Tamil-language radio station operated by Astro Radio. In 2015, as according to Nielsen RAM Survey Wave #1, THR Raaga maintained its position as Malaysia's leading Tamil-language station with over two million listeners. It also emerged as South East Asia's No.1 Tamil radio station by beating state-owned State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to ... Minnal FM and Singapore-based Oli 96.8FM. The station is well known for its breakfast show, Kalakkal Kaalai, which began broadcasting on 1 August 2006. The Hindi Power is also carried on the station since early 2010, which was previously broadcast on Gegar. THR Raaga became a 24-hour radio station on all FM frequencies for the first time in July 2018, removing the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molek FM
Molek FM, stylized as molek fm is a Malaysian private radio station operated by Media Prima Audio, a radio subsidiary of Media Prima Berhad, serving the East Coast areas of Peninsular Malaysia. The Station operates 24 hours daily from the Company's Balai Berita headquarters in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. The Station is targeted to listeners aged 18 to 39, as well as East Coast peninsular listeners aged 24 to 34. History Prior to the Station's launch, the East Coast peninsular region only had two Malay radio networks for the specific audience: Manis FM and Gegar owned by Astro Radio. Molek FM began test transmission on 2 January 2022 and began official broadcasts a week later, on 9 January. Molek FM plays songs from the 80s and 90s, as well as Malay, Hindi, Indonesian, English and Thai hits that serve the East Coast peninsular audience. On 31 May 2022, Molek FM was awarded the "Excellence In Media Communication" trophy for the radio category through the Kelantan Entrepreneurship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot FM (Malaysia)
Hot FM, stylised as hot fm, is a Malaysian radio station owned by Media Prima Audio, a radio broadcasting subsidiary of Malaysian media conglomerate, Media Prima. The station broadcasts are transmitted from Balai Berita in Bangsar. The station operates 24 hours a day; broadcasting a mixed selection of songs in Malay, Indonesian, and English; though Malay is the major language used. In addition to the radio broadcasting, Hot FM simulcasts the programming on television, the first one on 8TV from 2006 until 2016 where it broadcast ''HOT FM AM Krew'' and featured a interactive SMS chatbox during the program. Hot FM started broadcasting simultaneously on May 4, 2021, Hot FM broadcast simultaneously on TV3 every Tuesday to Saturday from 1:30 am – 2:30 am until 1 September 2022. Hot FM broadcasts simultaneously on NTV7 every day from 12:00 midnight - 7:00 am starting April 4, 2022, TV9 every Tuesday - Sunday 3:30 am - 4:30 am, and every Monday 3:40 am - 4:40 am started in Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eight FM
Eight FM (formerly Wanita FM, One FM and 8FM) is a Malaysian Chinese-language radio station and owned by Media Prima. History Eight FM began broadcasting in 2006 as a women's radio station called "Wanita FM", which was acquired by Media Prima in 2009. The station was eventually renamed to One FM and change its broadcasting format into Chinese-language radio station. Beginning 4 May 2021, the Radio Station was simulcast on 8TV (Malaysian TV network), 8TV daily from 1:30am to 7:00am. On 2 August 2021, One FM was formally reorganised into 8FM which based on the 8TV branding. On the evening of the same day, 8TV Mandarin News broadcast simultaneously by 8TV (Malaysian TV network), 8TV and 8FM. Media Prima had fully realized cross-platform resource interoperability and the 8FM logo. Malaysian television stations used the 8TV logo until August 31, 2023. On 28 March 2022 to 22 September 2023, 8FM temporarily broadcast through the MYTV Broadcasting, MYTV platform. On 25 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly FM
Fly FM is an English-language Malaysian private radio station owned by Media Prima Audio, a radio broadcasting subsidiary of Malaysian media conglomerate Media Prima. It was launched on 3 October 2005 and targets listeners aged between fifteen and thirty years old. Fly FM is the second-most popular English radio station in Malaysia and the fastest growing radio station in the country. Music aired on Fly FM consists of both English and Malay songs. History In 2003, Media Prima announced that it had applied for a license to operate a radio station as part of the company's expansion of business operations. Later, on 29 April 2005, Media Prima acquired Perintis Layar, which owns 75% of Max Airplay. This acquisition included the rights to manage, operate, and maintain a radio station. Fly FM began operations on 3 October 2005; its official launch happened on 9 October 2005, making it the first radio station under Media Prima Radio Networks (later Ripple Media; now Media Prima A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kool 101
Kool 101 (formerly Kool FM and then Buletin FM, stylised as KOOL 101) is a Malaysian private radio station owned by Media Prima Berhad through its radio subsidiary, Media Prima Audio, which broadcasts in the Malay language. It was launched on 1 March 2016. It is the fourth radio station from Media Prima Audio after Eight FM, Fly FM, Hot FM and before Molek FM. The radio station is based on the acquisition of Laureate Sdn. Bhd. in October 2015, which owns Ultra FM and Pi Mai FM. Kool 101 is the first Media Prima radio station to remove the " FM" suffix from its brand name. History 2016-2019: Classic hits & adult contemporary format Originally, Kool FM targeted listeners from the country's Generation X, with songs being played mostly from the 1980s and 1990s, but it also included some songs from the 2000s and 2010s. The name was based on the band Kool and the Gang. 2020-2021: Shift to talk radio On 3 January 2020, Kool FM rebranded with a new logo. It changed its ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Prima
Media Prima Berhad (; Trade name, doing business as Media Prima and stylized in Letter case, lowercase title), also abbreviated as MPB, is a Media of Malaysia, Malaysian media company based in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. It is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in Malaysia with business interests in television, print, radio, out-of-home advertising, content creation and digital media. As of 2023, Media Prima employs over 6,000 staffs in total, of whom approximately 1,300 are in private-sector broadcasting. The company forms half of the mass media duopoly in the country along with Astro (company), Astro. Established in 2000 as Profitune Sdn Bhd and originally started out as a multimedia company, Media Prima evolved to its current state with its present name in 2002 and began operations a year later after the demerger of MRCB, Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad's (MRCB) media assets. The company operates four television channels — TV3 (Malaysian TV network), TV3, NTV7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Network
There are two types of radio network currently in use around the world: the one-to-many (simplex communication) broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass media, mass-media entertainment, and the two-way radio (Duplex (telecommunications), duplex communication) type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery services. Cell phones are able to send and receive simultaneously by using two different frequencies at the same time. Many of the same components and much of the same basic technology applies to all three. The two-way type of radio network shares many of the same technologies and components as the broadcast-type radio network but is generally set up with fixed broadcast points (transmitters) with co-located receivers and mobile receivers/transmitters or transceivers. In this way both the fixed and mobile radio units can communicate with each other over broad geographic regions ranging in size from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FM Broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave. Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to transmit high fidelity, high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting offers higher fidelity—more accurate reproduction of the original program sound—than other broadcasting techniques, such as AM broadcasting. It is also less susceptible to Electromagnetic interference, common forms of interference, having less static and popping sounds than are often heard on AM. Therefore, FM is used for most broadcasts of music and general audio (in the audio spectrum). FM radio stations use the very high frequency range of radio frequency, radio frequencies. Broadcast bands Throughout the world, the FM broadcast band falls within the VHF part of the radio spectrum. Usually 87.5 to 108.0 MHz is used, or some portion of it, with few exceptions: * In the Commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro Malaysia Holdings
Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad () is a Malaysian media and entertainment holding company that began as a paid digital satellite radio and television service, Astro. The company is owned by Usaha Tegas Sdn. Bhd., which also owns Astro Overseas Limited. It serves 5.7 million homes or 72% of Malaysian TV households, 7,500 enterprises, 17.2 million weekly radio listeners (FM and digital), 14.7 million digital monthly unique visitors and 3.1 million shoppers across its TV, radio, digital and commerce platforms. History On 1 June 1996, Astro Malaysia Holdings which was headquartered at Bukit Jalil, launched its own satellite subscription service. At the same time, the MEASAT satellite network began with the launch of MEASAT 1. The new pay-television service named Astro launched and started broadcasting with 22 television channels and 8 music channels. The launch of more MEASAT satellites from 1998 onward allowed Astro to begin expanding its services. The company achieved the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro Radio
Astro Radio Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Airtime Management and Programming or simply AMP Radio Networks) is a Malaysian radio network company which operates radio broadcasting services and more since 1996. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad. Astro Radio owns and manages 12 private radio stations which are transmitted through the FM (frequency modulation) radio spectrum. As of November 2024, Astro Radio still remains the number one and largest radio network company in Malaysia, with 72% of Peninsular Malaysians and 14.9 million listeners tuning in to its stations weekly, together with its Media Prima counterpart, Media Prima Audio ( Kool 101, Fly FM, Eight FM, Hot FM and Molek FM), according to the GfK Radio Audience Measurement (RAM) Wave 2 in November 2024. Era being at top of the list with the most audience reach estimated at 4.8 million listeners, followed by Sinar and current ever-growing MY. Company background Astro Radio began in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
