CAPITAL 95.8FM (城市频道) is a

Mandarin language Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language of ...

news and information station operating in Singapore managed by

Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

. It was the only Mandarin radio station in Singapore before the introduction of its sister channels,

YES 933 YES 933, formerly known as 933醉心频道 (''933 Zuìxīn píndào'', "933 Intoxicated Channel"), is a Mandarin radio station owned by Mediacorp in Singapore. The station now holds the slogan of 顶尖流行音乐电台，引领潮流时代 ( ...

and Love 97.2FM in 1990 and 1994 respectively. It is one of the nation's oldest stations, and its origins can be traced back to the beginning of regulated radio broadcasting in

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/ Straits Settlements along with Gold 905, Warna 94.2FM and Oli 96.8FM on 1 June 1936. The station provides Mandarin news and information programs and broadcasts Mandarin hits. The station ended its broadcast at

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at 10:00 on 8 February 2017 and thereafter moved to Mediacorp Campus at 1 Stars Avenue. The first programme to be broadcast at the new campus began on the same day. The Station is also known to broadcast news daily in the Chinese Dialects like

Hokkien The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages ...

, Teochew,

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, Hainanese,

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhej ...

and Fuzhounese on selected timing from Monday to Sunday. Capital 958 adopts with the majority of the playlist consisting of all forms of different era of music which also included

Xinyao ''Xinyao'' () is a genre of songs that is unique to Singapore. It is a contemporary Mandarin vocal genre that emerged and rose to fame in Singapore between the late 1970s to 1980s. ''Xinyao'' songs are composed and sung by Singaporeans and it is a ...

. The station has provided songs even back from the 60s, 70s and 80s during weekends.

Shows produced

95.8 In Action!

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External links

CAPITAL 95.8FM Official Website
Radio stations in Singapore Mandarin-language radio stations Radio stations established in 1936 1936 establishments in Singapore {{Singapore-media-stub

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