Bernama Radio (formerly known as Radio24 or BERNAMA Radio24 from 2007 until 2016) is the first all-news

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in Malaysia, owned and operated by

Bernama The Malaysian National News Agency (), is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Communications. Headquartered at the Wisma Bernama, off Jalan Tun Razak near National Library, Kuala Lumpur ...

, the news agency of the Government of Malaysia.

History

The

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station began trial transmission on 2007 at noon and was officially launched on 3 September 2007 at 9:00 a.m. It broadcasts on the FM 93.9 MHz frequency in the

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that was formerly used by RTM's Klasik Nasional FM. The station broadcasts domestic, regional and world news through hourly news bulletins, quarter-hourly news highlights and

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as and when they happen through live field reports and telephone cross-overs. The station also has an array of talk-back shows. It also airs at frequent intervals, traffic, weather and stock market reports. The station also provides live

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through its website. On 3 January 2011, the station began its Mobile Streaming service via smartphones, accessible through devices' on board web browsers.Frekuensi Radio24 di Telefon Bimbit Anda
''mStar Online.'' 31 January 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011. The station underwent a minor rebrand in March 2016 whereby the station is now known as "Bernama Radio". Broadcasting in both English and Malay, the station is owned and operated by the news agency, and broadcasts from ''Wisma Bernama'' in

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. For its first phase, the station's transmission covered the

, which is home to approximately eight million people. Tamil language broadcasting was introduced on 4 February 2017. The slot, known as "Tamil Oli", is broadcast from 11a.m. to 1p.m. and from 11p.m. to midnight every Saturday and Sunday respectively. It is created in collaboration with New Wave Events Sdn Bhd and will be based on an infotainment concept. The introduction of such slots also means that Tamil language radio broadcasts will be launched in East Malaysia for the first time, since other Tamil radio stations available in Malaysia only broadcast in Peninsular Malaysia.

Availability

Radio

Television

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