Hilbram Dunar (30 October 1975 – 31 March 2024) was an Indonesian television presenter, radio broadcaster, author and motivation speaker. He was known as the presenter for
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RCTI
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Golden Ways Metro TV, Coffee Break TV One and many more.
Biography
Radio
Born in
Banda Aceh
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, Hilbram graduated from
Trisakti University
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in
Jakarta
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, majoring in Mechanical engineering. He began his career in 1996, when he became a radio reporter and broadcaster in MS Tri FM Jakarta. He remained there until 1998. In 1999 he moved to Hard Rock FM Jakarta as part of the project crew for a quiz program, and in 2000 he was promoted as an advertising executive. From June 2002 he became a broadcaster for a prime time radio show called "Drive N Jive".
Television
After success in radio, Hilbram went on to appear on television. In 2000 he made his debut on television as the quiz presenter in
Formula 1
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live on
RCTI
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(now on
Global TV
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) with
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, Venita Daben, and Yane Ardian. Another television show alongside F1 was the quiz program ''Cepat, Tepat, Dapat'' in SCTV.
In 2001, after the launch of
TransTV
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, he and Venita Daben became presenters of ''Trans Tune In'', ''Kisi-kisi'', and ''Santapan Pagi''. Beside F1, he was also a presenter of many sports shows on TPI. He also acted in a soap opera called ''Kualat'' on Lativi for one episode. From 2004, Hilbram worked as presenter of F1 Live on GlobalTV. He also became a presenter at many television stations, such as RCTI.
Other work
Hilbram was also an author. His first book, "Plastic Heaven - Bukan Cinta Jika Tak Meneteskan Air Mata", was published in 2004.
Death
Dunar died on 31 March 2024, at the age of 48.
Career highlights
Radio
* 2002–2024: Hard Rock FM, Jakarta (Announcer for 87,6 Hard Rock FM - Prime Time Program "Drive n' Jive Amanah Wali 4 & Good Morning HardRockers Show Putri Untuk Pangeran)
* 2000–2002: Hard Rock FM, Jakarta (Advertising & Promotion Executive)
* 1999: Hard Rock FM, Jakarta (Project Officer for many projects & quiz)
* 1996–1998: 104,4 MS TRI FM, Jakarta (Reporter and announcer)
Television
*16 June 2003-Present: Sinetron "Putri Untuk Pangeran" (RCTI)
*2003–2024: Presenter "Primera Espana La Liga" (RCTI/TPI)
*2003: Presenter "F1 Live" (TPI)
*2003: Presenter "TIFOSI" (TPI)
*2002–2003: Presenter "Italian Seri A League" (TPI)
*2000–2002: Host of "Watch Formula 1 Race" Live (RCTI/TPI)
*2002: Presenter "Santapan Pagi" live (Trans TV)
*2001: Presenter "Kisi-kisi" live (Trans TV)
*2001: Presenter "Trans Tune In" live (Trans TV)
*2000–2001: Presenter Quiz "Cepat, Tepat, Dapat" (SCTV)