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radio station in

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. Owned by state-owned broadcaster

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, it broadcasts

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. The station launched on 18 July 1969 as Radio Television Singapore's "FM Stereo Service"; its format initially featured classical and

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music. Since 1990, the station has primarily broadcast classical music.

History

Radio Television Singapore launched its fifth station — an "

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Service" — on 18 July 1969 at 92.4 FM and 790 kHz. It broadcast for a total of eight hours per-day, divided between two blocks from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. On 1 August 1980, the FM Stereo service began broadcasting for 18 hours a day, increasing from just eight hours. " Light and pop music" aired for 12 hours instead of three, consisting of " middle-of-the-road,

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and western, easy pops and light jazz" and no hard rock. The advertising rates were lower than that of SBC's AM stations. On 1 January 1982, the station rebranded as Radio 5. In 1990, with the remit of middle-of-the-road music moving to the newly-launched Class 95, 92.4 began devoting itself entirely to classical music. In addition, after having previously broadcast programmes presented in both English and

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, the station shifted to an entirely English-language presentation. The AM simulcasts of all SBC radio stations ended on 1 January 1994. In January 1995, 92.4 briefly attempted at extending its transmission time to 2 am. The station later returned to the usual 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. broadcasting time in March 1995. 92.4 began collaborating with the

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in January 1995, airing selected performances from the orchestra. In August 1995, to increase listenership and revenue, 92.4 removed most of its classical music and added "light pops"; however the move was disliked by listeners. 92.4 later decided to air classical music in two slots 6 to 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. (becoming 2 to 4 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends in October, with the 12 to 2 p.m. portion added in November), with the rest of the broadcast day filled with "quality music" including Broadway music, light orchestral, solo instrumental and jazz. 92.4 was also reported to have one of the highest listenerships for a classical music station at 3.7%. The station moved to 24-hour broadcasts on 1 January 2008.

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History

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