YES 933 is a

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in Singapore. Owned by the state-owned broadcaster

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, it primarily broadcasts a

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format focusing on Chinese and Korean pop music. The station has historically been one of the most listened to in Singapore; in a 2024 survey, Nielsen reported that the station had an average of 1.1 million listeners.

History

In December 1989, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) announced plans for two new radio stations to launch in 1990, in honour of SBC's 10th anniversary and Singapore's 25th anniversary of independence; a

Mandopop Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences came from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop ...

CHR station on 93.3 (which would serve as a Chinese counterpart to English CHR Perfect 10, which launched earlier that year), and an unnamed "MOR" station on 95.5. The Mandopop station launched on 1 January 1990 as YES 933, also known as Radio 6; at launch, the station had nine deejays on four-to-five-hour shifts, and aired fewer commercials than that of Radio 3. YES 933 began as an 18-hour station, broadcasting from 06:00 to 00:00. Broadcasting hours were extended to 02:00 in December of the same year, making it the first Chinese radio station to offer music after midnight. It finally went 24 hours on 1 May 1994. In 1997, 93.3 was the most-listened radio station in Singapore for the fifth year since 1993, with almost a million listeners every week, attributed to its uniqueness which catches the attention of listeners, combined with music, deejays and creative jingles. On 20 January 2017, the station moved from Caldecott Hill to Mediacorp's new headquarters at

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Staff

Full Time DJs

*林佩芬 Christina Lim Peifen *陈宁 Chen Ning *吴杰夫 Jeff Goh Jiefu (Joined

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in 2008 crossed over to this station in 2013) *高美贵 Gao Meigui (Previously Promo In Charge of

but went to this Station as a DJ in 2017) *萧嘉蕙 Xiao Jiahui *刘宇恒 Liu Yuheng *钟坤华 Kenneth Zhong Kunhua *蔡伟彬 Nico Chua Weibin *张颖双 Hazelle Teo Yingshuang *陈启佳 Evelyn Tan Qijia

Part Time DJs

*黄柏荣 Gerald Ng Bairong *高伟杰 Dominic Koek Weijie *王顺达 Yutaki Ong Shunda *陈泳渝 Chen Yongyu

Former Notable DJs/Management who went to other Mediacorp Stations or Departments

*林灵芝 Lin Lingzhi (crossed over to UFM 1003 then to

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) *巫许玛莉 Bukoh Mary (crossed over to

in 2012 then to

in 2017) *周崇庆 Dennis Chew (crossed over to

in 2013)

Former Notable DJ/Management who have gone to competitor stations

*谢家发 Xie Jiafa (Resigned in 2017, back to 883Jia in 2018) *陈艾薇 Ivy Tan (left in 2015, crossed over to 883Jia in 2018) *陈彦维 Chen Yanwei (left in 2017, returned to UFM 1003 in 2018)

Former Notable DJs/Management who left the industry

*丁志勇 Cruz Teng (former DJ/Assistant Programme Director, later joined SMRT Corporation as communications lead) *古德文 Gu Dewen (crossed over to

TV, later left to start NoonTalk talent agency)

Shows produced

* Dear DJ (亲愛的九月) * Hey DJ! (校园新生代 Hey DJ!) * The Story Between Us (我们之间的故事) * Campushunter (校园搜查队) * Pick of the Pops (醉心龙虎榜), the station's

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Y.E.S. 93.3fm 1990 establishments in Singapore Radio stations in Singapore Mandarin-language radio stations Radio stations established in 1990