Ai FM explained

Ai FM (爱FM) (ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang)
City:Kuala Lumpur
Area:Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, part of Indonesia and Thailand
Branding:ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang
Frequency:Varies depending on region
Airdate: (ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang)
Format:Easy listening, Talk, News, Oldies
Language:Chinese (Mandarin (main), Hokkien, Chaoshan Min, Hakka and Cantonese)
Owner:Radio Televisyen Malaysia
Sister Stations:Radio Klasik (ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang)
TraXX FM (ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang)
Minnal FM (ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang)

Ai FM (ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang) (Chinese name: 爱 FM, literally "Love FM") is a oldest Malaysian Mandarin-language radio station for Malaysian Chinese community operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia was first broadcast on 24 August 1934 as ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang. It is broadcast 24 hours a day (starting on 28 December 1994), 7 days a week.

The station mostly plays easy listening and Oldies from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s similar and related to to Capital 95.8FM in Singapore and Melody in Malaysia as targeting listeners between the age of 50 to now.

Etymology

The station was formerly known as Ai FM and before that as ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang.

History

The station started as ZHj Yayasan Wayarles Pulau Pinang operating of George Town, Penang on 24 August 1934. With the independence of Malaya on 31 August 1957 after its establishment, the radio station Perkhidmatan Bahasa Cina (Chinese Language Service).

On 19 January 1971, Perkhidmatan Bahasa Cina was known as Rangkaian Hijau (Green Network).

On 6 September 1989, Rangkaian Hijau was known as Radio 5.

On 28 December 1994, Radio 5 was started broadcasting 24 hours a day.

Ai FM adopts the easy listening and Oldies radio format with the majority of the playlist consisting of Easy listening and Oldies music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

On daily nights features Golden Oldies music from the 1950s and 1960s.

Dialect News History

Since 1946, the radio station has introduced news time slots in dialects, which has been one of its characteristics for more than 70 years. At that time, news in five dialects was broadcast, including news in Hainan dialect that had stopped broadcasting. Dialect news has been broadcast separately at different times for many years. Since 2005, dialect news has been changed to centralized and integrated broadcasting from 8: 00 to 8: 30 every night. 10 minutes for each news segment.

Dialect news period

From 1 April 2017, each segment of dialect news was shortened from 10 minutes to 5 minutes, and it was split and broadcast in sections.Ai FM is the only Chinese radio station broadcasting dialect news in Malaysia at present. The channel that broadcasts dialect news in Singapore is Capital 95.8FM. Ai FM currently broadcasts news in four dialects: Fujian dialect, Chaozhou dialect, Hakka dialect and Cantonese.

At present, each news segment is about 5 minutes, which is scheduled to be broadcast after the Chinese news bulletin every hour in the evening.

Note: During the reporting period of the National Assembly, the news of Chaozhou dialect is broadcast at 9:10pm from Monday to Thursday.

National Anthem

At midnight every day, the station along with all RTM national and regional radio stations, play the national anthem as the opening.

Frequency

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FrequenciesBroadcast areaTransmitter site
89.3 MHzKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur Tower
106.7 MHzShah Alam, SelangorGunung Ulu Kali
101.3 MHzPerlis Alor Setar, Kedah & PenangMount Jerai
106.1 MHzTaiping, PerakBukit Larut
Kuantan, PahangBukit Perlindung
92.1 MHzIpoh, PerakGunung Kledang
89.7 MHzSeremban, Negeri SembilanGunung Telapak Buruk
100.4 MHzMalacca & North JohorMount Ophir
104.9 MHzJohor Bahru, Johor & SingaporeMount Pulai
Batam, Bintan, Riau, Indonesia
90.5 MHzKuala Terengganu, TerengganuBukit Besar
105.7 MHzKota Bharu, KelantanTelipot
90.7 MHzKuching, SarawakGunung Serapi
89.9 MHzMiri, SarawakBukit Lambir
103.3 MHzBruneiBukit Mas
92.3 MHzLabuanBukit Timbalai
91.9 MHzKota Kinabalu, SabahBukit Lawa Mandau
95.1 MHzSandakan, SabahBukit Trig

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