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Broadcast area | Singapore Johor Bahru/Johor Bahru District (Malaysia) Batam/Batam Islands, Riau Islands (Indonesia) |
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Frequency | 92.4 MHz |
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Language(s) | English (Singlish) |
Format | Classical music |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mediacorp |
History | |
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Website | Symphony 924 |
Symphony 924 (also known as FM Stereo and Radio 5) (officially call sign as FM Stereo ) is a 24-hour classical music radio station run by Mediacorp in Singapore. It was officially very first frequency to introduced as FM Stereo in Singapore on 18 July 1969. [1] It is the only classical music radio station in Singapore. [2] Symphony 924 was officially similar and related to BBC Radio 3.
A fifth radio station 92.4FM playing classical music was officially formal full launched. FM Stereo network begins operations was officially introducing stereo broadcast to Singapore. 92.4FM was officially launched. Singapore's first radio station to broadcast in FM Stereo since its launch with 8 hour daily broadcasts from 6:00am to 9:00am and 6:00pm to 11:00pm SGT. The first broadcast was on 18 July 1969. [3]
Until the SBC radio reforms of 1990, the station also broadcast in Mandarin; since then the station broadcasts exclusively in English. [4]
On 1 August 1980, the FM Stereo Service began brodacasting 18 hours a day, increasing from just eight hours. "Light and pop music" air for 12 hours instead of three, [5] consisting of "middle-of-the-road, country and western, easy pops and light jazz" and no hard rock. [6] The advertising rates were lower than that of SBC's AM stations. [6]
In January 1995, 92.4 briefly attempted at extending its transmission time to 2 am. The station later returned to the usual 6 am to 12 am broadcasting time in March 1995. [7]
92.4 began collaborating with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in January 1995, [8] airing selected performances from the orchestra. [9]
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. [10] 92.4 later decided to air classical music in two slots – 6 to 9 am and 8 pm to 12 am [11] (becoming 2 to 4 pm on weekdays and 9 am to 8 pm on weekends in October with the 12 to 2 pm portion added in November), [12] with the rest of the broadcast day filled with "quality music" including Broadway music, light orchestral, solo instrumental and jazz. [11] 92.4 was also reported to have one of the highest listenerships for a classical music station at 3.7%. [13]
The station converted to 24/7 broadcasts on 1 January 2008. [14]
Symphony's current tagline is "Only The Finest Music" and was coined in 2015. Previous taglines are include "Home Of The Arts" (till 2015) and "Classical In All Ways" (1994–2014).
Frequencies | TRP (kW) | Broadcast area | Transmitter site |
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92.4 FM | 10 | Singapore | Bukit Batok Transmission Centre |
Johor Bahru/Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia | |||
Batam/Batam Islands, Riau Islands, Indonesia |
The National anthem plays at 06:00 SGT daily at the start of the broadcasting day. The National anthem is played in full with the lyrics being sung.
Nation | National Anthem | Start Broadcast | Final Broadcast |
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Singapore | Majulah Singapura | 18 July 1969 | now |
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