Georgina Chang

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Georgina Chang is a Singaporean who used to heads Mediacorp's The Celebrity Agency. She has left Mediacorp since then. [1] She was also a former radio personality, television broadcaster, and newspaper columnist. Chang was also the vice-president of Mediacorp's English Programming (Music), Radio, [2] and the creative director of Singapore radio stations Lush 99.5FM (till 31 August 2017 before it ceased operations due to low listenership) and 987FM.

Career

Chang studied at CHIJ Katong Convent and Victoria Junior College before embarking on a career as a radio DJ for the first 24-hour music station in Singapore. She then hosted Singapore's longest-running variety TV show as well as year-end countdown shows for the terrestrial television station now known as MediaCorp TV.

She joined STAR television's Channel V in Hong Kong and was an anchor for the daily music news program. She joined NBC Asia for a year before returning to mediacorp, where she became the programming director for 98.7FM. [3]

Chang has also written various columns and travel stories for the Today , The Star newspaper, Her World magazine, Men's Health , Silkwinds and 8 Days magazine. [4] [5]

Chang was a tennis presenter and reporter on Star Sports, hosting ACE, a weekly tennis show. She was also the on-site presenter and reporter for the World Pool Championships and the on-site presenter for the Asian 9 Ball Tour. She left Star Sports in 2009

Chang returned to Mediacorp in 2009 and held the position of senior creative director for 987FM and Lush 99.5FM. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cheah Chee Kong appointed Chief Content Officer for MediaCorp's entertainment platforms". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  2. ↑ "Jade Seah gets married". AsiaOne. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  3. ↑ "Georgina Chang leaving MediaCorp, for now". Today. 4 August 2001. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  4. ↑ "Senior Creative Director of 987 and Lush FM, Georgina Chang". SG Magazine Online. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  5. ↑ "MediaCorp appoints Georgina Chang as VP of English programming – Mumbrella Asia". Mumbrella Asia. 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  6. ↑ "Back where she once belonged". Today. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
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