Prambors FM

Prambors

Country	Indonesia
Broadcast area	Jakarta metropolitan area
Headquarters	Prambors Radio Building Jakarta, Indonesia
Programming
Language(s)	Indonesian, English
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner	Malik Sjafei Saleh (1971–Present)
History
Launch date	(1971-03-18) 18 March 1971 (age 54)
Former names	102,3 FMANIA
Coverage
Affiliates	Memora Group
Links
Website	www.pramborsfm.com

Prambors FM (formerly known as Prambors Rasisonia and 102,3 FMANIA) is a commercial contemporary hit radio based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Launched on March 18, 1971 in Jakarta, the purpose of station was to play pop music with their target audience being teenagers and young adults. Prambors is known as a teen icon in Indonesia throughout the 80's and 90's. It is owned and operated by Masima Radio Network (formerly Masima Contents + Channels).

History

The station was founded by Imran Amir, Mursid Rustam, Malik Sjafei, Bambang Wahyudi, and Tri Tunggal. During the late 1960s, Prambors is the nickname one of the gangs from Menteng, in downtown Jakarta. Prambors is an abbreviation of Prambanan, Mendut, Borobudur, dan sekitarnya (Prambanan, Mendut, Borobudur and the surroundings), the name of several streets in Menteng, Central Jakarta. Starting from being amateur station, Prambors changed its name commercially due to government laws, with the name PT Radio Prambors. The radio network was launched in 1970 and incorporated in 1971 as Prambors Rasisonia — Rasisonia itself stands for Radio Siaran Sosial Niaga (Social Commercial Broadcast Radio).

Program

Prambors started the careers of singers like Chrisye because of their LCLR (Lomba Cipta Lagu Remaja) in 1977.^{[ citation needed ]} In the 1980s, the Catatan Si Boy drama series was Jakarta's favorite radio program.^{[ citation needed ]} Due to its success on the radio, CSB made the jump to the big screens, to further success. Besides on-air programs, Prambors has off-air programs such as Prambors Nite and Tenda Mangkal.

Stations

Prambors broadcasts over nine stations in Indonesia:

Callsign	Frequency	Location
PM2FGK	102.2 MHz	Jakarta
PM3FXJ	98.4 MHz	Bandung
PM4FUY	102.0 MHz	Semarang
PM4___	99.2 MHz	Surakarta
PM6FUE	89.3 MHz	Surabaya
PM5FTZ	95.8 MHz	Yogyakarta
PM3FAO	97.5 MHz	Medan
PM8FOI	105.1 MHz	Makassar

Selected programs are aired over Memora FM (103.6 MHz) in Manado.

See also

• Indonesian popular music recordings

External links

• http://www.pramborsfm.com
• http://mrn.co.id