Owned and managed by So Drama! Entertainment, PIONEER provides news on the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), and general defence and defence technology news. Originally a print magazine, it went fully digital in 2019.[1]
Music and Drama Company
The Music and Drama Company (MDC) was first formed by Defence Minister Goh Keng Swee in 1973 to boost the morale of Singapore Armed Forces' soldiers through live entertainment and educating them on national duty.[2][3]
MDC expanded in 1992 to include a choir, a chamber ensemble and a Chinese orchestra.[2] MDC is based in Nee Soon Camp and has music studios and a dance studio.[2]
Its radio programme, Forces 55, aired on SBC radio between 1977 and October 1994. The radio programme ended due to the launch of Power 98.[4]
Formerly known as SAFRA Radio, it was renamed as So Drama! Entertainment in 2017. According to the company, it chose the name “So Drama!” because "it’s a quintessentially Singaporean phrase that describes something which moves and amuses you".[5][6]
The company runs two radio stations – 88.3Jia and Power 98 Love Songs. 88.3Jia began broadcast in 1995, before relaunching in 2007 as Singapore's only bilingual station in Chinese and English. Power 98, meanwhile, was founded a year earlier in 1994; it relaunched to the current name in 2019, becoming the first and only English station in Singapore dedicated to love songs 24 hours a day.[citation needed]
Additional stations from both 88.3Jia and Power 98 can be heard through their digital portal Camokakis, which include stations dedicated to various genres like K-pop and classic hits. However, these additional stations are available only in Singapore due to copyright and licensing restrictions.
In June 2025, the Camokakis app was rebranded to Kakee, offering a one-stop portal for listeners from audio listening to rewards and other features. At the same time, however, So Drama! announced that terrestrial transmission of its stations will cease by 30 October, with both Power 98 and 88.3Jia brands to be converted as digital-only audio streams.[7]
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