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City
  
Kuala Lumpur

Language(s)
  
Malay

Johor FM

Broadcast area
  
West Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia

Frequency
  
Varies depending on its region

First air date
  
2 June 2005; 11 years ago (2005-06-02)

Format
  
Talk, contemporary hit radio

Johor FM is a Johor-state Malay language radio station operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia out of the Johor state capital Johor Bahru in Malaysia. It features local news and Malaysian music, 18-hours a day from 06:00 to 00:00 MST. Johor FM was one of the first regional radio stations in Malaysia.

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Etymology

The radio was formerly known as Radio Malaysia Johor and Radio 3 Johor Bahru.

History

  • 7 November 1963 - Stesen Johor Bahru went on air for the first time on AM.
  • 4 June 1966 - Radio Malaysia was officially inaugurated by the 23rd Sultan of Johor's, Sultan Ismail Al-Khalidi Ibni Ibrahim Al-Masyhur.
  • 30 August 1988 - Radio Malaysia Johor Bahru went FM stereo.
  • 20 October 1988 - Radio Malaysia Johor Bahru was split into 2-radio stations such: its FM stereo radio transmitter was taken over by a new station called FM Stereo Johor Bahru (FMJB) and Radio Malaysia Johor Bahru (RMJB) went back to old AM 821 kHz.
  • 31 August 1989 - Radio Malaysia Johor Bahru changed its name to Radio 3 Johor Bahru.
  • 1 January 1991 - Radio 3 Johor Bahru returned to FM.
  • 1 January 1993 - Radio 3 Johor Bahru started broadcasting 18 hours a day from 06:00 to 00:00 MST in daily.
  • 1 January 1994 - Radio 3 Johor Bahru and FMJB moved to the brand new Kompleks Penyiaran Sultan Iskandar (Sultan Iskandar Broadcasting Complex).
  • 31 August 1998 - Radio 3 Johor Bahru changed its name to Radio Malaysia Johor (RMJ).
  • 2 June 2005 - Radio Malaysia Johor came to be known by its current name Johor FM.
  • September 2006 - The Radio Televisyen Malaysia Tower at 317-metre high transmitting mast at the Johor Bahru station was dismantled.

    • FM transmitter

  • FM 101.9 MHz from Gunung Pulai transmitter site covering South Johor, Riau Islands Province (Indonesia), Singapore and Batam Island.
  • FM 92.1 MHz from Bukit Tinggi transmitter site covering East Johor.
  • FM 105.3 MHz from Gunung Ledang transmitter site covering Muar, Tangkak, Segamat, Batu Pahat in North Johor, Jasin Town and Nyalas in Malacca, parts of Negeri Sembilan (Tampin, Kota, Gemencheh, Air Kurning Selatan and Gemas) as well as Bandar Tun Abdul Razak and Bandar Muadzam Shah in Pahang .

    • AM transmitter

  • AM 1053 kHz in East Johor.
  • AM 576 kHz in South Johor, Riau Islands Province (Indonesia) and Singapore.

    • References

    Johor FM Wikipedia
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