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Time Highway Radio was taken over by Astro Radio in 2005. It became a Tamil-language station known as "THR Raaga" on the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. On the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia it became known as "THR Gegar", broadcasting in Malay. Both stations later dropped the "THR" brand and simply became "Raaga" and "Gegar" respectively.
The radio station began broadcasting on 9 September 1994, after having started test transmission nine days before (31 August). It was known as TIME Highway Radio until 2005 and includes segments in Malay (), English and for a short period, in Mandarin (Mun Toh Tak), with Tamil-language segment (Raaga) being introduced later, as well as Hindi Power, a segment that focused mainly on Bollywood music.
In 2002, THR expanded coverage to Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu and Kota Bharu, and Gegar was launched 24 hours as Malay East Coast radio station to compete against Manis FM. In May 2004, THR entered a strategic partnership with Channel 9 following Medanmas' acquisition of THR's owner and operator, Anaza Sdn. Bhd. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Gegar (also known as THR Gegar, formerly used the logo until 2017) [1] is a Malaysian Malay language radio station operated by Astro Radio. The radio station targets East Coast Peninsular listeners and plays music from local artists, as well as some Islamic-related content. In late 2017, the former THR Gegar is rated as the No. 1 radio brand in ...
Radio stations that broadcast in the Tamil language are found primarily in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Canada as well as other parts of the world containing a significant Tamil diaspora population.
1998 (as an Astro-only audio channel) , 2004 (as an FM radio station) 857 Gegar: A Malay-language radio station targeting the East Coast area. Malay: 1994 (original, as THR), 2005 (acquisition) 863 Raaga: Astro Radio's only Tamil-language radio station, targeting the West Coast area. Tamil: 1994 (original, as THR), 2005 (acquisition) 859 Melody
Eight FM began broadcasting in 2006 as a women's radio station called "Wanita FM", which was acquired by Media Prima in 2009. The station was eventually renamed to One FM and change its broadcasting format into Chinese-language radio station. Beginning 4 May 2021, the Radio Station was simulcast on 8TV daily from 1:30 am to 7:00 am
My (stylized as My FM on radio) [2] is a Malaysian-Chinese language radio station managed by Astro Radio, a subsidiary of Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad.In 2015, as according to Nielsen RAM Survey Wave #1, My FM maintained its position as Malaysia's leading Chinese-language station with over 2.0 million listeners, [3] it was challenged by 988 which is currently the leading Chinese radio ...