Era (radio station)
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City | Kuala Lumpur Kota Kinabalu Kuching |
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Broadcast area | Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Southern Thailand |
Frequency | 103.3 MHz Era Peninsular Malaysia (Klang Valley) 102.4 MHz Era Sabah (Kota Kinabalu) 96.1 MHz Era Sarawak (Kuching) |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Malay |
Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd, under Astro Radio |
Gegar, GoXuan, Hitz, Lite, Melody, Mix, MY, Raaga, Sinar and Zayan | |
History | |
First air date | 1 August 1998 25 October 2010 (Era Sarawak) 1 December 2010 (Era Sabah) 26 April 2017 (Era Sabah officially starts broadcasting 24 hours a day) 24 January 2018 (Era Sarawak officially starts broadcasting 24 hours a day) | (Era Peninsular Malaysia)
Former names | Era FM (1998-2017) |
Links | |
Webcast | audio1 |
Website | era |
ERA (formerly Era FM)[1] is a Malaysian Malay-language radio station operated by Astro Radio Sdn. Bhd. The radio station broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The radio station went on air on 1 August 1998. In the past few years, this station played a wider mixture of music from the 1980s to current-day, but now it plays Malaysian and international hit songs, including Korean songs. It is also has regional stations in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. In 2015, as according to Nielsen RAM Survey Wave #1, Era FM maintained its position as Malaysia's leading Malay-language station with over 4.8 million listeners.[2]
History[]
The frequency slot, which is 103.3 FM in Klang Valley, was originally known as Classic Rock, and was one of the five radio stations first introduced by AMP Radio Networks. It launched on the Malaysian FM airwaves in January 1997 after being one of Astro's audio-only channels since the launch of the satellite network in October the year before. Over the one-year period, demand grew for radio content in Bahasa Malaysia, as listeners who were exposed to AMP's English brands wanted the same formats but in other major local languages. This compelled AMP to make changes to its line-up, swapping Classic Rock to Era FM, leaving Classic Rock as an Astro-only radio station.[3]
On 1 August 1998, Era FM went on air as the first private radio station to be broadcast completely in the Malay language, with "Hijau" by Zainal Abidin, which is a trademark for the radio station, being the first song to be played on the radio station, ending the monopoly of Malay-language radio stations by government-owned radio stations. Prior to 2000, like its sister stations, Era FM did not have any frequency in Sabah and Sarawak. The radio station was once the leader in Malay-language FM radio stations, but has lost its popularity to its sister station, Sinar FM. In 2012, Era FM regained the top spot as the most popular radio station in Malaysia with close to 5 million listeners.
Era FM is the first radio station in Malaysia to hold three records in the Malaysia Book Of Records since 1998. In 2010, Era FM expanded to Kuching and Kota Kinabalu in East Malaysia, with full operation of on air studio and on ground team, with local announcers conversing in local dialects. Era FM Sabah will go completely local on 24 April 2017, which from then all the radio content aired on the Sabah version will be completely different from Peninsular Malaysia's Era FM.[4]
On 2 January 2018, Era FM was rebranded to ERA in a move by Astro Radio to integrate multiple platforms under the brand.[1] A new logo is also unveiled with the rebranding. Era Sarawak goes completely local on 22 January 2018, which from then all the contents aired on Sarawak version will be completely different from Peninsular Malaysia.
Radio Presenter[]
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Era Peninsular Malaysia Announcers[]
- Johan
- Haniff Hamzah
- Ray
- Munabella
- Isha Norsham
- Danial Zaini
- Radin Amir Affendy
- Shiha Zikir
- Zahier Yusoff
- Nabil Ahmad
Era Sabah Announcers[]
- Addnan (Addnan ERA)
- Mijul (Mijul ERA)
- Kim (Kim Azizd)
- Emma Suhaimi (Emma)
- Skye Judith (Skye)
- Malle (Malle)
- Dewi (Dewi)
- Lopz (Lopz)
Era Sarawak Announcers[]
- Afick Wazai
- Fir Affandi
- Elya
- Napio Hatta
- Chopie Cakap
- Ezri Mukriz
- Jonathan Ding
Former Era Sabah Announcers[]
- Mat Sabah
- Ily Lia Affiqah
- Beebey
- Samantha Miles
- Jay Jay Amandus
- Chris Boy London
- Effy
- Ika Manda
- Rozy
- Fareed
Former Era Announcers[]
- Halim Othman
- Linda Onn
- Faizal Ismail
- Nana Mahazan
- Khairil Rashid (Kril)
- Fara Fauzana (moved to Hot FM)
- Aznil Nawawi
- Din Beramboi (died in 2010)
- Ira
- Aril
- Zahid
- Shac
- Shahrol Shiro
- Tauke Jambu
- Adi Fashla
- Fad Bocey (moved to Hot FM)
- Hani Fadzil
- Dina Nadzir (moved to Sinar)
Frequency Era Peninsular Malaysia, Era Sabah and Era Sarawak[]
Frequencies | Broadcast area | Transmitter site |
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103.3 MHz | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur Tower |
Kota Bahru, Kelantan | Bukit Panau | |
103.6 MHz | Alor Setar, Kedah & Perlis | Gunung Jerai |
Penang | ||
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan | Gunung Telapak Buruk | |
103.7 MHz | Ipoh, Perak | Gunung Kledang |
90.3 MHz | Malacca & North Johor | Gunung Ledang |
104.5 MHz | Johor Bahru, Johor & Singapore | Gunung Pulai |
Batam, Indonesia | ||
90.7 MHz | Langkawi, Kedah | Gunung Raya |
Satun, Thailand | ||
95.2 MHz | Taiping, Perak | Bukit Larut |
98.0 MHz | Kuantan, Pahang | Bukit Pelindung |
102.8 MHz | Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu | Bukit Besar |
96.1 MHz | Kuching, Sarawak | Bukit Djin |
101.3 MHz | Miri, Sarawak | Bukit Lambir |
Kuala Belait, Brunei | ||
96.3 MHz | Sibu, Sarawak | Bukit Lima |
102.4 MHz | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah | Bukit Karatong |
103.0 MHz | Sandakan, Sabah | Bukit Trig |
Internet radio[]
Broadcast online on SYOK website and APP
Television satellite[]
- Astro (television): Channel 856
Notes: Era Sabah and Era Sarawak are not available on via satellite TV Astro.
Parody[]
Era was parodied as Erron in Afdlin Shauki's 2004 film, Buli.
References[]
- ^ a b "Astro Radio refreshes 11 brands to deliver better value to fans". Astro. 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "71% of Malaysians Listen to Astro Radio". Astro. 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ "About AMP". Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ "Era fm: Full local content from April 24". Daily Express (Malaysia). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
External links[]
- 1998 establishments in Malaysia
- Radio stations established in 1998
- Radio stations in Malaysia
- Malay-language radio stations