Hitz FM (Malaysia)

hitz fm

Broadcast area	Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei
Slogan	Malaysia's Number #1 Hit Station
First air date	January 1997
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Owner	Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd, under Astro Radio
Webcast	eAAC+
Website	www.hitz.fm

Hitz FM is a Malaysian national radio station managed by Astro Radio, a subsidiary of Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd. hitz fm is Malaysia's leading English-language station^[1] with 1.9 million listeners.^[2]

As of January 2014, the radio station has reverted its name from hitz.fm to hitz fm .

Programming

Weekdays

hitz fm Sarawak

hitz fm Sabah

Weekends

Saturday

hitz fm Sarawak

hitz fm Sabah

Sunday

Announcers

Miscellaneous

The street team for hitz fm are the hitz fm Iriz Cruisers (Iriz Cruisers in short) while hitz fm Sabah & hitz fm Sarawak street team are called "hitz fm Perodua cruisers"! Their duty is to meet fans of the station and give away free gifts courtesy of hitz fm.

hitz fm has a sister station which is a music TV channel called Astro hitz, formerly known as Astro Hitz.TV on Astro.

Every weekday in the morning, the Morning Crew would play a Got'Cha call. This prank involves the Morning Crew calling up Malaysians and pranking them on the request of the victim's family, friends or colleagues.

More recently, the Morning Crew has introduced a new machine, patented the Lie Detector Test which involves the user being strapped onto the seat and asked Yes or No questions. The test would either show true, false, or unreadable. Malaysians can request to try out the Lie Detector Test and would have to swing by the headquarters to do so.

History

January 1997 - HITZ FM was launched into 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.

2000 - the Malaysian Top 10 (later renamed Malaysian English Top 10) was introduced, airing every Sundays at 4pm to bring the limelight into local Malaysian music which would suit the tastes of hitz fm's listeners, especially indie acts.

April 2001: HITZ FM undergoes rebranding as hitz.fm (with a dot), introduces new online features like webcasts of their on-air announcers in action and radio streaming.

In August 2003, a rift between Li'l Kev and the management of AMP (Airtime Management and Programming) over the contract between them caused him and FlyGuy to leave hitz fm abruptly. Jason Lo and Rudy Sufian were called up to fill in their places and eventually became the new Morning Crew. (Later, Lo switched time slots with JJ Fernandez for the drive-home slot). Later in the same year, HITZ.TV was launched as a complement to the radio channel.

2005: The introduction of The hitz fm Malaysian English Top 10 Awards to "honour the best of Malaysian English-singing musical talent and compositions".

2008: Rudy announced his decision to give up his morning show, confessing to having problems getting up in the mornings and needed to change his work pattern. Ean (real name Tengku Mohd Ean Nasrun) takes his place alongside JJ following the resignation

September 2010: hitz.fm was launched alongside its respective Malay and Chinese counterparts ERA and MY FM in East Malaysia - the three channels began broadcasting in Kuching on 25 October of that year followed by Kota Kinabalu on 1 December.

Frequencies

• Klang Valley 92.9 MHz
• Seremban 95.0 MHz
• Malacca 93.0 MHz
• Johor Bahru, and Singapore 97.6 MHz
• Ipoh 92.7 MHz
• Alor Setar, Penang 92.8 MHz
• Taiping 93.6 MHz
• Langkawi 92.4 MHz
• Kota Bharu 92.8 MHz
• Kuala Terengganu, Marang and Hulu Terengganu 94.8 MHz
• Kuantan,and South Kemaman 93.2 MHz
• Kuching 95.3 MHz
• Miri, and Brunei 105.8 MHz
• Kota Kinabalu 100.8 MHz
• Sandakan 99.8 MHz

References

1. ↑ http://my.nielsen.com/news/20091020.shtml
2. ↑ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42133505/ns/today-entertainment/

External links

• Official website

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