988 FM

988 FM is a Chinese radio station in Malaysia. Its broadcast area covers Peninsular Malaysia (except Kuala Terengganu and Kota Bharu) and Singapore. It is managed by Star RFM Sdn. Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Star Publications (M) Bhd. 988 FM is currently one of Malaysia's top two Chinese radio station.

The station is targeted at urban and suburban listeners. It is exclusively targeted at professionals, managers and adults.

988 FM's tagline is Best to Listen (最好聼). 988 FM plays fresh and latest Chinese hits.

History

The radio station originates back to 1949, as the first commercial cable-transmitted radio stations. In 1989, 49% of the stakes in Rediffusion was acquired by Arab-Malaysian Group. It changed its name to Rediffusion Cable Network in 1991. In 1996, FM transmission was launched as a trilingual service. In December 1997, REDI-FM 98.8 was relaunched as a full-fledged Chinese radio station, ending the monopoly of the government-owned Radio 5 (now Ai FM) as the only Chinese radio station in Malaysia.

Frequencies

• 98.8FM Klang Valley and South Perak
• 93.3FM Negeri Sembilan
• 98.2FM Malacca, North Johor
• 90.4FM Kuantan, Pahang and South Terengganu
• 99.8FM Ipoh and Central Perak
• 101.0FM Taiping and Gerik
• 96.1FM Kedah, Perlis, Langkawi and Pengkalan Hulu
• 94.5FM Penang
• 99.9FM South Johor and Singapore

Defunct frequencies

• 94.1FM (Tapah), inactive since June 2000
• 104.0FM (Langkawi), inactive since Feb 2001

Taglines

• 最好聼 (Best to Listen， 2009-present)
• 友聲有色 (Friends of sound colored, 2003-2009)

URL's

www.988.com.my 988 FM