Era FM

Era FM
City Kuala Lumpur , Kota Kinabalu , Kuching
Broadcast area Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei
Slogan Muzik Hit Terbaik (The Best Music Hit)
Frequency Varies depending on its region
First air date January 1997 (1997-01)
Format Talk, contemporary hit radio
Language(s) Malay
Owner Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd, under Astro Radio
Sister stations Hitz FM, Mix FM, LiteFM, My FM, Melody FM, Sinar FM, THR Gegar and THR Raaga
Webcast eAAC+
Website www.era.fm

Era FM 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. On 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.[1]

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.[2]

On 1 August 1998, Era FM went on air as the first private radio station to be broadcast completely in 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.

Station motto

Presenter Now

Era FM Announcers

Presenter Era from Sabah

Era FM Sarawak Announcers

Former presenter Era

Monday - Friday programme

Programme Time Announcer(s)
JoHaRa Pagi ERA 6:00am – 10:00am Johan, Haniff and Ray.
#HitEra 10:00am – 1:00pm Adi Fashla
JoHaRa 30 Era 1:00pm – 4:00pm Hani Fadzil
Petang Era 4:00pm – 8:00pm Dina & Fad
Cinta 40 ERA 8:00pm – 12:00am Radin

Saturday programme

Programme Air Time DJ(s)
Sabtu Pagi Era 7:00am – 10:00am Radio presenter weekend
Carta Era 40 10:00am – 2:00pm Nabelicious (Nabil Ahmad)
#HitEra 2:00pm – 4:00pm Radio presenter weekend
Pentas Era 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Soundtrack Era 6:00pm – 7:00pm
#HitEra 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Carta A-Pop 10:00pm – 11:00pm Hani Fadzil
Dansa Era 11:00pm – 12:00am Nazzpoleon & Syko-G and DJ Fuzz

Frequencies

Frequencies Broadcast area Note
90.3 Malacca, North Johor
90.7 FM Langkawi On air since 2007
95.2 FM Taiping
96.1 FM Kuching On air since 2000
98.0 FM Kuantan, Pahang
101.3 FM Miri & Brunei Darussalam (Belait and Tutong district only) On air since 2007
102.0 FM Tapah The frequency 102.0 FM was formerly used by THR Raaga, and was taken over by ERA FM in 2009.
102.4 FM Kota Kinabalu On air since 2000
103.0 FM Sandakan
102.8 FM Kuala Terengganu, Marang and Hulu Terengganu
103.3 FM Klang Valley & Kota Bharu
103.6 FM Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah & Perlis
103.7 FM Ipoh, Perak
104.5 FM Johor Bahru & Singapore
98.6 FM Kemaman Inactive/defunct
CH 856 Astro (television)

References

  1. ↑ "71% of Malaysians Listen to Astro Radio". Astro. 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. ↑ About AMP

External links

Regional link

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