Hitz.fm
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hitz.fm is a Malaysian national radio station managed by AMP Radio Networks
, a subsidiary of Astro All Asia Networks plc
. hitz.fm is Malaysia's leading English-language station with an estimated 1.5 million listeners .
Weekdays
Weekends
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.
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.
In 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.
In April 2001, HITZ FM was rebranded as hitz.fm (with a dot) as an emphasis of its significant Internet presence for its listeners rather than just being a radio station, providing online facilities like webcast
s of their announcers in action as well as radio streaming
.
In August 2003, a rift between Li'l Kev and the management of AMP 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.
In 2005, the hitz.fm Malaysian English Top 10 Awards was introduced to honour the best of Malaysian English-singing musical talent and compositions. Two such events have held thus far.
In 2008,Rudy announced his decision to give up his morning show.Rudy confessed to having problems getting up in the mornings and needed to change his work pattern.With the new schedule(The new hitz.fm morning crew), JJ now has a new co-partner Tengku Mohd Ean Nasrun, better known as Ean.
In September 2010,Airtime Management and Programming (AMP) is launching three of its radio channels in East Malaysia. ERA, MY FM & hitz.fm will run from the hearts of Kuching beginning 25th October 2010 and Kota Kinabalu beginning 1st December 2010.
/Penang
/Kota Bahru 92.8
Ipoh
92.7
Johor Bahru
/Singapore
97.6
Klang Valley
92.9
Kuala Terengganu
94.8
Kuantan
93.2
Kuching
95.3
Malacca
93.0
Miri
105.8
Seremban
95.0
Taiping
93.6
Kota Kinabalu
100.8
hitz.fm is also available through audio streaming on hitz.fm's website and on ASTRO Channel 852.
AMP Radio Networks
Airtime Management & Programming Radio Network Sdn Bhd is a Malaysia Radio Network Company owned by Astro Malaysia Holdings Sdn Bhd that owned by Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd.- Company Background :...
, a subsidiary of Astro All Asia Networks plc
Astro All Asia Networks plc
Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd is a Malaysia investment holding media and entertainment company that began in the form of a pay digital direct broadcast satellite radio and television service, Astro.- Corporate Information :...
. hitz.fm is Malaysia's leading English-language station with an estimated 1.5 million listeners .
Programming
The current lineup of hitz.fm includes:Weekdays
- 6-10am: JJ FernandezJJ FernandezJ.J. Fernandez, better known by his on air name JJ, is a radio announcer for hitz.fm's breakfast show The Morning Crew, the No.1 English radio show in Malaysia....
and Tengku Mohd Ean NasrunTengku Mohd Ean NasrunMohd Ean Nasrun , better known as Ean, is a Malaysian-based radio announcer and television presenter for hitz.fm and Astro hitz music channel....
(hitz.fm Morning Crew) - 10am-1pm: Adam Carruthers (hitz.fm 10am-1pm : Hitz Top Ten @ 10 & Hitz 10 In A Row)
- 1pm-4pm: Adam Carruthers and Natalie Kniese (hitz.fm Top 40)
- 4-8pm: Natalie Kniese (hitz.fm Drive Thru)
- 8pm-12mn: Jin and Ryan (hitz Party)
Weekends
- Sat & Sun : Free hitz Weekend
- Sat, 4-6pm : 'Football Fanatics'
- Sat, 11am-3pm & Sun 5pm-9pm : 'Weekend Banter'
- Sat, 6-10pm; Sun, 12-4pm: Rick DeesRick DeesRigdon Osmond "Rick" Dees III is an American comedic performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the novelty song "Disco Duck." He is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy-nominated...
' Weekly Top 40Rick Dees Weekly Top 40Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40 is an internationally-syndicated radio program created and hosted by American radio personality Rick Dees. It is currently heard on over 200 radio stations worldwide and the American Forces Network. It is distributed domestically by Citadel Media Networks and...
(telecast feed from USAUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) - Sat, 10pm-12mn & Sun, 9-11pm: Club hitz, mixed by DJ Fuzz and DJ Ken
- Sun, 10am-12 noon, repeats Monday, 1am-3am: Jin host the hitz 20 Charts hitz 20(formerly hitz.fm Hot 20)
- Sun, 4pm-5pm : Malaysian English Top 10, hosted by Jakeman (also the station's Programming General Manager), and Moots!
Miscellaneous
The street team for hitz.fm are the hitz.fm Cruisers (Cruisers in short). 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
HITZ FM was launched into Malaysian FMFrequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
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.
In 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.
In April 2001, HITZ FM was rebranded as hitz.fm (with a dot) as an emphasis of its significant Internet presence for its listeners rather than just being a radio station, providing online facilities like webcast
Webcast
A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand...
s of their announcers in action as well as radio streaming
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
.
In August 2003, a rift between Li'l Kev and the management of AMP 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.
In 2005, the hitz.fm Malaysian English Top 10 Awards was introduced to honour the best of Malaysian English-singing musical talent and compositions. Two such events have held thus far.
In 2008,Rudy announced his decision to give up his morning show.Rudy confessed to having problems getting up in the mornings and needed to change his work pattern.With the new schedule(The new hitz.fm morning crew), JJ now has a new co-partner Tengku Mohd Ean Nasrun, better known as Ean.
In September 2010,Airtime Management and Programming (AMP) is launching three of its radio channels in East Malaysia. ERA, MY FM & hitz.fm will run from the hearts of Kuching beginning 25th October 2010 and Kota Kinabalu beginning 1st December 2010.
Former announcers
The following are the names of hitz.fm's ex-announcers and their years of duty in the station.- Li'l Kev (1997–2003)
- FlyGuy (1997–2003)
- Anushia Kanagasabai (1997–2002)
- John Boy (1997–1999, 2001)
- Farouk Khan (1997)
- Ross Yusof (1997–2004)
- Mesh Nair (1997–2004)
- Phat Fabes (1999–2006)
- Serena Choong (2000—2006)
- Sheleena "Shel" Kaur (2000—2006)
- Johan Farid Khairuddin (2001—2004)
- Pietro Ambrose Felix (2005—2006)
- Marion CaunterMarion CaunterMarion Rose Caunter Abdullah is a Malaysian video jockey,events MC and television personality, of Chinese/English descent. She is married to S M Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin, chairman of Naza Group of Companies....
(2006—2007) - Brian Vinesh (2005—2007)
- Azura Zainal (2006–2007)
- Jason LoJason LoJason Lo Sei Hoi is a Malaysian music artist, music producer, DJ and entrepreneur. He is sometimes known by the nicknames "LO" and "J Lo".-Early life:...
(2003–2007) - Hunny MaduHunny MaduHani Farhana binti Mohd Hatim or commercially known as Hunny Madu is a radio deejay, TV host, actress, singer and songwriter from Malaysia.-External links:*...
(2007–2008) - Jayaram Gopinath Nagaraj (2003–2008)
- Rudy Sufian (2003–2009)
Frequencies
Alor StarAlor Star
Alor Setar, known as Alor Star between 2004 and 2008, is the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia, and Kota Setar District's Administrative Centre. It is also a distribution center for manufacturing and agricultural products such as paddy, and the royal seat of the Kedah state since the establishment...
/Penang
Penang
Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...
/Kota Bahru 92.8
Ipoh
Ipoh
Ipoh is the capital city of Perak state, Malaysia. It is approximately 200 km north of Kuala Lumpur on the North-South Expressway....
92.7
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru is the capital city of Johor in southern Malaysia. Johor Bahru is the southernmost city of the Eurasian mainland...
/Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
97.6
Klang Valley
Klang Valley
Klang Valley is an area in Malaysia comprising Kuala Lumpur and its suburbs, and adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. An alternative reference to this would be Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area or Greater Kuala Lumpur. It is geographically delineated by Titiwangsa Mountains to the...
92.9
Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu
-Transport:The city is connected to other towns via a good network of roads and also some ferries that ply the Terengganu River. The Sultan Mahmud Bridge, a bridge over the Terengganu River, provides a road link to both banks of the river...
94.8
Kuantan
Kuantan
Kuantan is the state capital of Pahang, the 3rd largest state in Malaysia. It is situated near the mouth of the Kuantan River and faces the South China Sea. If one measures the distance along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it is located roughly halfway between Singapore and Kota Bharu...
93.2
Kuching
Kuching
Kuching , officially the City of Kuching, and formerly the City of Sarawak, is the capital and most populous city of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is the largest city on the island of Borneo, and the fourth largest city in Malaysia....
95.3
Malacca
Malacca
Malacca , dubbed The Historic State or Negeri Bersejarah among locals) is the third smallest Malaysian state, after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, on the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and the state of Johor to the south...
93.0
Miri
Miri
Miri is a city in northern Sarawak, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It is the second largest city in Sarawak, with a population of about 300,000, and the government administrative centre of Miri District in Miri Division....
105.8
Seremban
Seremban
Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban...
95.0
Taiping
Taiping, Perak
Taiping is a town located in northern Perak, Malaysia. With a population of 191,104 , it is the second largest town in Perak after Ipoh, the state capital. Taiping took over Kuala Kangsar's role as the state capital from 1876 to 1937, but was then replaced by Ipoh...
93.6
Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...
100.8
hitz.fm is also available through audio streaming on hitz.fm's website and on ASTRO Channel 852.