CAPITAL 958 (城市频道) is a Mandarin language news and information station operating in Singapore managed by Mediacorp. It was the only Mandarin radio station in Singapore before the officially introduction of its sister channel such as YES 933 and Love 972 on 1 April 1990 and 23 September 1994 respectively. It is one of the nation's oldest stations, and its origins can be traced back to the beginning of regulated radio broadcasting in Singapore/Straits Settlements along with Gold 905, Warna 94.2FM and Oli 96.8FM on 1 March 1937.
1 March 1937; 86 years ago (1937-03-01) as Radio Singapore (on AM frequency) 15 July 1967; 56 years ago (1967-07-15) (on FM frequency)
Former call signs
Radio Singapore (1 March 1937–31 December 1981) Chinese Service (1 March 1937–31 December 1981) Radio 3 (第三广播网) (1 January 1982–15 December 1991) City Sounds 95.8FM (95.8FM城市频道) (16 December 1991–22 September 1994)
The station provides Mandarin news and information programs and broadcasts Mandarin hits, and also broadcasts news daily in other languages, including Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hainanese, Hakka and Fuzhounese on selected timing from Monday to Sunday.
Although programming in Chinese dialects was carried by the extant Singaporean radio station in its several incarnations from 1937 to 1945, it wasn't until 23 December 1945 where a de facto separate service in Chinese and Indian dialects, the Red Network, was created.[1] Strictly speaking, an all-Chinese service was announced in December 1950, with the launch date set for 1 January 1951. The new network was known as the Green Network.[2] One of the aims of the new service was to counter Communist propaganda in the region (alongside the Malay service). The station broadcast on 72 metres (7200kc) from 5pm to 11pm daily.[3]
The station was renamed from FM 95.8 to City Sounds (tentative name The City Channel[4]) on 16 December 1991, capturing the essence of "city life". The previous format remained unchanged.[5]
The station ended its broadcast at Caldecott Hill at 10:00 on 8 February 2017 and thereafter moved to Mediacorp Campus at 1 Stars Avenue. The first programme to be broadcast at the new campus began on the same day.
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