Prambors FM

Prambors
Type	CHR/Top 40
Country	Indonesia
First air date	18 March 1971
Slogan	Hits Terbaik Dunia (The World's Greatest Hits) ; Indonesia's No. 1 Hits Music Station
Radio stations	see below
Headquarters	Jl. Adityawarman 71 Melawai, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta
Broadcast area	Nationwide (see below)
Owner	Masima Radio Network; (PT Radio Prambors)
Parent	Masima Radio Network
Official website	www.pramborsfm.com
Language	Indonesian, English

Prambors FM is a commercial radio network based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Launched on March 18, 1971 in Jakarta, the purpose of station was to play pop music with their target audience being teenagers and young adults. Prambors is known as a teen icon in Indonesia throughout the 80's and 90's. It is owned and operated by Mahaka Media under its arm Mahaka Radio Integra (formerly Masima Contents + Channels, later Masima Radio Network).

History

The station was founded by Imran Amir, Mursid Rustam, Malik Sjafei, Bambang Wahyudi, and Tri Tunggal. During the late 1960s, Prambors is the nickname one of the gangs from Menteng, in downtown Jakarta. Prambors is an abbreviation of Prambanan, Mendut, Borobudur & Sekitarnya, the name of several streets in Menteng, Central Jakarta. Starting from being amateur station, Prambors changed its name commercially due to government laws, with the name PT Radio Prambors. The radio network was launched in 1970 and incorporated in 1971 as Prambors Rasisonia.

Program

Prambors has had many creative programs throughout the years. Prambors started the careers of singers such as Chrisye because of their LCLR (Lomba Cipta Lagu Remaja) in 1977. In the 1980s, the Catatan Si Boy drama series was the Jakarta's favorite radio program. Due its success on the radio, CSB made the series in to a box office movie. Beside on-air programs, Prambors has off-air programs such as Prambors Nite and Tenda Mangkal -which are a crowd favorite.

Announcers

Prambors' radio DJs, or known as Wadyabala Prambors, has always been a young adult. It helps keep Prambors fresh, splashy and suited to young lifestyle. In the 1970s, Warkop Prambors was the radio's most successful announcer, and he became comedian and actor after his career at Prambors. In the 1980s, Prambors had Pepeng, Sys NS, Jimmy Gideon, Nana Krip, Krisna Purwana, Muthia Kasim and also Ferdy Hasan, Rebecca Tumewu, Fla Priscilla in the 1990s who had very successful careers as television presenters after Prambors.

Radio Stations

Prambors broadcasts over nine stations in Indonesia:

Callsign	Frequency	Location
PM2FGK	102.2 MHz	Jakarta
PM3FXJ	98.4 MHz	Bandung
PM4FUY	102.0 MHz	Semarang
PM4___	99.2 MHz	Surakarta
PM6FUE	89.3 MHz	Surabaya
PM5FTZ	95.8 MHz	Yogyakarta
PM3FAO	97.5 MHz	Medan
PM8FOI	105.1 MHz	Makassar

Selected programs are aired over Memora FM (103.6 MHz) in Manado.

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External links

http://www.pramborsfm.com

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