Warna 94.2FM
Warna 94.2FM is a Malay language contemporary music radio station operated by Mediacorp. The station plays a unique blend of international Malay top 40 music from 1950s and beyond, and provides an Islamic General Service for Singapore.
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| Broadcast area | Mediacorp Campus, 1 Stars Avenue, Singapore 138507 |
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| Frequency | 94.2 FM |
| Branding | 23 November 1991 as Singapore Broadcasting Corporation |
| Slogan | Serentak Semasa |
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| Language(s) | Malay |
| Format | Malay adult contemporary music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mediacorp (Mediacorp Radio) |
| History | |
| First air date | 1 June 1936 as Radio Singapore 1 October 1994 as Radio Corporation of Singapore |
| Former call signs | Radio 2 (or Radio Dua) |
| Former frequencies | 675 kHz |
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| Webcast | |
| Website | WARNA 942's Official Website |
It is one of the nation's oldest stations, having began operating on 1 June 1936 as Radio Singapore 2. The branding stuck even as the network the station was in changed names several times until 23 November 1991 where the station gained its current name as Warna (Malay: "Colour").
The station's DJs include Suharti Ali & Zakiah Halim, who have more than 30 years of experience in the radio industry.
It is currently Singapore's #1 Malay radio station according to the latest Nielsen Radio Survey as of 1 December 2016.[1]
Directorial and management
- Senior Programme Director, Warna 94.2fm : Morniyati Tukimin
- Station Administrator, Warna 94.2fm : Asmah Bee
Full time DJs
- Mariam Mas’od
- AB Shaik
- Suriani Kassim
- Fadhli Kamsani
- Suharti Ali
- Md Tahir Ghalib (TG)
- Razak Rahim (RZ)
News Bulletins
News bulletins for the station are provided by Mediacorp's Malay newsroom (Bilik Berita) division. Previously, the news was delivered every hour at primetime slots of the day (7:00am–12:00pm, 12:00pm–1:30pm, 3:00pm–12:00am). In mid 2018, the Bilik Berita division adjusted its news bulletins to air every hour between 7:00am and 7:30pm.
Shows on Warna 94.2FM (as of 16 March 2020)
Weekdays
- 06:30 am – 10:00 am - Espresso Warna with Mariam & Shaik
- 10:30 am – 02:00 pm - CK v20 with Su Kassim
- 03:00 pm – 05:00 pm - Warna Vaganza with Suharti Ali
- 05:00 pm – 09:00 pm - Dinamika Warna with TG & RZ
- 09:00 pm – 12:00 am - Warna Malam with Fadhli Kamsani
Saturday & Sunday
Warna 94.2FM is currently the only Mediacorp station that utilises automated regular music playlists for up to 9–10 hours on weekends. Automation begins at 8:00 pm and runs until 5:00am of the next day, except every last Sunday of the month when it undergoes a monthly off-air technical maintenance.
Presenter-led programmes, meanwhile, are at the following time blocks:
- 07:00 am – 10:00 am
- 10:30 am – 02:00 pm
- 03:00 pm – 08:00 pm
General Islamic service
The station is unique among all other Singapore-based stations (including sister Malay station Ria 89.7FM) as it provides content to the Malay/Muslim community in Singapore.
Daily religious programming and Azan Solat broadcasts
Every morning at 05:00 am, an automated programming service is used for 90 minutes of religious programming, with live continuity in the radio studios in between segments.
Programmes aired in the service include the following:
- Seruan Ilahi
- Santapan Rohani
- Firman & Sabda
For five times a day, the prayer call or azan solat is played on the station at the assigned time calculated and deliberated by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS); the practice is differed from Ria where it only announces prayer times. Due to its time zone alignment with other UTC +8 countries since 1 January 1982, the Azan Subuh (Fajr) airs between 05:27 and 05:59 am for Singapore (about 30 minutes ahead of its previous UTC+7:30 time zone); thus, instead of 06:00, Mediacorp prompted the station to begin its broadcast day by playing the national anthem at 05:00 am to prevent overlapping with the call.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mosques were closed across Singapore due to public health concerns. Accordingly, on the advice of MUIS, Warna's broadcast of the azan was updated, asking Muslims to 'pray in your own homes'.
Khutbah broadcasts
On Fridays at around 06:30 pm, a recording of the Solat Juma'at service is broadcast to recap the Khutbah (sermon) of the Imam during the period. Yearly on Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Hari Raya Aidiladha, the station broadcasts the live Malay-language sermon from a mosque at 08:00 am.
References
- "Eight out of top 10 radio stations are from Mediacorp: Nielsen". Channel NewsAsia. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2018.