Cruz Teng
| Cruz Teng | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 丁志勇 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Dīng Zhìyǒng (Mandarin) |
| Born |
18 September 1979  Singapore
|
| Occupation | Head, Internal Comms at SMRT Corporation |
| Website | cruzteng |
Cruz Teng (born 18 September 1979) is a former Singaporean media personality, and now Head of Internal Communications at SMRT Corporation.
Since making his radio debut in 1996, he has hosted radio and television programmes, as well as entertainment, trade and corporate events. He was previously head of Singapore’s number one radio station YES 933, and four-time winner of the Most Popular Radio Personality Award. He left Mediacorp in 2015, and became Group Creative Director of Noon Talk Media, before venturing into his current corporate role.
Teng was educated at Anderson Secondary School where he took his GCE O Levels. He completed a Diploma in Business Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1999. He enrolled in a part-time bachelor's degree course at SIM University in 2009, and completed his studies in 2012 despite a term’s absence. In 2014, he announced that he was accepted into Nanyang Technological University, to read Master of Mass Communications. He had completed the matriculation process and scored a corporate scholarship, but had to withdraw from the course when it was decided that he would return to the morning show.
Cruz Teng started his freelance radio career at MediaCorp YES 933 in 1996. He continued to host weekend programmes on the station during his National Service (NS).
Upon completing NS, Cruz Teng became a full-time radio presenter and hosted the evening drive time show. He then hosted the morning show for two years, before being transferred to the night dedications show in early 2005.
He returned to the morning show by the end of 2005. He repeatedly mentioned that he was unable to adjust to the demands on the morning shift. The six-month period in the dedication show finally made him appreciate the morning programme.
The morning show was relaunched in September 2005, and a new era began as "WRM" (就是万人迷, translated at "That's a total stunner!") became the most listened to morning show across all stations and languages in Singapore.
Teng remained as the constant anchor of the morning show from 2005 to 2013.
Teng stepped down from the morning show in 2013 after being named programme director. He went on to host a 2-hour slot from 10am to 12pm on weekdays, before making a return to the morning show in late 2014. He continued to host the morning show until his departure from the station in Nov 2015.
Cruz Teng published a blog entry to mark his 20th anniversary in radio. He remarked that "it was a shame he couldn't mark this occasion in the studios", and stressed that he "has every intention to go back on air sooner or later".
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