Minnal FM
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| City | Kuala Lumpur |
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| Broadcast area | West Malaysia |
| Frequency | Varies depending on its region |
| First air date | 1 April 2005 |
| Format | Contemporary music, infotainment, general |
| Language(s) | Tamil |
| Owner | Radio Televisyen Malaysia |
| Sister stations | Ai FM, Asyik FM, Nasional FM, Radio Klasik FM and TraXX FM |
| Website | minnalfm |
Minnal FM is a Malaysian Indian radio station operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia. It was the first 24-hour Indian language broadcast service in the world which serves as a source of information and entertainment not only to Malaysian Indian but to people of Indian origin worldwide as well as Indian enthusiasts.
Minnal FM broadcasts on the frequencies of 92.3 and 96.3 MHz in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley from its headquarters at Angkasapuri. Minnal FM is broadcasting on 98.9 MHz in Ipoh, 101.1 MHz in Johor and 107.9 MHz in Taiping. Currently the director of Minnal FM is S. Kumaran.
The station was formerly known as Radio 6 and Radio Malaysia Channel 6.
Tamil language broadcast in Malaysia started in 1938 together with the three other major languages spoken, namely Malay, English and Mandarin. Initially the programmes were aired from Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur. A well-known broadcaster Mr. Tanjai Thomas supervised Tamil Broadcast from Kuala Lumpur.
During the Japanese occupation in World War II, the broadcast was known as JMPK. T.S. Shanmugam was then the head of Tamil Broadcast. Programmes were then transmitted at the Oriental Building in Mountbatten Road (now Jalan Tun Perak).
When Emergency was declared during the Communist threat in British Malaya in 1948, a special broadcast called " Emergency " was aired along the normal broadcast.
In 1951, Radio Malaya converted a ward in Hospital Tang Ling into a recording studio.
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