Type | Public Broadcasting Department of Singapore Ministry of Information Radio |
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Country | Singapore |
First air date
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1 October 1994 |
Availability | Nationwide |
Founded | 1 October 1994 |
Broadcast area
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Singapore Johor, Malaysia Riau Islands Province, Indonesia |
Parent | Singapore International Media (SIM Group of Companies) |
Launch date
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1 October 1994 |
Dissolved | 12 February 2001 |
Group | Radio |
Official website
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www.rcs.sg |
Radio Corporation of Singapore (Abbreviation: RCS; Singapore Mandarin: 新加坡廣播電台機構 (Abbreviation: 新廣電); Malaysian: Perbadanan Radio Singapura; Indonesian: Perusahaan Radio Singapura) was a radio broadcasting service in the then-monopolised media industry. RCS existing from 1 October 1994 to 11 February 2001; predecessor of MediaCorp Radio successor of the radio broadcasting arm of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) was privatised on 1 October 1994 in Singapore into three individual companies, one of which was Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) and Singapore Television Twelve (STV12). RCS subsequently underwent a group restructuring of subsidiaries by Singapore International Media (SIM Group of Companies) on 12 February 2001 to becoming MediaCorp Radio.
The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) was privatised on 1 October 1994, and SBC's operations were split into 3 individual companies under the Singapore International Media (SIM Group of Companies) banner. Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS), Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS) and Singapore Television Twelve (STV12) took over SBC's television-broadcasting operations and Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS) took over SBC's radio-broadcasting operations.
The SIM Group of Companies was restructured Media Corporation of Singapore (MediaCorp Singapore) on 1 January 1999 and RCS subsequently became MediaCorp Radio on 12 February 2001.