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Radio Corporation of Singapore

Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS)
Type Public
Broadcasting Department of Singapore
Ministry of Information
Radio
Country Singapore
First air date
1 October 1994
Availability Nationwide
Founded 1 October 1994
Broadcast area
Singapore
Johor, Malaysia
Riau Islands Province, Indonesia
Parent Singapore International Media (SIM Group of Companies)
Launch date
1 October 1994
Dissolved 12 February 2001
Group Radio
Official website
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.


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