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Radio Singapore International

Radio Singapore International (RSI)
Type Radio network
Country Singapore
First air date
1 January 1994 as Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS)
1 January 2002 as MediaCorp Radio
Availability International
Founded 1 January 1994 as Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS)
1 January 2002 as MediaCorp Radio
Motto Voice of Singapore
Suara Singapura
新加坡之声
Slogan Voice of Singapore
Suara Singapura
新加坡之声
Licence area
Caldecott Broadcasting Centre
Broadcast area
International
Area Singapore
Owner Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS)
MediaCorp Radio
Key people
Ho Kwon Ping
Launch date
1 January 1994 as Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS)
1 January 2002 as MediaCorp Radio
Dissolved 31 December 2007
Group Singapore International Media (SIM)
MediaCorp
Language English

Radio Singapore International (abbrev: RSI; Chinese: 新加坡国际广播电台 Pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Guójì Guǎngbō Diàntái; Malay: Radio Internasional Singapura) was the official international broadcasting station of Singapore and the largest radio international broadcasting company in Singapore existing from 1 January 1994 to 31 December 2001. The predecessor of MediaCorp Radio successor of the radio broadcasting arm of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) was privatised on 1 January 1994 at 00:00 am (UTC+8) in conjunction with New Year's Day 1994 at midnight into three individual companies, one of which was TCS and RCS. RCS subsequently went through a group restructure under the SIM Group of Companies based parent by Singapore International Media (SIM) on 1 January 2002 and became MediaCorp Radio.

Radio Singapore International (RSI) was a shortwave radio station that broadcast out of Singapore. The station which was run by 'Radio Corporation of Singapore (RCS) now MediaCorp Radio broadcast in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Malay and Indonesian.

The English service operated on shortwave between 1100hrs - 1400hrs UTC daily on 6080 kHz and 6150 kHz (49m Band). A "Live" audio stream was also available on its website. Its signal was carried "Live" for an hour daily on Singapore's main English news station 938LIVE (FM 93.8 MHz).


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