Radio Television Malaysia
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| Type | Government-owned, Public Broadcasting |
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| Branding | Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) as of 17 November 1969 |
| Country | Malaysia |
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First air date
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1 April 1946 |
| Availability | Nationwide |
| Founded | 1 April 1946 |
| Slogan |
Teman Setia Anda (1987-2004) Tetap Unggul (2004–2016) |
| Headquarters | Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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Broadcast area
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Malaysia |
| Owner | Department of Broadcasting, Malaysia |
| Parent | Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia |
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Key people
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Dato' Haji Abu Bakar Bin Abdul Rahim (Director-General of RTM) |
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Launch date
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1 April 1946 |
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Former names
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Radio Malaya (1946–63) Radio Malaysia (1963 – November 1969) Televisyen Malaysia (1963 – November 1969) |
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| TV1, TV2 | |
| Group | Radio, television |
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Official website
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www |
Radio Televisyen Malaysia is a Malaysian public broadcaster. It has 36 radio and three television stations in Malaysia, based in Kuala Lumpur. RTM is the first broadcaster in Malaysia.
RTM started broadcasting radio on 1 April 1946, and television on 28 December 1963. The first two radio stations are Radio Malaya (in Malay) and The Blue Network (in English). The transmitters were located first in Singapore and later in Kuala Lumpur (opened in 1950).
With the independence of Malaya on 31 August 1957 Radio Malaya was split into two separate stations; the original studios in Singapore was taken over by a new station called Radio Singapura and Radio Malaya moved to Kuala Lumpur going on air from the new location on 1 January 1959. It would be later renamed Radio Malaysia on 16 September 1963 with the transmissions beginning with its trademark words Inilah Radio Malaysia (This is Radio Malaysia) on the day the Malaysia of today was born. Television services under the name Malaysia Televisyen or Malaysia Television (Malaysia TV) started on 28 December 1963 in time for the national New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur and regional telecasts in the Klang Valley in Selangor state, with its first studios being located in Jalan Ampang. The then 10-month-old Television Singapura (launched on 16 February 1963) became part of Malaysia Televisyen as its state station for Singapore viewers, a role served until 1965, when Singapore became independent.
Radio and TV operations merged in 1968 as the new Angkasapuri headquarters was inaugurated. Thus Radio Malaysia and Televisyen Malaysia's identities merged to become Radio Televisyen Malaysia (Radio Television Malaysia, RTM) in 1969. A second TV station opened also in the same year as its rebranding, and in 1971 Radio Malaysia became the first radio station to broadcast 24 hours a day, nationwide, thus becoming Rangkaian Nasional (National Network) in the process.
RTM began broadcasting in colour since 1978 in Peninsular Malaysia and 1980 in Sabah and Sarawak.
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