UFM 1003
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| Broadcast area | Singapore |
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| Branding |
UFM100.3 (2012-present) Radio 1003 (2005-2012) UFM 1003 (2001-2004) |
| Slogan | "U选好歌，非听不可!" (Playing your favourite songs that you must not miss!) |
| Frequency | FM 100.3 |
| First air date | 3 October 2001 |
| Format | Music Station, Contemporary Hits, Mandarin Pop |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Owner | SPH Radio Pte Ltd |
| Sister stations |
Kiss 92FM One FM 91.3 |
| Webcast | Online Streaming |
| Website | ufm1003.sg |
UFM 100.3 is a Mandarin music station under SPH Radio Pte Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings. The station is targeted at working professionals between 35 and 49 years old, and has a market share of 5.9% with a cumulative listenership of 358,000.
The station is organised under the Chinese Media group, which also includes SPH Chinese media publications such as broadsheet Lianhe Zaobao, tabloids Lianhe Wanbao and Shin Min Daily News and freesheet My Paper (Chinese section). News breaks are selected from these publications, while entertainment news are selected from Omy.sg.
The station is also recognized by the National Arts Council for its contribution towards Singapore's arts sector, being a recipient of the SG50 Arts Patron Award in 2015, a Distinguished Patron of the Arts Award recipient in 2010, 2011, 2014, and a Patron of the Arts Award in 2013 and 2015.
The station began as UFM 1003 on October 3, 2001, as a station under UnionWorks, a 50-50 joint venture between SPH and NTUC Media. Its target audience is aged 25 to 39.
The 24-hour music station then operated out of the Singapore Labour Foundation building at Thomson Road, taking over the facilities and frequency of the former NTUC Heart 100.3 FM, and adopted green and purple as its station colors. A station mascot U仔 (literally "Little U") in these colors was also created and incorporated in the station logo.
Local veteran radio DJs Anna Lim, Wong Woon Hong (Huang Wenhong), and Danny Yeo were recruited from rival stations Capital 95.8 FM and YES 933, while new DJs were recruited from campus searches at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. In UFM 1003's early days, radio programmes by Matilda Tao and Mickey Huang were syndicated from Taiwan.
Mandopop singer Jay Chou, then a new singer, sang a version of the station jingle which was adapted from his song 忍者 Ninja. The station's other jingles were sung by Singaporean singers Juliet Pang and Corrinne May.
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