Kuching, Sunday (31 October 2010), a new radio channel specifically for Sarawak on Astro have been launched. With this Malaysians can now enjoy local and traditional musics from Sarawak. This is the first radio channel that will aired Sarawak's ethnic and cultural musics as well as other music.
The launching of this Radio Kenyalang will focus on promoting uniqueness of Sarawak's culture and surely will also deliver information and knowledge of tourism and lifestyle of Sarawak people. It is for the benefit of making Malaysian to get closer to each others' cultures and enrich their knowledge in every aspect of every race and ethic from Sarawak.
In line with Radio Kenyalang, another radio channel specifically focusing on Sabah has also been launched earlier.
It was launched by the Information, Communications, Arts and Culture Minister, Datuk Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim who said that radio channel will provide a better platform for local talents to showcase their abilities and enhance the entertainment industry with their cultural backgrounds. He also said that such channel will help to build the national-integration which will play a big role in bridging the gaps between Sarawak, Sabah and the peninsular.
The announcers and presenters of this Radio Kenyalang are those locals from Sarawak and they will be presenting in Bahasa Melayu Sarawak as well as Bahasa Malaysia. With Radio Kenyalang launched, Astro now has 19 radio channels.
Apart from that other radio channels, Era, MY FM and hitz.fm have been aired live from Kuching since from 25 October. Three hours has been allocated (10am to 1pm) from Monday to Friday for those channels to be aired live and will features announcers from Kuching.
Currently nine announcers from Sarawak have been selected to run the programmes in all those radio channels. They are four announcers for Radio Kenyalang, two for hit.fm, one for Era and two for MY FM.
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So peeps don't forget to tune in to your favorite radio channels live from Kuching. Here are some photos during the Radio Kenyalang launching.
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| Radio Kenyalang's announcers |
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| Sarawak's hitz.fm, MY FM and Era announcers |
p/s: Sarawak Bloggers were officially invited to cover this event and more will come, so Sarawak Bloggers member, always look up for our updates ok :) Sarawak bloggers who attend the event apart from myself are mike, fahri, norman, effa and heinsen
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