Bernama

The Malaysian National News Agency (Malay: Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia), is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Communications and Digital. Bernama (usually stylized in all caps) is an abbreviation of Berita Nasional Malaysia (Malaysia National News); it also means named or titled in the Malay language. It was created by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and began operating on 20 May 1968.

Malaysian National News Agency
Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia
Founded20 May 1968 (1968-05-20)
HeadquartersWisma Bernama, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Key people
  • Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai
    Chairman
  • Jamaluddin Muhammad
    Chief Executive Officer
  • Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin
    Editor-in-Chief
  • Mr Ahmad Fuad Yahya
    Deputy Editor-in-Chief Domestic News Service
  • Mr Khairdzir Md Yunus
    Deputy Editor-in-Chief Business and Finance News Service
  • Mr Jamaluddin Muhammad
    Deputy Editor-in-Chief International News Service
Websitewww.bernama.com

Overview

BERNAMA operates from its headquarters at Wisma Bernama, off Jalan Tun Razak near National Library, Kuala Lumpur. It has its branches in every state in Malaysia. It also has correspondents in Jakarta, Singapore and Bangkok and also its stringers in Washington, D.C., New York City, Australia and London. Most of the news media in Malaysia and Singapore and international news agencies subscribe to BERNAMA.

Bernama began reporting using the audio-visual medium with the opening of its audio-visual division in September 1998. It also has its own radio and television channel. Bernama Radio is a 24-hour news and talk radio station broadcasting in the areas of Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley on 93.9 FM, as well as in Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Johor Bahru and Singapore on different frequencies. Bernama TV is a channel which offers news in Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil on Channel 502 and Channel 631 of Astro and Unifi TV, respectively.

Bernama TV
Bernama TV
CountryMalaysia
Broadcast area
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format16:9 HDTV (1080i)
Ownership
OwnerBERNAMA
History
Launched
  • 28 February 2008 (2008-02-28)
  • 8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)
    (myFreeview) (HD)
Closed
Former namesBernama News Channel
(25.05.2016 - 09.10.2019)
Links
Websitewww.bernama.com/tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Malaysia myFreeviewChannel 121 (HD)
Logo briefly used by the channel from 2016 to 2019.

Bernama TV (formerly known as Bernama News Channel)[1] is a Malaysian free-to-air news television network. It is owned by Bernama, a government news agency. It airs news programmes that are related to local and international business, lifestyle, sports and entertainment. Like Radio Televisyen Malaysia's television channels, Bernama TV have some amount of commercial advertising.

BNC news bulletins were initially aired on Astro Ria, Astro Prima, Astro AEC, Astro Wah Lai Toi and Astro Vaanavil, but they have since been integrated to one Astro network. Its news content is primarily broadcast in Malay. However, there are also news bulletin in English, Mandarin, and Tamil since 2018. Other shows that are broadcast on BNC are flagship talk-shows like Malay-medium "Ruang Bicara" as well as English-medium "The Nation" and "The Brief".

On 25 May 2016, BNC went into a major rebrand, rebranding itself from Bernama TV to Bernama News Channel (BNC) only to quietly revert to its original logo and name in October 2019.[1] The staff were offered a contract with Gem Bytes Sdn Bhd on 14th day of the same month and year. On 8 October 2021 from 12:00 am onwards, Bernama TV switch to broadcasting in HD format.

Bernama Radio
Bernama Radio
Broadcast area
Programming
Language(s)Malay
Format
  • News
  • Weather
  • Traffic
  • Information
History
First air date
3 September 2007 (2007-09-03)
Former names
Radio24 (2007-16)
Links
Websitewww.bernama.com/radio

Bernama Radio (formerly known as Radio24 or BERNAMA Radio24 until March 2016[2]) is the first all-news radio station in Malaysia. The free-to-air station began trial transmission on 2007 at noon and was officially launched on 3 September 2007 at 9:00 a.m. It broadcasts on the FM 93.9 MHz frequency in the Klang Valley that was formerly used by RTM's Klasik Nasional FM.[3][4]

The station broadcasts domestic, regional and world news through hourly news bulletins, quarter-hourly news highlights and breaking news as and when they happen through live field reports and telephone cross-overs. The station also has an array of talk-back shows. It also airs at frequent intervals, traffic, weather and stock market reports. The station also provides live audio streaming through its website. On 3 January 2011, the station began its Mobile Streaming service via smartphones, accessible through the devices on board internet browser.

The station underwent a minor rebrand in March 2016 whereby the station is now known as "Bernama Radio".[2]

Broadcasting in both English and Malay, the station is owned and operated by the news agency, and broadcasts from Wisma Bernama in Kuala Lumpur. For its first phase, the station's transmission covered the Klang Valley, which is home to approximately eight million people.

Tamil language broadcasting was introduced on 4 February 2017. The slot, known as "Tamil Oli", is broadcast from 11a.m. to 1p.m. and from 11p.m. to midnight every Saturday and Sunday respectively. It is created in collaboration with New Wave Events Sdn Bhd and will be based on an infotainment concept.[5] The introduction of such slots also means that Tamil language radio broadcasts will be launched in East Malaysia for the first time, since other Tamil radio stations available in Malaysia only broadcast in Peninsular Malaysia.

The old Radio24 logo before the rebranding exercise

Frequency
Frequencies Area Transmitter
93.9 MHz Klang Valley Kuala Lumpur Tower
100.9 MHz Kuching, Sarawak Bukit Djin
107.5 MHz Johor Bahru and Singapore Gunung Pulai
107.9 MHz Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Bukit Karatong

Television
TV Platform Channel
MYTV 711

Incidents

Noramfaizul Mohd Nor worked for Bernama TV as a TV camera operator when he was killed 2 September 2011 covering a humanitarian mission to Somalia.[6] He was the first Malaysian journalist to be killed while on assignment abroad.

See also

References
  1. "Bernama TV Rebrands As Bernama News Channel". Bernama. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. "BERNAMA RADIO, CIVICS BUREAU TO INSPIRE PATRIOTISM THROUGH TALK SHOW". Bernama. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. Malaysia launches first all-news radio station
  4. "No blast on radio". Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  5. "Bernama, Ministry Intend To Reintroduce Tamil, Mandarin News Over BNC - Salleh". Bernama. 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. CNN. "Malaysian journalist killed in Somalia." 3 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011 CNN Archived 22 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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