Rediffusion Singapore

Rediffusion Singapore (Chinese: 丽的呼声), started in 1949, was the first cable-transmitted radio station in Singapore. It was a Singapore subsidiary of the Broadcast Relay Services (Overseas) Ltd. It was also Singapore's only subscription radio service. Due to decreasing subscription, it closed in 2012. On closure, a former Rediffusion Singapore deejay, Eva Chang Mei Hsiang, bought the radio station and in 2013 re-opened the radio station as an online radio station.[1]

History

Rediffusion Singapore was founded in 1949 as a result of the success encountered in radio broadcasting in Singapore, particularly in the post-World War II era. The cable radio service was seen as a remedy against poor reception which affected certain housing estates until then. Rediffusion Singapore was operated by Overseas Rediffusion, a subsidiary of the Rediffusion broadcasting business based in the United Kingdom, from the former's foundation until the late 1980s, when the British-owned Rediffusion conglomerate was broken up.

In 1989, Rediffusion was sold from the local subsidiary of British Electric Traction to the British company Yorkshire Radio Network for the sum of $9 million. The new owner would help revitalise the station.[2]

Since 2000, Rediffusion Singapore provided digital radio services in Singapore.

On 15 April 2005, the Media Development Authority issued a five-year licence to Rediffusion Singapore for a subscriber-only Digital Audio Broadcasting service, making it the world's first.[3]

Rediffusion went off-air on 30 April 2012 but it resumed broadcasting on 11 November 2013 using the internet to transmit their programs.[4]

See also

References
Library resources about
Rediffusion Singapore
  1. "Rediffusion | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  2. "Rediffusion sold to UK firm for $9 million". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 20 July 1989. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. "Rediffusion Obtains Licence for Digital Subscription Radio Broadcasting Service". Infocomm Media Development Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. "Rediffusion to close at month's end after 63 years". Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.

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