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]
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.
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.[2]
Rediffusion went off-air on 30 April 2012 but it resumed broadcasting on 11 November 2013 using the internet to transmit their programs.[3]
See also
- Rediffusion
- Associated-Rediffusion
- Rediffusion Television (Hong Kong, now known as Asia Television)
- Red FM (Malaysia): former Rediffusion Malaysia
- Starcom Network - formerly Radio Distribution (Barbados) Limited
References
- ^ "Rediffusion | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
- ^ "Rediffusion Obtains Licence for Digital Subscription Radio Broadcasting Service". Infocomm Media Development Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Rediffusion to close at month's end after 63 years". Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.