987FM

987FM

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Broadcast area	Singapore
Frequency	98.7 MHz
Branding	Only The Hits! Originators - Never Imitators!
Programming
Format	Contemporary hits / Top 40
Ownership
Owner	MediaCorp
Links
Website	987fm.sg myspace.com/987fm

987FM is a Singapore-based radio station which is part of MediaCorp Network. It is a popular 24-hour radio station that plays English Hits and started broadcasting in the year 1989. It plays "Only The Hits" from Singapore, UK, USA and around the world. It broadcasts the following charts: UK Top 20, US Top 20 and 987 Top 20 (The national charts of Singapore).

Directorial Staff

• Programme Director: Mark Richmond
• Music Director: Colin Minjoot
• Senior Promotions Executive: Yanie Awsom

DJs

Full-Time DJs

• Daniel Ong a.k.a ("Dan the Man")
• Leong Teng Young ("Mr Young" / Young)
• Desiree Lai "Your Favourite Lunch Buddy"
• Miss Vendetta (Vanessa Fernandez)
• Shan Wee
• Rosalyn Lee (Roz / Rozz)
• Chew Soo Wei (Soo)
• Justin Ang [One half of Muttons]
• Vernon Anthonys (Vernon A) [The other half of Muttons]

Rosalyn Lee had also starred in Channel 5's local variety production, entitled Girls Out Loud which premiered on 4 December 2006, Monday, at 10.00 PM.

Part-Time DJs

• Emily Teng
• "Jacq" (Jacqueline Thibodeaux)

Emily and Jacqueline rotate their shifts from time to time during "Say It With Music on Weekends".

Past DJs

Past DJs Who Were Transferred To Other Radio Stations

• Jean Danker
  • Currently a Class 95FM DJ
• Glenn Ong
  • Currently a Class 95FM DJ
• Rod Monteiro
  • Currently a Radio 91.3FM DJ
• Tim Oh
  • Currently a Gold 90.5FM DJ

Past DJs Who Left Radio

• Otelli Edwards
  • Now working as a TV news presenter with Channel NewsAsia.
• Sheikh Haikel
  • Left 987FM in August 2004.
• Grace Chua
  • Was a full-time DJ for Say It With Music. She left 987FM in 2005 for further studies.
• Sonja Steinmetz
  • Was a part-time DJ for Say It With Music on Weekends. She is now studying overseas.
• Daniel "Hutch" Hutchinson
  • Was a part-time DJ for Say It With Music on Weekends. He is now serving National Service.
• Jamie Yeo
  • Was a full-time DJ for Say It With Music. She stated that she wanted a change in career after being with the radio industry for about 6 and a half years. She is now a sportscaster.
• Don and Drew (Don Richmond and Andrew Crothers)
  • Formerly starred in "The Don & Drew Show" on Sundays at 7.00 PM, but the programme has since been ceased.
• Carrie Chong
  • Was a full-time DJ for Say It With Music. She left 987FM at the end of May 2007. Carrie opted to go on a vacation and wanted a long and a well-deserved rest after being with the radio industry for 10 whole years.
• Raven Hanson
  • Used to host "987 Infohound" from 1.00 PM to 4.00 PM on weekdays. Her last day as a 987FM DJ was 19 October 2007. Since then, she has left for Hong Kong and would return next year on television instead of radio, as stated in her Moblog.
• Xavier Teo
  • Was a part-time DJ on 987FM. Left 987FM in December 2007 for further studies in the USA. Xavier Teo had starred in Kelvin Tong's local comedy-horror movie production, entitled Men in White which was released in Singapore in early June 2007. Xavier also used to host Say It With Music on Weekends.

Guest Stars

• Optimus Prime - Made calls to the "Say What?!" segment on the Dan and Young show
• Ong and Leong - Used to be played at 8.45 AM every day on the Dan and Young show. The show has since been removed from 987FM.
• Don and Drew - Drops by the 987 studio once in a while, songs produced by them are aired exclusively on 987FM.
• Jazzy D a.k.a Button - Can be heard rarely on the "Muttons To / At Midnight " Show
• Ping and Pong - 10.30 PM, on Muttons To Midnight
• Baby Mutton - "What the Bleah!!!", on Muttons To Midnight
• Harajuku Mutton - "What the Bleah!!!", on Muttons To Midnight
• Daniel Boey - Shares fashion tips on "Fashion Friday" at 11.50 PM on Muttons To Midnight ; he also hosts 987 Fashion.
• Andy Penders from Nokia Football Crazy- Shares soccer information with 987FM listeners ; Wednesdays on Muttons to Midnight, after 11.00PM

SMS Codes

Each SMS costs 30 cents, the number to send to is 72346.

General

• Song List (title of the song and artist currently playing ; before and after): 987fm

Weekdays

• Dan & Young: dy
• Desiree Lai: desiree
• (Miss) Vendetta In The P.M.: vendetta
• Shan & Rozz: rs
• Say It With Music (Soo): soo
• 987 Top 20 (Votes): top20
• Muttons To / At Midnight: mutton

Weekends

• The Weekend Vendetta: vendetta
• Say It With Music (Emily): emily
• Say It With Music (Jacqueline): jacq
• 987 Control: control

Programmes

Specialised Shows

• Only The Hits: Playing only music with no radio show
• Say It With Music (Weekdays and Weekends): A request show on 987FM where listeners can send it dedications and requests via SMS, phone or e-mail.
• Live Over Lunch: Plays the music recordings of artists "live" in concert for 2 hours
• Chill Central: A segment that began in mid-October and ended a few weeks later which played soothing music to help people concentrate on their work.
• 987 Stars (Special Edition): An interview with a particular music artist or band on Desiree's show on Wednesdays.
• Lunchtime Hook Up (Friday Edition): A special edition of Lunchtime Hook Up on Desiree's show on Fridays. It brings together listeners who send in an SMS in a particular template during the show, requesting to form and join a band. A few bands / groups would be formed after these listeners meet up in December 2007. The show also includes an interview with a Local Singapore band or solo artist.
• On New Year's Eve annually, there would be a 987 Top 100 Countdown. It is a countdown of the year’s biggest hits on 987FM, played out over a 10 hour period, 12.00 PM – 10.00PM. These hits are compiled into a chart of Top 100 Hits. The show includes hourly capsules recapping the best of the year – including top 10 events of the year and the top 10 males / females. Besides the above categories, there would be Special Category Nominations during the countdown where listeners can vote for their favourite artistes to win.
• 987 Stripped: Plays music in their acoustic versions
• 987 Home: Plays local music recorded in Singapore
• 987 Club: Plays music in their dance or remixed versions
• 987 Control: Every Sunday, a listener who had sent in an SMS in a particular format (see above) would be selected to host his or her own show for 1 hour with Rosalyn Lee (Rozz). The DJ in "Control" would be able to choose and play his or her songs during the show.
• 987 The Edge: Plays music which will be released in the near future

News And Updates

• 987 Stars: Updates on celebrity stars; hosted by Dan & Young, Desiree Lai, and Shan & Rozz on weekdays.

• 987 Techcech: Updates on the cyber world, new releases of IT products, iTunes top downloads; hosted by The Muttons. (Only occurs when updates are available)

• 987 News: News Update Feeds redirected from 938LIVE! (93.8 MHz).

• 987 Sports: News and latest updates on Sports; hosted by Dan & Young and Shan & Rozz, usually on Wednesdays on Muttons to Midnight with Andy Penders from Nokia Football Crazy.

• 987 Traffic: Traffic updates at certain intervals on 'The Dan and Young Show' and 'The Shan and Rozz Show' so you don't get stuck in a traffic jam during the peak hours.

• 987 Fashion: Anything at the forefront of Fashion; hosted by Daniel Boey ; Wednesdays to Fridays.

• 987 Reels: Reviews on the latest movies that have been recently released; hosted by Shan or Young.

• 987 Essentials: A different DJ every week would recommend the "Top 3 Stuff" to do during the weekend at certain intervals between 5.00 PM to 7.00PM on Saturdays.

Games and Contests

• Whoo That! - The Weekend Vendetta, weekends, 9.00 AM

Listeners have to guess a particular music artist from the clues that Miss Vendetta (Vanessa Fernandez) provides. Eventually, a winner would be announced after many clues have been provided. The clues provided are normally about the artist's music career, where the artist or band is formed, etc .

• What's Behind The Door?- The Weekend Vendetta, weekends, 10.00 AM

Listeners can call in to pick a door and answer the question. Also gets to dedicate a song on "The Weekend Vendetta" show, which is not a song request show.

• Say What!?! - The Dan And Young Show, weekday mornings, 7.00 AM

Listeners call in to complete a sentence given to them by Dan and Young on The Dan and Young Show, often resulting in rather hilarious consequences. For instance, Optimus Prime called in THRICE, during the previous timeslot of The Dan and Young show (4-8pm).

• Did He Just Say That? - The Dan And Young Show, weekday mornings, 9.00 AM

A recorded quote from a famous star is played, with one of the words in the quote censored out. Listeners have to send in their guesses via SMS for that censored word. Dan and Young would read the wrong answers out as the game progresses to narrow the field down.

• Odd One Out - The Desiree Lai Show, weekdays, 11.00 AM

Four song snippets are played in a row, and one of these snippets have something different from the other three snippets. Listeners have to figure out the song that is the odd one out of the four song snippets, and send the reason in via SMS as well.

• Song To Squeeze - The Shan And Rozz Show, weekdays, 5.00 PM

Listeners have to guess a song that has been fast-forwarded to an extremely rapid speed. Listeners can call in to ask for hints in the form of Yes or No questions and basic questions such as the genre of that particular song.

• Radio Scrabulous - The Shan And Rozz Show, weekdays, 7.00 PM

This is the radio version of the Facebook application where Shan and Rozz will pick 10 tiles and read them out to listeners. Listeners will then choose who to help and send in the longest word they can come out with, using either Shan's or Rozz's letters, via SMS. The listener who sends in the longest word will get to request for a song.

• What The Bleah!!! - Muttons To Midnight, weekdays, 11.00 PM

Lyrics of a particular song would be stated by "Harajuku Mutton" or "Baby Mutton" in a tone that is very different from the tone of the original song. Listeners have to figure out the name and artist of the song and send it in via SMS. "Harajuku Mutton" is a woman whose voice has the accent of a Harajuku Girl, while "Baby Mutton" is someone who imitates the voice of a baby.

• Tickle My Muttons! - Muttons To Midnight, weekdays, 12.00 AM

Muttons share a joke with the listeners on the stroke of midnight before the end of the day.

• You Complain! - Muttons At Midnight, weekdays, 12.30 AM

Listeners call in to complain about their frustrations. Usually, the Muttons would give them hilarious advice or solutions.

• Roast Mutton - Muttons At Midnight, Wednesday nights, 1.00 AM

Listeners have to insult either Justin or Vernon based on a theme that the Muttons had set. Winners will get a MOTOKRZR K3 and a 1GB Mini SD card. The lines would start with "You're so...".

• Mutton LOL - Muttons At Midnight, Friday nights , 1.00 AM

Listeners share a joke with the Muttons. The best joker will get a prize.

Other Information About The Station and Its DJs

• Mister Young is a Transformers fan.

• Carrie Chong once received an e-mail from "Daniel Ong", requesting a song dedication. However, it appears that the person just happened to share the same name as the 987FM DJ.

• Dan & Young, The Muttons, Shan and Ex-987FM DJ Carrie were filmed in a video featuring their rounds of giving oranges to selected 987FM listeners in February 2007.

• Shan, Young and Senior Promotions Executive of 987FM, Yanie, filmed a video of themselves singing and dancing to Rihanna's hit single, Umbrella, as a publicity stunt for a Rihanna contest held in June 2007.

• Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, has called in thrice during Dan and Young's "Say What!?!" segment during the 'Dan and Young Show'. The latest call was on 12 July 2007. This was the first time an international (alien, transformable, robotic) star called in suddenly to the station. Technically, someone might have used a Voice Editing Software to edit his or her voice, and played it during the call. The voice distinctly sounded like that of Peter Cullen (the voice of G1/Movie Optimus Prime), except that it seemed to have a metallic-echo effect.

• During one of the "Did He Just Say That?" sessions on the then- "Dan and Ven Show", the winner of the contest actually managed to guess Dan and Ven's identity after she said "Hello?" in a faked voice.

• Prior to Young leaving 987FM, he claimed that he was going to shift his house and felt miserable as he had fond memories of his current location. But the real shock came to him when he realised he also had to leave 987FM. It was revealed that somehow, Young was allegedly pulled out of the 987 station by security guards on 11 July 2007, according to Miss Vendetta on the then 'Dan and Ven Show'. It has been revealed that Young was away in Langkawi and was temporarily substituted by Miss Vendetta. He has since returned to the renamed 'Dan and Young Show'.

• Ex-987FM DJ Raven was scheduled to start work and come on air on 987FM in mid-February 2007. However, due to visa problems she came into the station only in mid-July 2007. She hosted 987 InfoHound and left 987FM for Hong Kong on 19 October 2007.

• Young substituted for Shan Wee on the UK Top 20 on 15 July 2007 despite having left the station. It has been revealed that Young was away in Langkawi and was temporarily substituted by Miss Vendetta. He has since returned to the 'Dan and Young Show'.

• This particular page was once mentioned by Chew Soo Wei on 'Say It With Music' on 26 July 2007. Soo claimed she was shocked about all the detailed information provided on this page as it is updated very frequently. She believes someone who tunes in '24/7' to 987FM is partially responsible for the updating. However, it is actually updated by various contributors. (See History)

• This particular page on Wikipedia was also once mentioned by Miss Vendetta and Tim Oh during the former 'The TV Show' on 30 July 2007, and Raven Hanson on InfoHound.

• On the show, "Muttons To / At Midnight", any word that can't be said on radio was replaced by the word "banana".

• The Muttons were suspended for a while due to their participation in No Bra Day, an activity that was sponsored by FHM Singapore and featured young models competing to see who could remove their bras in the fastest time possible. A video taken in the studio was posted on YouTube and the resulting uproar from viewers forced the station to fork out S$9,800 to the Media Development Authority of Singapore for 'inappropriate and offensive content'. Muttons in the Morning was then replaced with The Dan and Young Show. They soon came back to 987FM for the late night slot show, now called Muttons To / At Midnight.

• Miss Vendetta (Vanessa Fernandez) recently released her own single entitled 'You Don't Need To Speed' which premiered on the airwaves of 987FM. The song was well-received by listeners and this increased the airplay of the song.

• At a certain point in time in late July 2007, 987FM listeners could win a $50 Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf voucher just by voting for their favourite songs on the 987 Top 20 Chart, but the promotion had since ended on 5 October 2007.

• Baby Mutton enjoys teasing Vernon on "What the Bleah!!!".

• Daniel Ong won the "Most Popular Radio Personality" and "Carlsberg Friendliest Radio Personality" at the Singapore Radio Awards 2007.

• Apart from hosting her regular weekend morning show, Miss Vendetta (Vanessa Fernandez) also helms the afternoon shift during weekdays from 1pm to 4pm playing mostly non-stop music.

Controversy over the supposed leaving of Mister Young

• There had been rumours about either Dan or Young leaving the show.

• After Mr. Young's departure, a huge number of listeners called in asking about Young, some even demanding that he be brought back. According to Daniel Ong, the response was overwhelming to the extent that the 987FM email department was flooded with mail. SMSes asking about Mister Young were also vast.

• Surprisingly, Young was a guest DJ along with 987FM DJ Desiree Lai at the Maybelline Cosmetics Fair on 14 July 2007. He attended the event and even reported 'live' on 987FM.

• Mister Young left on 11 July 2007 abruptly and was replaced by Miss Vendetta on the 'Dan and Young Show', which was renamed as the 'Dan and Ven Show'. His leaving has sparked off some controversy. Mister Young was temporarily substituted by Miss Vendetta on the then 'Dan and Ven Show' while he was away in Langkawi. Young returned to 987FM on 16th July 2007. The show was once again, renamed as The 'Dan and Young Show'.

• Eventually, it was revealed that none of them were required to leave 987FM. However, they were moved into the morning slot (5.00 AM - 10.00 AM), from their slot in the evening (4.00 PM - 8.00 PM) as stated in MediaCorp Publishing's 8 Days Magazine.

See also

• List of radio stations in Singapore

External links

• Official Website
• Podcasts
• 987 FM Muttons @ Midnight!