List of radio stations in Singapore
The following radio stations are located in and transmitted from Singapore.
FM stations
There are 3 radio broadcasters and 19 radio stations in Singapore in total; 11 are owned by Mediacorp Radio, 5 are owned by SPH Radio, and 2 are owned by So Drama! Entertainment. In Singapore, listeners are able to tune into BBC World Service as the station is essentially treated as a domestic broadcaster, easily available 24/7 through long-term agreement with MediaCorp Radio as the latter assists in broadcasting BBC's programs via their transmitter. Most Singaporeans are also able to receive FM broadcasts from Malaysia and Indonesia if the signal is strong enough. RDS transmissions are utilized by all stations.Listeners who do not have an FM tuner can listen to web streams of all FM stations by either visiting the stations' websites on a desktop or downloading the stations' respective apps on a mobile device. There might be a delay of up to 90 seconds compared to the live FM transmission.
The radio stations utilised RCS Master Control broadcast automation software. An upgrade to the newer RCS Zetta was rolled out across all Mediacorp stations from August to November 2014.
| Frequency | Station | RDS | Operator | Language | Genre | First air date | Webcast |
| 88.3 MHz | 883Jia | 883JIA | So Drama! Entertainment | Chinese, English | Adult Contemporary, Chinese pop | 24 November 1997 | |
| 88.9 MHz | BBC World Service | BBC_WS__ | BBC Radio | English | Talk radio, News radio | 1960 | |
| 89.3 MHz | Money FM 89.3 | MONEY_FM | SPH Radio | English | Talk radio, Classic hits | 29 January 2018 | |
| 89.7 MHz | Ria 89.7FM | RIA_897_ | Mediacorp | Malay, English | Contemporary hit radio, CHR/Pop, Top 40 | 1 December 1990 | |
| 90.5 MHz | Gold 905 | GOLD_905 | Mediacorp | English | Classic hits, Oldies | 1 June 1936 | |
| 91.3 MHz | One FM 91.3 | ONEFM | SPH Radio | English | Mainstream rock, Classic hits, Adult Contemporary | 2 March 1991 | |
| 92.0 MHz | Kiss 92FM | KISS_92_ | SPH Radio | English | Adult Contemporary, CHR/Pop | 3 September 2012 | |
| 92.4 MHz | Symphony 924 | SYM_924_ | Mediacorp | English | Classical music | 1 June 1936 | |
| 93.3 MHz | YES 933 | YES_933_ | Mediacorp | Chinese | Contemporary hit radio, CHR/Pop, Top 40 | 1 January 1990 | |
| 93.8 MHz | CNA938 | cna938 | Mediacorp | English | Talk radio, News radio | 1 January 1998 | |
| 94.2 MHz | Warna 94.2FM | WARNA942 | Mediacorp | Malay, Arab | Adult Contemporary, Infotainment | 1 June 1936 | |
| 95.0 MHz | Class 95 | CLASS_95 | Mediacorp | English | Adult Contemporary | 1 April 1990 | |
| 95.8 MHz | Capital 95.8FM | CAPITAL958 | Mediacorp | Chinese | Talk radio, Classic hits, Oldies | 1 June 1936 | |
| 96.3 MHz | 96.3 Hao FM | HAO_FM__ | SPH Radio | Chinese | Talk radio, Classic hits | 8 January 2018 | |
| 96.8 MHz | Oli 96.8FM | OLI_968_ | Mediacorp | Tamil, English | Tamil music, Infotainment | 1 June 1936 | |
| 97.2 MHz | Love 97.2FM | LOVE_972 | Mediacorp | Chinese, English | Adult Contemporary, Chinese pop | 23 September 1994 | |
| 98.0 MHz | Power98FM | POWER_98_LOVESONGS | So Drama! Entertainment | English | Soft AC | 31 October 1994 | |
| 98.7 MHz | 987FM | 987FM___ | Mediacorp | English | Contemporary hit radio, CHR/Pop, Top 40, US Top 40 | 1 January 1989 | |
| 100.3 MHz | UFM100.3 | UFM1003_ | SPH Radio | Chinese | Adult Contemporary, Chinese pop | 2 March 1991 |
Internet stations
Listenership
Mediacorp RadioMediacorp continues to be the number one radio network in Singapore, with its stations reaching four in five adults weekly.
Eight out of the top 10 stations belong to Mediacorp’s network. Chinese station LOVE 972 climbed to the top spot at 19.6 percent weekly listenership. CLASS 95 takes second spot overall at 19.2 percent after gaining an impressive increase of 142,000 listeners – the highest jump by any station and CLASS 95’s best showing in the last seven years. Other Mediacorp radio stations in the top 10 are: YES 933, CAPITAL 958, 987, Warna 942, GOLD 905 and Oli.
Love 972 has the highest reach of women and silvers aged 55 and above. CLASS 95 dominated five audience segments: tertiaries aged 15 to 24, millennials aged 25 to 34, men, parents and PMEBs. Warna was the station that reached the most Malay listeners while Oli had the highest reach of Indian listeners.
The top four stations with the longest time spent listening weekly are CAPITAL 958 with 13 hours, Warna 942 at 12 hours 33 minutes, LOVE 972 at 11 hours 16 minutes and Oli at 9 hours 39 minutes.
SPH Radio
The five radio stations owned by leading media company Singapore Press Holdings - English stations Kiss 92FM, ONE FM 91.3 and MONEY FM 89.3 as well as Chinese stations UFM100.3 and 96.3 Hao FM - increased their total listenership by 10 percent and share of audience by 13 percent.
Leading the pack is UFM100.3, with a significant listenership jump of 27 percent, the highest amongst all Chinese radio stations in Singapore. 96.3 Hao FM, SPH Radio's other Chinese radio station targeting a more mature audience, also showed a big listenership increase of 24 percent with its core audience aged 40 to 59. This was the highest growth amongst Chinese radio stations aimed at mature listeners.
SPH Radio's English stations also saw listenership growth, with increases coming from Kiss 92FM and ONE FM 91.3 at 4 percent and 16 percent respectively. ONE FM 91.3 registered the highest growth in audience time spent listening amongst all English radio stations at 48 percent. The survey also shows that SPH radio listeners are active consumers of the various SPH news platform.
Listenership figures of radio stations
According to findings from Nielsen Radio Diary Survey Wave 2, 2019 for Singapore, the listenership figures of radio stations in Singapore are as follows:
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History
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- The first 24-hour radio station, Perfect 10, was launched on New Year's Day 1989. All radio stations started broadcasting 24/7 from New Year's Day 2008.
- Mediacorp used to offer Visual Radio service on Nokia phones. The first radio stations to utilise Visual Radio are 987 in December 2005 and YES 933 in June 2006. The service has since been discontinued.
- The 89.3 MHz frequency on the FM band used to be occupied by TVMobile. An audio simulcast of the TV channel was available until the station closed down on 31 December 2009. It has since been occupied by Money FM 89.3 since 29 January 2018.
- The 99.5 MHz frequency on the FM band used to be occupied by Passion 99.5FM, a station set up by the National Arts Council in December 1997 that supported and played local music. The station closed down on 31 December 2003 due to the bad economic climate as there was insufficient sponsorship and advertising revenue to cover operating costs. The frequency was then awarded to Mediacorp in May 2004 and the new station, Lush 99.5FM, was launched 9 months later. The station ceased operations on 1 September 2017 as part of a rationalization of Mediacorp's network of radio stations.
- The 96.3 MHz frequency on the FM band used to be occupied by Expat Radio XFM 96.3 by Mediacorp. Formerly known as FM 96.3 - The International Channel, which was launched on 12 October 1998, the new name reinforces the station's role in providing a variety of content for the expatriate communities in Singapore, while redefining the experience of feeling closer to home. The station ceased operations on 30 September 2016. It has since been occupied by 96.3 Hao FM since 8 January 2018. Meanwhile, the Bollywood belt Radio Masti continued as the first independent LIVE digital radio as RADIO MASTI 24x7 and can be tuned in from anywhere anytime across the globe by downloading the APP Radio Masti 24x7. Visit www.radiomasti.com.sg for details.
- The former Jurong Drive-in Cinema use to rely on their own radio station to transmit audio from their movies through their own radio station.Cars drivers would tune in to the radio station to listen to the sound from the movies.
DAB stations
The service was discontinued on 1 December 2011 as the low adoption of DAB radio and the prevalence of listening to Internet radio streams on computers and mobile devices has rendered DAB radio irrelevant.