Buletin Malam

Buletin Malam, (literally ''Nightly Bulletin'') is the first

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containing international stories ever produced by a private

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. it was launched on 1 February 1991 on

RCTI RCTI (''Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia'') is a West Jakarta-based Indonesian free-to-air television network. It is best known for its soap operas, celebrity bulletins, news, and sports programmes. It was first launched in 1989, origina ...

, Buletin Malam which was then hosted by

Helmi Johannes Helmi Johannes (born 23 March 1961) is an Indonesian television news presenter, newscaster and executive producer. Helmi Johannes now works for the Indonesian service of the Voice of America (VOA), based in Washington, DC. Helmi is responsible for ...

and

Desi Anwar Desi Anwar (born 11 December 1962, in Bandung, West Java) is an Indonesian news presenter. She worked for RCTI in Jakarta from 1990 to 1999. She then moved to news web portal Astaga.com before returning to television and joining Indonesia's fir ...

. The newscast is a half-hour pre-midnight news program and it continues to be one of the strongest late night shows in Indonesian

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industry, Buletin Malam was also carried by RCTI's then sister network SCTV. On 9 February 2009, Seputar Indonesia was revamped and is the only news program on

, now called Satu Seputar Indonesia. The morning news program, Nuansa Pagi was renamed Seputar Indonesia Pagi. The afternoon news program,

Buletin Siang ''Buletin Siang'' (lit. ''Daytime Bulletin'') was the first daytime newscast ever produced by an Indonesian private television network. It was launched on 25 August 1993 on the privately owned RCTI television network in Indonesia. The program was ...

renamed Seputar Indonesia Siang. The late night news program, Buletin Malam was renamed Seputar Indonesia Malam. The main evening edition retained the Seputar Indonesia name due to the historical context. Indonesian television news shows 2009 Indonesian television series endings 1991 Indonesian television series debuts 1990s Indonesian television series 2000s Indonesian television series RCTI original programming SCTV (TV network) original programming {{nonfiction-tv-prog-stub