Class 95 is an
English
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radio station
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of
Mediacorp
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...
in
Singapore
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. It is a
24-hour
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radio station
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that plays
music
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from the 1990s to the present day, primarily competing with
Kiss92. For over 20 consecutive years, Class 95FM is the number one English radio station in Singapore. In the latest Nielsen Radio survey results released on 22 November 2018, Class 95 FM has clinched the position of the number 1 radio station in Singapore in the first time of radio history with the only station to have over 801,000 weekly listeners.
Class 95's studio moved out of
Caldecott Broadcast Centre on 17 January 2017 and it started broadcasting from the brand new Mediacorp Campus, Mediapolis @ one-north, on the same day.
Content
Music
Class 95 adopts the
Adult contemporary
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radio format, with the majority of the playlist consisting of music from the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, primarily competing with
Kiss92.
On weekday nights, ''Love Songs'' features ballads, soft rock and easy listening hits. Throughout the weekend, ''Triple Play Weekend'' features 3 songs in a row with a particular theme. On Sunday evenings, ''#Throwback'' features retro tunes from the late 1980s and early 1990s.
News and current affairs
News, sports, and traffic bulletins on Class 95 generally air at the top of the hour, while the weather bulletin is aired at around 30 minutes past the hour.
The traffic updates are aired at about 10-minute intervals in the mornings and evenings (6-10am, 5-8pm), and hourly intervals during lunch (12-2pm).
The news bulletin is provided by radio station
CNA938
CNA938 is an English radio station of Mediacorp in Singapore. Since mid-2019, the station runs as the complementary to its parent television counterpart in line with the latter's 20th anniversary. CNA938 broadcasts news and talk programmes from 0 ...
(93.8Mhz). Prior to November 2017, the news bulletin was only aired during primetime hours (6-9am, 12-2pm, 5-8pm). In November 2017, Mediacorp mandated the news bulletin to be aired every hour. On weekdays, the news is aired hourly from 7:00am to 9:00pm, while on weekends the news is aired hourly from 10:00am to 7:00pm.
Prior to April 2018, the commercial breaks were at :10, :22, :40, :52 minutes past the hour, and the news bulletin was aired at the :52 break. In April 2018, the commercials were moved to :15, :30, :45, :58 on weekdays, and the news bulletin was pushed forward to the top of the hour after the :58 break.
See also
*
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; 12 are owned by Mediacorp, 2 are owned by So Drama! Entertainment, and 5 are owne ...
References
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/mediacorp-number-one-radio-network-in-singapore-nielsen-10958706
External links
CLASS 95's Official website
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Radio stations in Singapore
Radio stations established in 1990
1990 establishments in Singapore