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. Broadcasts transmitted from Sri Pentas in

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. The station operates 24 hours a day; broadcasting a mixed selections of songs in Malay, Indonesian and English; though Malay is the major language used. In addition to the radio broadcasting, Hot FM also simulcast the programming on television, the first one is on 8TV from 2006 until 2016 where it broadcast ''HOT FM AM Krew'' and features interactive SMS chatbox during the program. Now, Hot FM broadcast simultaneously on On May 4, 2021, Hot FM will broadcast simultaneously on TV3 every Monday to Friday from 1:30 am - 2:30 am until 1st September 2022. Also broadcast simultaneously on NTV7 every day from 12:00 midnight - 7:00 am starting April 4, 2022.

History

Hot FM previously operated as WOW FM, then WaFM, which was owned by producer and actor

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acquired the station not long after and began test transmissions from 15 January 2006 to 6 February 2006, in which the station officially commenced operations led by Sathiaseelan a/l Paul Thurai, who was a former presenter with

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. In 2009, Hot FM went down in history as for the first time it was charted at the top among other radio stations in Malaysia with 3.8 million weekly listeners, ahead of its traditional rival Era FM which only reached 3.76 million listeners in a week. On 29 November 2021, the frequency of Hot FM in

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transmitted from Peringat has been changed from 105.1 MHz to 88.6 MHz and replace

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which has ended its broadcast. On March 28, 2022, Hot FM will no longer broadcast temporarily through the

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), effectively changed the radio format to

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Notable announcers

* AG Azmeer (returned as of July 2021; previously as a Hot FM presenter from 2006 to 2016 and Kool FM presenter from 2016 to 2021) *

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(returned as of July 2021) *

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(joined Hot FM as of August 2022, previously as an Era FM presenter from 2011 to 2022) * Ayu Mansor (joined Hot FM as of January 2022, also as the champion of Hot FM Radio Star) * Fadzlie Nizam (joined Hot FM as of February 2021, previously as an Era FM presenter from 2016 to 2019) * Fizi Ali (joined Hot FM as of August 2022, previously as an Ultra FM presenter from 2015 to 2016 and Suria FM presenter from 2016 to July 2022) * Imran Aqil (joined Hot FM as of August 2021)

Frequency

TV Channels

''Current channels'' * NTV7 ''Former channels'' * TV3 * 8TV

References

External links

* {{coord missing, Malaysia 2006 establishments in Malaysia Radio stations in Malaysia Radio stations established in 2006 Mass media in Petaling Jaya Malay-language radio stations Media Prima