Rediffusion Singapore

Rediffusion Singapore (Chinese: 丽的呼声), started in 1949, is the first cable-transmitted radio station in Singapore. It was a Singapore subsidiary of the Broadcast Relay Services (Overseas) Ltd. It was also Singapore's only subscription radio service. Due to decreasing subscription, it closed in 2012. On closure, a former Rediffusion Singapore deejay, Eva Chang Mei Hsiang, bought the radio station and in 2013 re-open the radio station as an online radio station.[1]

Rediffusion Singapore was founded in 1949 as a result of the success encountered in radio broadcasting in Singapore, particularly in the post-World War II era. The cable radio service was seen as a remedy against poor reception which affected certain housing estates until then. Rediffusion Singapore was operated by Overseas Rediffusion, a subsidiary of the Rediffusion broadcasting business based in the United Kingdom, from the former's foundation until the late 1980s, when the British-owned Rediffusion conglomerate was broken up.

Since 2000, Rediffusion Singapore has been providing digital radio services in Singapore.

On 15 April 2005, the Media Development Authority issues a five-year licence to Rediffusion Singapore for a subscriber-only Digital Audio Broadcasting service, making it the world's first.[2]

Rediffusion has gone off air on 30 April 2012 but it resumed broadcasting on 11 November 2013 using the internet to transmit their programs.[3]

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References
Library resources about
Rediffusion Singapore
  1. "Rediffusion | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.
  2. "Rediffusion Obtains Licence for Digital Subscription Radio Broadcasting Service". Infocomm Media Development Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. "Rediffusion to close at month's end after 63 years". Archived from the original on 15 June 2012.

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