EIGHTEEN babies born on the day Radio Brunei celebrated its 53rd anniversary on May 2 this year were presented with gifts at an event held at Giant Hypermart yesterday.
Out of the total, 15 are from Brunei-Muara and one each in Tutong, Belait and Temburong districts. The gifts were in the form of baby clothes and accessories.
Also receiving a gift was Ramlee Hj Omar, who was born in Kg Sumbiling Lama on the same day as the launch of Radio Brunei in 1957.
Ramlee told The Brunei Times that he was a listener of Harmoni FM, one of Radio Brunei networks, because it played classical songs which he said were more his kind of music. He also remarked on the changes Radio Brunei have encountered over the past 53 years such as the introduction of English music and the additional radio channels.
Forty-six people also received prizes for winning a radio contest held on all five Radio Brunei networks. On hand to present the gifts and prizes was the Acting Director of Radio Televisyen Brunei Hj Idris Hj Md Ali.
Radio Brunei first aired in 1957 with the words, "Inilah Radio Brunei" (This is Radio Brunei) and a Hari Raya message from Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III.
There was one studio which broadcast for 45 minutes each evening from 8pm to 8.45pm. The range of the single 1.2Kw transmitter was only five miles around the capital what was known then as Brunei Town.
The following year it began to air programmes in three languages, English, Malay and Chinese.
In 1960, it introduced the Bintang Radio (Radio Star) competition and the studio in Kuala Belait was built two years later.
In 1965, Radio brunei could be heard all over the country and even in the Asia Pacific area.
The station started broadcasting from 4.30 in the morning in 1990 and in 1994 it extended its broadcasting hours to 12midnight.
The Pelangi FM, Harmoni FM and the NurIslam Networks were launched in 1995, 1996 and 1997 respectively.
In addition to Nasional FM and Pilihan FM, Radio Brunei now broadcast through five radio channels all over the country.
Out of the total, 15 are from Brunei-Muara and one each in Tutong, Belait and Temburong districts. The gifts were in the form of baby clothes and accessories.
Also receiving a gift was Ramlee Hj Omar, who was born in Kg Sumbiling Lama on the same day as the launch of Radio Brunei in 1957.
Ramlee told The Brunei Times that he was a listener of Harmoni FM, one of Radio Brunei networks, because it played classical songs which he said were more his kind of music. He also remarked on the changes Radio Brunei have encountered over the past 53 years such as the introduction of English music and the additional radio channels.
Forty-six people also received prizes for winning a radio contest held on all five Radio Brunei networks. On hand to present the gifts and prizes was the Acting Director of Radio Televisyen Brunei Hj Idris Hj Md Ali.
Radio Brunei first aired in 1957 with the words, "Inilah Radio Brunei" (This is Radio Brunei) and a Hari Raya message from Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III.
There was one studio which broadcast for 45 minutes each evening from 8pm to 8.45pm. The range of the single 1.2Kw transmitter was only five miles around the capital what was known then as Brunei Town.
The following year it began to air programmes in three languages, English, Malay and Chinese.
In 1960, it introduced the Bintang Radio (Radio Star) competition and the studio in Kuala Belait was built two years later.
In 1965, Radio brunei could be heard all over the country and even in the Asia Pacific area.
The station started broadcasting from 4.30 in the morning in 1990 and in 1994 it extended its broadcasting hours to 12midnight.
The Pelangi FM, Harmoni FM and the NurIslam Networks were launched in 1995, 1996 and 1997 respectively.
In addition to Nasional FM and Pilihan FM, Radio Brunei now broadcast through five radio channels all over the country.
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