Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Raaga (formerly THR Raaga, stylised as raaga) [1] is a Malaysian Tamil-language radio station operated by Astro Radio. In 2015, as according to Nielsen RAM Survey Wave #1, THR Raaga maintained its position as Malaysia's leading Tamil-language station with over two million listeners. [ 2 ]
Gheetha Ammasee was born in an Indian Malaysian Tamil family in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia as the daughter of a plantation owner. [1] She started off as a host on the Malaysian television channel NTV7 on a show called Rhythm And Raaga, [2] [3] before starting her career as a radio jockey at the Malaysian Tamil radio station, THR Raaga. [4]
Time Highway Radio was taken over by Astro Radio in 2005. It became a Tamil-language station known as "THR Raaga" on the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. On the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia it became known as "THR Gegar", broadcasting in Malay. Both stations later dropped the "THR" brand and simply became "Raaga" and "Gegar" respectively.
Radio stations that broadcast in the Tamil language are found primarily in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Canada as well as other parts of the world containing a significant Tamil diaspora population.
Kalakkal Kalai, currently known as THR Raaga #OHHSOME Kalakkal Kalai with Hotlink due to sponsorship, is a Malaysian Tamil language breakfast radio show that airs on THR Raaga. [1] The show were hosted by Aanantha and Uthaya with nearly 700,000 listener every day. [2]
1994 (original, as THR), 2005 (acquisition) 863 Raaga: Astro Radio's only Tamil-language radio station, targeting the West Coast area. Tamil: 1994 (original, as THR), 2005 (acquisition) 859 Melody: The oldest and latest songs, focused on mature listeners. Chinese: 1998 (as an Astro-only audio channel), 2012 (as an FM radio station) 858 Go Xuan
Gegar (also known as THR Gegar, formerly used the logo until 2017) [1] is a Malaysian Malay language radio station operated by Astro Radio. The radio station targets East Coast Peninsular listeners and plays music from local artists, as well as some Islamic-related content.
On 9 September, at precisely 3:00 pm local time, symbolically in line with its '99.3' frequency THR officially came into being, operating in both Malay and English for 24 hours a day on the 80:20 formula - 80% broadcast time was in English, 20% in Malay; it was the second station in Malaysia to go round-the-clock after Klasik Nasional FM (then ...