Communication pattern in Radio Malaysia Selangor / Lina Che Wan
The history of radio in Malaya began in the year 1921 when an electrical engineer from the Johore Government, A. L. Birch, brought the first radio set into the country. He then established the Johore Wireless Association and commenced broadcasting through 300-meter waves. This was then followed by t...
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2001
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/58599/1/58599.PDF |
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| Summary: | The history of radio in Malaya began in the year 1921 when an electrical engineer from the Johore Government, A. L. Birch, brought the first radio set into the country. He then established the Johore Wireless Association and commenced broadcasting through 300-meter waves. This was then followed by the established of same association in Penang and the Malayan Wireless Association in Kuala Lumpur.
In the year 1930, Sir Earl from the Singapore Port Authority commenced its short wave broadcast every fortnight either on Sundays or Wednesdays. The Malayan Wireless Association from Bukit Petaling, Kuala Lumpur emulated the same effort via 325-meter waves. "-This was followed by the efforts of Sir Shenton Thomas who opened the studio of Broadcasting Corporation of Malaya and its transmitter at Caldecoot Hill, Singapore, on 11th March 1937. The British Broadcasting Corporation of Malaya then was taken over by the Straits Settlement and began a part of the British Information Ministry better known as the Malayan Broadcasting Corporation. |
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