Hitz.fm

Infobox Radio Station
name = hitz.fm


area = flagcountry|Malaysia
branding =
slogan = Malaysia's No.1 Hit Station
airdate =
frequency = Varies depending on its region
format = Contemporary hit radio
erp =
class =
owner = Astro All Asia Networks plc
website = [http://www.hitz.fm www.hitz.fm]
callsign_meaning =

hitz.fm is a Malaysian national radio station managed by AMP Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Astro All Asia Networks plc. Hitz is Malaysia's leading English-language station in terms of listenership.

Programming

The current lineup of hitz.fm includes:

;Weekdays:6-10am: JJ Fernandez and Rudy Sufian (Hitz.fm Morning Crew):10am-1pm: Adam Carruthers and Moots! (Hitz.fm Ten In A Row):1pm-4pm: Jin (Hitz.fm Top 30):4-8pm: Natalie Kniese (Hitz.fm Drive Thru):8pm-12mn:Tengku Mohd Ean Nasrun (Hitz Party)

;Weekends:Fri, Sat & Sun : Free Hitz Weekend:Sat, 2-4pm : Best of Gotchas (the best gotcha calls back 2 back):Sat, 4-6pm: The Best of the Hitz.fm Morning Crew:Sat, 6-10pm; Sun, 12-4pm: "Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40" (telecast feed from USA):Sat, 10pm-12mn & Sun, 9-11pm: "Club Hitz", mixed by Jakeman (also the station's Senior Programming Manager), DJ Fuzz and Skeletor :Sat, 12-1am & Sun, 11-1am: "Dialogue 7" hosted by the wizard; Suresh Nelson:Sun, 10am-12 noon, repeats Monday, 1am-3am: Tengku Ean Mohd Nasrun and Adam Carruthers host the"HITZ 20" (formerly "hitz.fm Hot 20"):Sun, 4-5pm, repeats Monday, 4am-5am: "Malaysian English Top 10", hosted by Uno and Moots!

Miscellaneous

The street team for hitz.fm are the hitz.fm Ford Ranger Cruisers (Cruisers in short). Their duty is to meet fans of the station and give away free gifts courtesy of hitz.fm.

Hitz.fm has a sister station, the music TV channel HITZ.TV on Astro.

Every weekday in the morning, the Morning Crew would play a Got'Cha call. This prank involves the Morning Crew calling up Malaysians and pranking them on the request of the victim's family, friends or colleagues.

More recently, the Morning Crew has introduced a new machine, patented the Lie Detector Test which involves the user being strapped onto the seat and asked Yes or No questions. The test would either show true, false, or unreadable. Malaysians can request to try out the Lie Detector Test and would have to swing by the headquarters to do so.

History

HITZ FM was launched into Malaysian FM airwaves in January 1997 after being one of Astro's audio-only channels since the launch of the satellite network in October the year before.

In 2000, the Malaysian Top 10 (later renamed Malaysian English Top 10) was introduced, airing every Sundays at 4pm to bring the limelight into local Malaysian music which would suit the tastes of hitz.fm's listeners, especially indie acts.

In April 2001, HITZ FM was rebranded as hitz.fm (with a dot) as an emphasis of its significant Internet presence for its listeners rather than just being a radio station, providing online facilities like webcasts of their announcers in action as well as radio streaming.

In August 2003, a rift between Li'l Kev and the management of AMP over the contract between them caused him and FlyGuy to leave hitz.fm abruptly. Jason Lo and Rudy Sufian were called up to fill in their places and eventually became the new Morning Crew. (Later, Lo switched time slots with JJ Fernandez for the drive-home slot). Later in the same year, HITZ.TV was launched as a complement to the radio channel.

In 2005, the hitz.fm Malaysian English Top 10 Awards was introduced to honour the best of Malaysian English-singing musical talent and compositions. Two such events have held thus far.

Former announcers

The following are the names of hitz.fm's ex-announcers and their years of duty in the station.
*Li'l Kev (1997–2003)
*FlyGuy (1997–2003)
*Anushia Kanagasabai (1997–2002)
*John Boy (1997–1999, 2001)
*Farouk Khan (1997)
*Ross Yusof (1997–2004)
*Mesh Nair (1997–2004)
*Phat Fabes (1999–2006)
*Serena Choong (2000—2006)
*Sheleena "Shel" Kaur (2000—2006)
*Johan Farid Khairuddin (2001—2004)
*Pietro Ambrose Felix (2005—2006)
*Marion Caunter (2006—2007)
*Brian Vinesh (2005—2007)
*Azura Zainal (2006-2007)
*Jason Lo (2003-2007)
*Hunny Madu (2007-2008)

Frequencies

Alor Star/Penang/Kota Bahru 92.8

Ipoh 92.7

Johor Bahru/Singapore 97.6

Klang Valley 92.9

Kuala Terengganu 94.8

Kuantan 93.2

Kuching 95.3

Malacca 93.0

Seremban 95.0

Taiping 93.6

Kota Kinabalu 100.8
hitz.fm is also available through audio streaming on [http://www.hitz.fm hitz.fm's website] and on ASTRO Channel 852.

External links

* [http://www.hitz.fm Hitz.fm website]
* [http://www.hitz.fm/05/@hitz/cruisers/ Hitz.fm Cruiser Portal]