Star Media Radio Group

the star radio group the star radio group forms an integral part of the star media group, one of malaysia's leading media companies with interests in newspapers, magazines, radio, as well as online portals. the star radio group consists of four radio stations, namely 988, red fm, suria fm and capital fm. the formation of the star radio group began with the incorporation of star rfm sdn bhd (srfm), a subsidiary of star publications (m) bhd. on 6 february 1995. srfm commenced operation on 1st april 1996 as the first radio station in the country to be equipped with a sophisticated studio automation system, manned by a team of creative programming personnel. programmes were broadcast in three languages, namely chinese, english and bahasa malaysia to listeners throughout peninsular malaysia with the call sign ‘rfm’ on 8 may 1996. with an additional license being granted on 26 june 1997, the chinese language broadcast began operating 24 hours as 988; while the second channel, red fm, offered