Malaysia Travel Radio
The travel radio station started out as Radio Malaya operating out of Singapore in 1946.
With the independence of Malaya in 1957 Radio Malaya was split into two;
the original studios in
Singapore was taken over by a new station called
Radio Singapura and Radio Malaya moved to
Kuala Lumpur,
going on air from the new location on January 1, 1959.
By April 19, 1971 Radio Malaya which was known as Rangkaian Nasional
(National Network) started to broadcast 24 hours a day, the first station
in the country to do so. It went through a few name changes, to Radio 1 on
1 January 1992, Radio
Malaysia Saluran 1 on September 1 1998, and finally to
its current name in June 2005.
On August 12, 2006, Nasional FM and Klasik FM (which was formerly known as R
adio Irama Melayu Asli (RIMA) and afterward as Klasik FM ) have officially
merged together to form Klasik Nasional FM where they will broadcast classical
Malay music together with its main program 24 hours a day.