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SINGAPORE: A chapter of broadcasting history came to an end on Thursday, with the final transmission of MediaCorp's Radio Singapore International (RSI) shortwave service.
With its closure, the Kranji Shortwave Transmitting Station is also ceasing operations.
From the station, RSI's four news and current affairs services in English, Chinese, Malay and Bahasa Indonesia could be heard up to a radius of 1,600 kilometres around Singapore.
RSI began its shortwave broadcasts in 1994 and had a listenership base of half a million listeners around Southeast Asia - namely, East and West Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
At a closing ceremony on Thursday, MediaCorp CEO Lucas Chow presented momentos to transmitting station staff and together they bid farewell to an era of shortwave broadcasting in Singapore. - CNA/vm
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