THR Raaga

THR Raaga

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City of license	Kuala Lumpur
Broadcast area	West Malaysia and Singapore
Slogan	Aahaa....Sirantha Isai!
Frequency	Varies depending on its region
First air date	1 January 2005 (2005-01-01)
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Language(s)	Tamil
Owner	Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd, under Astro Radio
Sister stations	Hitz FM, Mix FM, LiteFM, My FM, Melody FM, Era FM, Sinar FM and THR Gegar
Webcast	THR Raaga eAAC+
Website	raaga.thr.fm

THR Raaga is a Malaysian Tamil-language radio station operated by Astro Radio. Its broadcasts 13 hours a day, 7 days a week. On 2015, as according to Nielsen RAM Survey Wave #1, THR Raaga maintained its position as Malaysia's leading Tamil-language station with over 2.0 million listeners. It also emerge as South East Asia No-1 Tamil radio station by beating Minnal FM and Singapore based Oli 96.8FM.

History

The radio station went on air on 1 January 2005. Previously it was known as IME Highway Radio. Later, in year 2005 Astro Radio take over the times highway radio to relaunch a brand new radio channel to broadcast in Tamil. The station is well known for its breakfast show, Kalakkal Kaalai.

Shows line-up

• 0600–1000 hours: Kalakkal Kaalai with Aanantha and Uthaya (Mon-Fri)
• 1000–1200 hours: Hello Nanba with Suresh (Mon-Fri)
• 1200–1500 hours: Raagavil 15 with Suresh (Mon-Fri)
• 1500–1900 hours: Hyper Maalai Ram and Revathy (Mon-Fri)
• 1900–0000 hours: Love@Raaga/Inimai@Raaga with Maaran (Mon-Fri)
• 0000–0200 hours: Hindi Power (daily)
• 0200–0600 hours: THR Raaga (Daily; Only available via online and Astro DVR Channel 859)
• 0200–0600 hours: THR Gegar (Daily; only broadcasts Malay programme (THR Gegar) from East Coast on THR Raaga frequencies)
• 0600–1000 hours: Raagavil Raagalai with Suresh and Ahila (Saturday)
• 2200–0000 hours: Raaga Club Mix with DJ Jolly, DJ Indran & DJ Lil G (Saturday)

Frequencies

• 99.3 FM from Gunung Ulu Kali covers Klang Valley, South Perak (Tanjung Malim, Slim River, Trolak, Bidor, and Tapah)
• 103.7 FM from Gunung Pulai covers South Johor (Johor Bahru) and Singapore
• 101.9 FM from Gunung Raya covers Langkawi
• 102.4 FM from Gunung Jerai covers Kedah, and Perlis.
• 99.3 FM from Bukit Penara covers Penang
• 97.9 FM from Gunung Kledang covers Ipoh, Central Perak, Cameron Highlands, and South-West Kelantan (parts of Gua Musang)
• 102.1 FM from Bukit Larut covers Taiping, North Perak (Gerik) and parts of Kelantan
• 101.5 FM from Gunung Telapa Buruk covers Negeri Sembilan and Bera, Pahang (Teriang, Kemayan, Mengkarak)
• 99.7 FM from Gunung Ledang covers Malacca, North Johor and South West Pahang (Bandar Muadzam Shah and Bandar Tun Abdul Razak/Keratong)
• 99.3 FM from Gunung Ulu Kali covers Pahang (Bentong, Temerloh, Raub, Kuala Lipis, Lurah Bilut, Mentakab, Lanchang, Padang Tengku, Sungai Ruan, Benta, Chenor, Jerantut, Jengka and Maran)

Awards

• Kancil Festival 2007 - Silver Award

External links

• Official website
• THR Raaga on Facebook
• THR Raaga on Instagram
• THR Raaga on Twitter