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View all search resultsSingapore radio canceling Indonesian program
Millions of listeners in North Sumatra, Riau Islands and Riau will no longer be able to enjoy an Indonesian radio program from Singapore after International Singapore Radio (RSI) decided to conclude the program by the end of the month
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Millions of listeners in North Sumatra, Riau Islands and Riau will no longer be able to enjoy an Indonesian radio program from Singapore after International Singapore Radio (RSI) decided to conclude the program by the end of the month.
RSI program director Norshima Azis on Sunday said the program's crew recently traveled to Pekanbaru and Medan to say goodbye to listeners before the program's conclusion.
"We have informed our fans about the plan to end the program. They were very disappointed to hear our announcement. They said that they liked the program very much and would miss their favorite program," said Norshima in Medan before his departure to Singapore.
Norshima told journalists that investors in the Singapore-based RSI broadcasting company decided to close news programs broadcast in Malay and Indonesian as they were no longer profitable.
He regretted that the termination would end cooperation between RSI and 19 radio stations in Batam, Medan, Padang and Riau in Indonesia, which have relayed the RSI program since 1994.
Norshima said the 12-person crew, including five Indonesians, working on the program would be placed at different companies under the MediaCorp Singapore corporation.
Fika Rosemarie, an Indonesian who works for RSI, said no one would lose their job.
"Some of us will be placed at television stations run by the corporation and the rest will remain here (RSI) to escort other RSI programs or to work in other sections," she said.
Beldi, the manager of the Medan Kiss FM radio station, one of 19 radio stations that relays the RSI program, said that he was surprised to hear that the Indonesian and Malay-languages news programs would be stopped.
"I'm so sad to hear it. It is bad news for us because we will lose our partners in Singapore, and especially because we will not hear qualified programs from there anymore."
