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448:"Radio all day and all night"
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570:. 2008. Archived from
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102:; 25 years ago
878:Rediffusion Singapore
122:; 7 years ago
16:Defunct radio station
100:12 October 1998
823:Power 98 Love Songs
544:on 24 November 2005
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1053:CAPITAL 958
904:Sonar Radio
899:Lush 99.5FM
808:96.3 Hao FM
803:Capital 958
768:One FM 91.3
741:By branding
351:10 December
308:Cool K Time
252:Programming
246:96.3 Hao FM
191:96.3 Hao FM
172:world music
59:Programming
1296:Categories
1255:Channel 8i
1225:Sportscity
965:Television
406:27 January
327:References
296:Jiji Press
229:(MDA) and
208:George Yeo
146:Web Stream
127:2016-09-30
107:1998-10-12
1278:See also:
1220:Channel i
1043:WARNA 942
992:Vasantham
987:Channel 8
982:Channel U
977:Channel 5
958:Mediacorp
915:See also:
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773:Kiss92 FM
578:26 August
548:26 August
513:0585-3923
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242:SPH Media
235:Mediacorp
231:Mediacorp
225:Both the
193:in 2018.
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168:Mediacorp
74:Ownership
47:Frequency
40:Singapore
1235:TVMobile
1210:Teletext
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1048:CLASS 95
1023:GOLD 905
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842:Internet
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818:Love 972
798:Class 95
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315:See also
279:Japanese
164:XFM 96.3
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1230:City TV
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1133:meWATCH
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1033:YES 933
1018:RIA 897
887:Defunct
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518:15 June
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