883Jia
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| Frequency | Online |
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| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary hits (English and Chinese) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | So Drama! Entertainment |
| Power 98 | |
| History | |
First air date | 12 June 1995[1] (as Dongli 88.3FM)[2] |
Former frequencies | 88.3 MHz in Singapore, Johor Bahru District/Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia and parts of Bintan, Riau, Batam, Indonesia (1995–2025) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | https://www.kakee.sg |
| Website | https://www.kakee.sg |
883Jia is a Singaporean Chinese-language (and only bilingual) internet radio station owned by So Drama! Entertainment.[3] Formerly broadcast on 88.3 megacycles, it played Mandarin and English music from the 1980s up to the 2020s on the airwaves. The station also provides Cantonese and Korean music offerings over their web platform.
History
[edit]Plans for launching the then-unnamed Mandarin radio station were announced at the official launch of Power 98 in October 1994, aiming at the Mandarin-speaking majority of the servicemen.[4]
Also known as Dongli 88.3,[1] the radio station complemented its English radio station Power 98. At launch it played contemporary music from the 1980s with some backtracking to the mid-to-late 1980s.[1] Like Power 98, it targeted listeners aged 18 to 35 who are national servicemen.[1]
Test transmissions of the 88.3 frequency leading to its launch date were made between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.[1]
883Jia was then relaunched in 2007 as Singapore's only bilingual station, playing both Mandarin and English songs.
88.3Jia along with its sister station Power 98 end their FM transmission on 30 October 2025 as they relocate their operations through their rebranded 'Kakee' app.[5][6] Their broadcasting licenses and franchises to own and operate radio stations were revoked, and their former frequencies were recalled by IMDA.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Safra gets more Power with Chinese FM station". The Straits Times. 3 June 1995. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ "Now Radio Heart pumps it up to woo new listeners". The Straits Times. 2 January 1998. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ "SAFRA Radio is now So Drama! Entertainment". 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "Safra launches radio station". The Straits Times. 2 November 1994. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ Suresh, Tharun (8 June 2025). "Power 98FM moving to digital app, last radio transmission will be on Oct. 30, 2025". Mothership. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
- ↑ Yan Ting, Teo (21 June 2025). "Listen, watch, win: So Drama! Entertainment's new Kakee app turns entertainment into prizes". STOMP. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
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