Defunct Radio Stations
Both radio stations, were originally two of the five first radio stations, when it was launched in 1997. Over the one year period, demand grew for radio content in Bahasa Malaysia and Chinese, as radio listeners who were exposed to AMP’s English brands wanted the same formats but in other major local languages. This compelled AMP to make changes to its lineup, and swapping two of its English FM brands, namely Classic Rock and TalkRadio, for ERA FM (Bahasa Malaysia) and MY FM (Chinese), respectively. Later, due to a high demand that Chinese listeners who have a need of a channel that focuses to older listeners like Lite FM and Sinar FM, but most has being suffered to the current format, Melody FM was lanuched on 15 August 2012 to replace XFM on FM and Astro.
| Station | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Classic Rock | The oldest and latest songs from rock music. However, it continues to be broadcast as Astro-only radio station |
| TalkRadio | News and talk radio show |
| XFM | Songs from Malaysian artists only, focused on younger listeners. However, it continues to be broadcast as an online station |
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