The birth of modern radio in Malaysia

[Currently listening to: Butterfly Kisses: Daddy's Little Girl - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill]

Remember when this song first came out? I remember it was probably somewhere in the mid-late nineties.. i was around year eight/nine then.. to those of you as ancient as me..remember when Hitz.FM first came out? Yeap..it was roughly the same era..part of the second wave..I remember sitting in front of the radio, Rick Dees going on and on, and saying how when this song first came out in the US on the airwaves, all the cars stopped at the side of the road, and people were crying in the cars. Apparently people could relate to the song. I must admit, it IS pretty good. Though being as shallow and unappreciative as I am, it might mean more to someone else. It does have shades of incest around the title..

THE 90s HITS WERE GOOOD

Wow..remember those early days of Hitz FM? ...those were the days.. before that, we had radio 4 (a bit b4 my time) and time high way radio. fly guy was alredi peddling his trade wayy back then.. but then they started to play less international hits, and kinda messed themselves up.. then hitz came out and it was the final nail in the coffin for 99.3 THR with the cars horning ad that sparked public complaints that it caused confusion as people thought people really were honking at them. 99.3. haha..yea.. hitz.. when it came out it was good... nobody had experienced the joys of such a hits-dedicated english station 24-7...the early DJs were diana..lil kev.. the fly guy..john...the old timers.

i remember listening to counting crows - a long december, duncan sheik - barely breathing, no doubt - don't speak, collective soul, INXS, kula shaker, hanson (who thankfully grew up normal and didnt go queer), etc etc...we had the top 10 at 10..i would fall asleep listening to the radio, then wake up in the night to the sound of the cardigans - lovefool, en vogue, soul asylum. those were the days man! and metrovision started to play MTV video clips for us. folks, this was before astro... it might even be before megatv but im not so sure anymore.. im only 23 by the way, though i sound like a dinosaur even to myself..saturdays n sundays we had rick dees...and i would sit roooted to the radio to record whatever hit i wanted to record..The Freshman . vervepipe...

ahh.. those were the days... travelling to school by bus while listening to name that hit.. lil kev and the fly guy..

then, as usual, it all got too commercialized...too many ads.. too many cheesy ass ads.. with a bit too much local accents spoiling n cheapening the air waves..we had light n easy.. then we had mix fm.. there were folks who seriously doubted mix fm's survivability but hey, they still ard man.

today its all about flyfm..so flyguy actually has come soo far..to actually warrant his own station..and yet another breakfast show.. with yet another partner this time.

ahh..the evolution of malaysian radio..what next? lets hope flyfm doesnt become overly commercialized and turn into a 80% ads and repeats station..

*shudder*