987FM

Infobox Radio Station
name = 987FM


area = flag|Singapore
branding = Only The Hits
Originators - Never Imitators
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frequency = 98.7 MHz
format = Contemporary hits / Top 40
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owner = MediaCorp
website = [http://www.987fm.sg www.987fm.sg] [http://www.myspace.com/987fm www.myspace.com/987fm]
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987FM is an English radio station of MediaCorp Radio in Singapore. It is a popular 24-hour radio station that plays English Hits and started broadcasting in the year 1989. It plays "Only The Hits" from Singapore, UK, USA and around the world.

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Directorial Staff

*Programme Director: Daniel Ong
*Music Director: Colin Minjoot
*Creative Director: Andrew Crothers
*Senior Promotions Executive: Yanie Awsom

Full-Time DJs

*Daniel Ong (Dan)
*Young Leong (Mr Young)
*Vanessa Fernandez (Ms Vandetta)
*Desiree Lai (Des)
*Don Richmond
*Andrew Crothers (Drew)
*Shan Wee
*Rosalyn Lee (Rozz)
*Chew Soo Wei (Soo)
*Justin Ang
* [http://www.redlight-studios.com/ Vernon Anthonys] (Vernon A)

Part-Time DJs

* [http://emsipops.blogspot.com/ Emily Teng]
*Jacqueline Thibodeaux (Jacq / Jacqui)
*Sarah-Eden Chan
*Genevieve Lim (Gen)

MS Codes

Each SMS costs 30 cents, the recipient is 72346.

General
*Song List: 987fm

Weekdays
*AM Mayhem with Dan, Van & Young (5am to 10am): Am
*10 To 1 With Desiree Lai (10am to 1pm): Desiree
*The Serious World with Don & Drew (2pm to 4pm) : Serious
*Shan & Rozz (4pm to 8pm): Rs
*Muttons To Midnight (8:15pm to 12am): Mutton
*987 Top 20 Votes (Fri 8pm to 10pm & Sun 11am to 1pm): Top20
*Pillowfight with Soo (12am to 3am): Soo

The Serious World with Don & Drew will cease on 31st October 2008.

Weekends
*Emily (The Weekend Buzz 7am-11am): Emily
*Jacqueline (The Weekend Wind-down 2pm-5pm): Jacqui
*Sarah-Eden (Say It With Music 8pm-11pm): Sarah
*Gen (Say It With Music 8pm-11pm): Gen

Gen & Sarah-Eden regularly rotate their shift (Sat 8pm-11pm & Sun 8pm-11pm) on Say It With Music.

Programmes

Weekend Shows

*987 Stripped with Mr Young (Sat & Sun 5pm-6pm)
*987 Home with Soo and Rozz (Sat 7pm-8pm)
*987 Club with Desiree Lai (Sat 11pm-12am)
*987 UK Top 20 with Shan Wee (Sat 7pm-8pm)
*987 The Edge with Vernon A (Sun 11pm-12am)

pecialised Shows

*Only The Hits: Playing only music with no radio show.

*Live Over Lunch: Plays the music recordings of artists "live" in concert. (1 - 2pm)

* [http://www.podcast.sg/987_desiree.asp 987 Stars (Special Edition)] : An interview with a particular music artist or band on Desiree's show on Wednesdays.

*987 Top 100 Countdown: On New Year's Eve annually, there would be a countdown of the year’s biggest hits on 987FM, played out over a 10 hour period, 12pm - 10pm. These hits are compiled into a chart of Top 100 Hits. The show includes hourly capsules recapping the best of the year – including top 10 events of the year and the top 10 males / females. Besides the above categories, there would be Special Category Nominations during the countdown where listeners can vote for their favourite artistes to win.

*987 Stripped: Plays music in their acoustic versions. (Sat & Sun 5pm - 6pm)

*987 Generations: Plays different genres of music from past to present weekly. (Sat & Sun 6pm - 7pm)

* [http://www.podcast.sg/987_home.asp 987 Home] : Plays local music recorded in Singapore. (Sat 7pm - 8pm, Tue 2am - 3am)

*987 Club: Plays music in their dance or remixed versions. (Sat 11pm - 12am)

*987 Control: Every Sunday, a listener who had sent in an SMS in a particular format (see above) would be selected to host his or her own show. The DJ in "Control" would be able to choose and play his or her songs during the show.

*987 The Edge: Plays music which will be released in the near future. (Sun 11pm - 12am)

ay It With Music

Say It With Music is a request show on 987FM where listeners can send in requests and dedications via SMS, phone or e-mail. "Weekends 8pm to 11pm"

News And Updates

*987 Stars: Updates on celebrity stars; hosted by Dan, Van & Young, Desiree Lai, and Shan & Rozz on weekdays.

* [http://www.podcast.sg/987_techcech.asp 987 Techcech] : Updates on the cyber world, new releases of IT products, iTunes top downloads; hosted by the Muttons.

*987 News: News Update Feeds redirected from 938LIVE.

*987 Sports: News and latest updates on Sports; hosted by Dan, Van & Young and Shan & Rozz, and occasionally on Muttons To Midnight with Andy Penders from Nokia Football Crazy.

*987 Traffic: Traffic updates at certain intervals on 'AM Mayhem' and 'The Shan and Rozz Show' so you don't get stuck in a traffic jam during the peak hours.

* [http://www.podcast.sg/987_fashion.asp 987 Fashion] : Anything at the forefront of Fashion; hosted by Daniel Boey; Wednesdays to Fridays.

* [http://www.podcast.sg/987_reels.asp 987 Reels] : Reviews on the latest movies that have been recently released; hosted by Shan or Young.

*987 Essentials: DJs recommend essential stuff to do on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

egments and Contests

AM Mayhem

*Who's Telling The Truth? - AM Mayhem, weekday mornings, 9amDan, Van and Young will each provide a fact. Listeners call in and guess who's telling the truth.

10 To 1 With Desiree Lai

*Scrambled - 10 To 1 With Desiree Lai, weekdays, 12pmListeners will be give scrambled letters that form a word. The first one to send in the right answer wins the prize of the week.

The Shan & Rozz Show

*Song To Squeeze - The Shan And Rozz Show, weekdays, 6pmListeners have to guess a song that has been "squeezed" to an extremely rapid speed. Listeners can call in to ask for hints in the form of Yes or No questions, and basic questions such as the genre of that particular song.

*Shan and Rozz take you to the Movies - The Shan And Rozz Show, weekdays, 7.30pmListeners send in an SMS and one would be selected everyday to go and accompony Shan and Rozz to watch a movie the next Monday. There would be free popcorn and drinks.

Muttons To Midnight

*What The Bleah!!! a.k.a Are You Stupid? - Muttons To Midnight, weekdays, 9pmListeners call in to pick 3 out of 4 subject topics given - English, Maths, Science or Social Studies. The caller wins once the answers of 3 subject topics are answered correctly.

*You Complain! - Muttons To Midnight, weekdays, 10.30pmListeners call in to complain about their frustrations. Usually, the Muttons would give hilarious and ridiculous "advice" or "solutions".

*Mutton LOL - Muttons To Midnight, Friday nights, 11pmListeners share a joke with the Muttons. The person with the best joke will get a prize.

*Roast Mutton - Muttons To Midnight, Wedenesday nights,10pmListeners call in to insult the Muttons and the Muttons will insult them too! Best "insulter" gets a prize depending on what they have to offer.

Pillowfight with Soo

*Alpha Fascination - Pillowfight with Soo, weekdays, 12 - 1amListeners will be given a letter every 15 minutes. Listeners then have to call in with the 4 letters they had collected. Their name needs to have the 4 letters that Soo had given.

*Scandal Anonymous - Pillowfight with Soo, weekdays, 2 - 3amListeners use a fake name to call in and share their secrets and embarrassing moments with Soo.

Other Information About The Station and Its DJs

*Young, Soo, Emily and Jacq are featured in Channel 5's brand new local game show, [http://theshowdown.mediacorptv.sg The Showdown] in a team called " [http://theshowdown.mediacorptv.sg/team_motormouths.htm The Motormouths] ". 987FM eventually won the grand prize after defeating the rival team " [http://theshowdown.mediacorptv.sg/team_stylomilos.htm Stylo Milos] ", from Suria.
*Dan & Young, The Muttons, Shan and ex-987FM DJ Carrie were filmed in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLkN0Nymjvk a video] with a Don & Drew song, featuring their rounds of giving oranges to selected 987FM listeners in February 2007.
*Shan, Young and Senior Promotions Executive of 987FM, Yanie, filmed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoTn-aaTaY0 a video] of themselves singing and dancing to Rihanna's hit single, Umbrella, as a publicity stunt for a Rihanna contest held in June 2007.

Guest Stars

*Jazzy D a.k.a Button - Can be heard rarely on Muttons To Midnight
*Daniel Boey - Shares fashion tips on Muttons To Midnight; also hosts 987 Fashion
*Andy Penders from Nokia Football Crazy- Shares soccer information with 987FM listeners; on Muttons To Midnight

Daniel Ong

*Daniel Ong is married to Channel 8 actress Jamie Teo.

Mister Young

*Mister Young is a Transformers fan and his favourite snack is Cheese cake.

Miss Vandetta

*Miss Vandetta (Vanessa Fernandez) released songs which premiered on the airwaves of 987FM. The songs were well-received by listeners.

Rosalyn Lee

*Rosalyn Lee had starred in Channel 5's local variety production, entitled Girls Out Loud.
*Rosalyn Lee is hosting Channel 5's Mitsubishi Challenge which airs every Tuesday at 9pm.

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*This particular page was once mentioned by Soo Wei on 'Say It With Music' on 26 July 2007. Soo claimed she was shocked about all the detailed information provided on this page as it is updated very frequently. She believes someone who tunes in '24/7' to 987FM is partially responsible for the updating. On the contrary, it is actually updated by various contributors. "(See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=987FM&action=history History] )"

The Muttons

*Justin Ang does voice-overs for some Kids Central trailers.
*The Muttons were suspended for a while due to their participation in No Bra Day, an activity that was sponsored by FHM Singapore and featured young models competing to see who could remove their bras in the fastest time possible. A video taken in the studio was posted on YouTube and the resulting uproar from viewers forced the station to fork out S$9,800 to the Media Development Authority of Singapore for 'inappropriate and offensive content'. Muttons in the Morning was then replaced with The Dan and Young Show. They soon came back to 987FM for the late night slot show, now called Muttons To Midnight. [ [http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/06/singapore_radio_987_fined_for.html Muttons Suspended] ]

Ex-DJs

Left 987FM

*Now a DJ at Class 95FM
**Jean Danker
**Glenn Ong
*Now a DJ at Radio 91.3
**Rod Monteiro
**Sheikh Haikel
**Daniel Hutchinson
*Now a DJ at Gold 90.5FM
**Tim Oh

Left Radio

*Otelli Edwards
**Now working as a TV news presenter with Channel NewsAsia.
*Grace Chua
**Was a full-time DJ for "Say It With Music". She left 987FM in 2005 for further studies.
*Sonja Steinmetz
**Was a part-time DJ for "Say It With Music" on Weekends. She is now studying overseas.
*Jamie Yeo
**Was a full-time DJ for "Say It With Music". She stated that she wanted a change in career after being with the radio industry for about 6 and a half years. She is now a sportscaster.
*Carrie Chong
**Was a full-time DJ for "Say It With Music". She left 987FM at the end of May 2007. Carrie opted to go on a vacation and wanted a long and a well-deserved rest after being with the radio industry for 10 whole years.
*Raven Hanson
**Used to host "987 Infohound" from 1 - 4pm on weekdays. Her last day as a 987FM DJ was 19 October 2007. Since then, she has left for Hong Kong and would return next year on television instead of radio.
*Justin Misson
**Used to host The Young & Misson Show from 5 - 10am on weekdays in May & June, taking over for Daniel Ong who was on honeymoon.
*"X" (Xavier Teo)
**Was a part-time DJ for "Say It With Music" on Weekends and "The Weekend Wind-Down" on Sundays. Left 987FM in August 2008 for further studies in the USA. Xavier Teo had starred in Kelvin Tong's local comedy-horror movie production, entitled Men in White which was released in Singapore in early June 2007. He was also an ex-MediaWorks Channel U artiste.

ee also

*List of radio stations in Singapore
*MediaCorp

References

External links

* [http://www.987fm.sg 987FM Official Website]
* [http://www.987fm.sg/portal/site/987fm/menuitem.82cf9a145631595e357cda961e1000a0/?vgnextoid=71b70f011c907110VgnVCM100000e101000aRCRD 987FM Podcasts]
* [http://www.987fm.sg/asx/fm987.asx 987FM Live Radio]
* [http://www.mediacorpradio.sg/ts/playlists/987new/refreshlist987.asp?fm=987 987FM Song List]
* [http://www.donanddrew.com The Serious World with Don & Drew]