Angkasapuri

Coordinates: 3°6′40.0″N 101°40′13.9″E / 3.111111°N 101.670528°E / 3.111111; 101.670528

Angkasapuri
The Angkasapuri building is prominently erected atop Bukit Putra, close to the Kerinchi stretch of the Federal Highway (Federal Route 2).
General information
Type Office and Broadcasting House
Location Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Construction started 1966
Completed 1968

Angkasapuri is the main governmental building for Malaysia's Ministry of Information and it is also the headquarters for Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) located in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1]

History

Pre-Angkasapuri (1946–1968)

Radio

RTM was established as Radio Malaya operating out of Singapore on 1 April 1946. Upon Malayan independence in 1957, RTM was split into two stations, with Radio Singapura taking over in Singapore while Radio Malaya moved to Oriental Building, Mountbatten Road, Kuala Lumpur, going on air from the new location on 1 January 1959.

Suara Malaysia hit the airwaves on 15 February 1963 with 3 languages: English, Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia. Radio Malaya became Radio Malaysia on 16 September 1963 upon the formation of Malaysia.

Television

Television broadcasts were launched on 28 December 1963, at Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman (now the Malaysian Tourist Information Centre or MATIC), along Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.

Angkasapuri (1968–present)

Malaysia's new broadcasting centre, named "Angkasapuri" began construction in 1966 and was complete by January 1968. Angkasapuri was officially opened by the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah on 17 January 1968. Wisma Televisyen, or Wisma TV, housing RTM's TV division opened on 6 November 1969.

Radio Malaysia became Rangkaian Nasional on 1 January 1971 and became the nation's first 24-hour radio station. Wisma Radio was added in May 1972. RTM began colour TV transmissions for the States of Malaya in December 1978, in conjunction with the state broadcaster's fifteenth anniversary. The first colour programme broadcast was Puspawarna. Colour TV programmes were extended to Sabah and Sarawak in 1980.

Angkasapuri created history when a giant national flag measuring 85.3 meters long and 24.3-meters wide, using 60 rolls of fabric was unfurled by 500 employees of the Ministry of Information. The giant flag was raised for 10 minutes starting at 09:00 local time and it was witnessed by 5000 of the ministry's staff on 1 January 1988.

2012 saw the addition of Wisma Berita RTM, containing RTM's newsroom, to the Angkasapuri complex. It was inaugurated by the then-Malaysian Minister of Information, Communication, Arts and Culture, Dato' Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim on 6 June 2012.

Features

Angkasapuri Broadcasting Centre is located in the jurisdictional area of Kuala Lumpur City Hall. The building was erected with a height of 10-floors above an area of about 33 acres, at the junction of Kuala Lumpur - Port Klang Federal Highway and New Pantai Expressway. The main entrance of the complex faces the NPE.

It has the following structures:

  • Main Building – administration building for the Broadcasting Department.
  • Wisma Televisyen – housed RTM's TV division.
  • Wisma Radio – RTM's radio division.
  • International Broadcast Centre (IBC) – Opened in 1988, RTM's engineering department and other departments are located here, in addition to international shortwave radio broadcasts.
  • Wisma Berita RTM is home to RTM's newsroom.
  • Auditorium Perdana – home to major live broadcasts.
  • Auditorium P. Ramlee – named after the late artist, P. Ramlee (1929 - 1973).

Transportation

Car

Public transportation

  • Angkasapuri lends its name to the  KD01  Angkasapuri KTM station, located just across the NPE from the complex's main gate. It is linked by a pedestrian bridge.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "RTM to reinvent itself through strategy initiatives". My Nation News. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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