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{{Short description|Malay radio station in Singapore}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2023}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| logo = Ria 89.7FM.svg
| name = RIA 897
| area = [[Singapore]]<br>[[Johor Bahru]]/[[Johor Bahru District]] ([[Malaysia]])<br>[[Batam]]/[[Batam|Batam Islands]], [[Riau Islands]] ([[Indonesia]])
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1990|12|01|df=yes}}<br />{{small|(on FM frequency)}}
| last_airdate =
| frequency = 89.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| language = [[Malay language|Malay]]
| format = [[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 (CHR)]]
| sister_stations = [[Warna 942]]
| erp =
| class =
| owner = [[Mediacorp]]
| webcast = {{unbulleted list
|
* {{URL|https://tunein.com/radio/Ria-FM-897-s16407/|TuneIn}}
* {{URL|live.melisten.sg/liveradio/ria-897|MeListen}}
}}
| website = [https://www.melisten.sg/radio/ria-897 Ria 89.7]
| callsign_meaning =
}}
'''Ria 897''' is a [[Malay-language]] radio station in Singapore. Owned by the state-owned broadcaster [[Mediacorp]] and launched in 1990, it broadcasts a [[contemporary hit radio]] format focused on [[Malaysian popular music]] and [[Indo pop|Indonesian pop music]].
An audio simulcast of Ria 897 is carried by Mediacorp's Malay television channel [[Suria (TV channel)|Suria]] after [[Sign-on and sign-off|sign-off]].
==History==
SBC announced the start of a new Malay-language radio station on 89.7 FM in October 1990. The service was yet unnamed and would capture a younger audience than Radio 2, the existing Malay station. The initial budget for the station was $1 million.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 October 1990 |title=New SBC Malay station from Dec|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19901011-1.2.30.16 |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB)}}</ref>
The name Ria was announced in November, alongside its launch date of 1 December.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 November 1990 |title=Dec 1 start for new Malay radio service|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19901120-1.2.30.7 |access-date=22 September 2023 |website=The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB)}}</ref>
In August 2013, Ria 897 along with [[Warna 942]] and [[Suria (TV channel)|Suria]] were consolidated into a new division set up by Mediacorp, which known as the Malay Broadcast Division.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian20130802-1.2.7.1|title=Divisyen Siaran Melayu gabung Suria, Warna, Ria|publisher=[[Berita Harian (Singapore)|Berita Harian]]|date=2 August 2013|accessdate=1 May 2019|page=2}}</ref>
== Frequencies ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Frequencies
! TRP (kW)
! Broadcast area
! Transmitter site
|-
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|89.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|6
| [[Singapore]]
| rowspan=3| [[Bukit Batok|Bukit Batok Transmission Centre]]
|-
| [[Johor Bahru]]/[[Johor Bahru District]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]]
|-
| [[Batam]]/[[Batam|Batam Islands]], [[Riau Islands]], [[Indonesia]]
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.melisten.sg/radio/ria-897?al=1&ap=1&c=897fm RIA 897 Official Website]
*[http://sg.listenradios.com/ria-89-7fm-singapore/ RIA 89.7FM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410231511/http://sg.listenradios.com/ria-89-7fm-singapore/ |date=10 April 2023 }}
{{Radio stations in Singapore}}
{{Mediacorp}}
{{Coord missing|Singapore}}
[[Category:1990 establishments in Singapore]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1990]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Singapore]]
[[Category:Malay-language radio stations]]