Some time in the early 70s, Malaysia began to issue licenses for private stations. Hitherto all stations were state-owned. I recall expectantly tuning in to a new station looking forward to more pop music.
Mount Faber, Singapore
Unfortunately this station's pop half-hour must have been poorly funded because it seemed like the DJ had only 2 records, or maybe 2 copyright clearances. I still marvel to this day how the DJ managed to get through 30 minutes with the same set of songs on high rotation. One of them might have been a Barry Manilow album or maybe that's an unjustified association. 😀
I don't remember what station that was, or what happened to it. But I still remember that brave DJ soldiering on with his upbeat chatter for a half-hour for several weeks. I wonder if these days he recounts this story of the worst job he ever had.
