Brunei ceased broadcast of Capital FM and Capital Gold

Residents in northern Sarawak and Labuan could always pick up strong FM broadcast of London’s Capital FM and Capital Gold since the mid 90s from Brunei Darussalam. However these few years has seen a drop in the signal strength of both Capital FM and Capital Gold broadcasts.

Yesterday I was still listening to Capital Gold with my morning Milo (local chocolate drink). I had a surprise just now while tuning in Capital Gold; they were playing a Kenny G piece instead of golden oldies. I waited through the piece as it was the Capital Gold Jukebox time where listeners request their favorite tracks so I thought the Kenny G piece might be requested by a weirdo. After the piece an announcement played “Please be informed that all previous services on this channel has been discontinued”. I then tune into Capital FM and the same thing plays.

Here is that part of the broadcast I recorded just now. Click to Listen.

Since Capital FM and Capital Gold showed up around 10 years ago, it could be a 10 years contract expired. Most English radio listeners prefer to listen to Capital FM because of its quality programming energetic DJs bringing listeners to life. It’s going to be a sad departure. I’ve hear that when the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam studied in a University at the UK and he loved listening to London's Capital FM so much that he brought it back to his people in Brunei. We Malaysian beside Brunei was bless with the best from the UK charts with a mix of rock, pop and even techno music on Capital FM. Capital Gold was a very nostalgic experience playing the best variety of oldies since the 50s.

While many locals who are going to miss Capital FM and Capital Gold can opt to listen on the internet. But still, nothing beats listening to Capital FM and Capital Gold on my Car receiver or walkman.