Gold 905
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| Broadcast area | Singapore, Johor Bahru Malaysia & Batam Indonesia |
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| Frequency | 90.5 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mediacorp |
| History | |
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Former frequencies | 630 kHz (1 March 1937 – 31 December 1993) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | IMDA |
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| Website | Gold 90.5 |
Gold 905 is an English-language radio station in Singapore. Owned by the state-owned media conglomerate Mediacorp, it broadcasts a classic hits format.
The station's origins date to the beginning of regulated radio broadcasting in Singapore. It first signed on in 1937 under the call sign ZHL; as Singapore's sole radio station, it initially carried blocks of programmes in all four of the region's main languages; programming in Chinese dialects, Malay, and Tamil would gradually move to dedicated stations as Radio Singapore expanded, leaving ZHL as primarily being an English-language outlet.
It was renamed Radio 1 in 1982; by then it offered a full-service format featuring news programming and middle of the road music. In 1998, news programming was relocated to the new NewsRadio 93.8, and 90.5 relaunched under its current name as an oldies station.