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Another bomb scare occurred on 27 January 1992 at the building during the telecast of the
Anugerah Seri Angkasa 1991 awards ceremony was held. The hoax is believed made through a phone call by an anonymous person who warned the bomb threat. The awards were cancelled following the threat but resumed
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Angkasapuri building when Said was on sentry duty at the building on 4 March 1971. He pleaded
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On 2 January 1990, a bomb hoax caused all staff to evacuate from
Angkasapuri. A man called to RTM, claiming that the bomb was on the second floor of the main building. Police tried to search for the bomb for two hours but failed. The hoax caused RTM to increase security for its buildings across
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on 17 February 1968. Tunku Abdul Rahman in his speech called the main building at that time as "the most beautiful" of all government buildings in the country, while the then-Information
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on 1 January 1971 and became the nation's first 24-hour radio station. Wisma Radio, hosting the RTM Radio network studios, opened on 9 May 1972. RTM began colour TV transmissions for
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in his speech called the building as a symbol of "determination of the country to uphold truth, and freedom of thought, expression and religion" when comparing that to the
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December 1978, in conjunction with the state broadcaster's fifteenth TV anniversary. The first colour programme broadcast was Puspawarna. Colour TV programmes to
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Malaysia's new broadcasting centre, named "Angkasapuri" began construction in 1966 and was complete by
February 1968. Angkasapuri was officially opened by the first
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measuring 85.3 meters long and 24.3-meters wide, using 60 rolls of fabric was unfurled by 500 employees of the
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Malaysia to protect its vital telecommunication equipment.
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Tun Abdul Razak Institute for Broadcasting and Information
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On 26 October 2022, the ninth Prime Minister of Malaysia,
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708:"PEMBUKAAN RASMI PUSAT PENYIARAN MALAYSIA "ANGKASAPURI""
408:(NPE). The main entrance of the complex faces the NPE.
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624:. My Nation News. 10 September 2015. Archived from
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602:. The Straits Times Annual. p. 74–75
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446:1998 Commonwealth Games
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348:Ministry of Information
179:Design and construction
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1079:"Bomb hoax at RTM do"
712:Arkib Negara Malaysia
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520:New Pantai Expressway
406:New Pantai Expressway
718:on 26 September 2007
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249:Malayan independence
139:Construction started
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66:Architectural style
53:General information
1005:"Angkasapuri fire"
853:. 19 December 1988
749:. 18 February 1968
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777:. 20 January 1968
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1430:Selangor FM
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1359:Nasional FM
1301:(Astro 146)
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524:Subang Jaya
485:Selangor FM
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