THE BFM 89.9 PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
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30 August 2025
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 11:00am | Best of Enterprise: (REPEAT) Cult Creative and OpenAcademy’s Creator Academy is helping creators turn content into sustainable careers. Shermaine Wong, Celine Ting, and Ceddy Ang join us to discuss the entrepreneurial, negotiation, and analytics skills needed to move from virality to viability. |
| 12:00pm | Just For Kicks: (REPEAT) Grimsby Town stunned Manchester United with a 12-11 penalty shootout win after a dramatic 2-2 draw, on this episode we break down the upset and preview the weekend’s football. |
| 1:00pm | A Bit of Culture: (REPEAT) Zan Azlee and Chin Kar Yern join Kam Raslan to talk about Masters, decluttering and teaching empathy in higher education. |
| 2:00pm | Ringgit & Sense: (REPEAT) Dr Song Bee Lian, Associate Professor, School of Management and Business, MILA University talks about consumer behavior in Malaysia. |
| 2:30pm | The Property Show: (REPEAT) Dato’ Hajeedar Abdul Majid, architect and heritage advocate, shares his Merdeka memories and reflects on Kuala Lumpur’s growth alongside its conservation challenges. |
| 3:00pm | Best of The Bigger Picture: (REPEAT) We speak to economist Geoffrey Williams about the key economic policies that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should prioritise. |
| 4:00pm | Best of Evening Edition: (REPEAT) This Merdeka month, we speak to Wong Chin Huat and Aziff Azuddin about what really holds us together as a nation. |
| 5:00pm | BBC World Service: The team at People Fixing The World goes to New Orleans to see how the community there deals with flood and the solution that they come up with. |
31 August 2025
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 10:00am | Merdeka Special: (REPEAT) Datuk Sheila Majid, Malaysia’s jazz icon, shares her 40-year music journey and insights on the music industry. |
| 11:00am | Best of Enterprise: (REPEAT) Shin Tseng (Urban Agenda Design/REXKL) and Nigel Wong (MATTA) on how Kuala Lumpur’s living heritage can be preserved and activated for tourism, balancing authenticity with renewal and creating micro-heritage districts ahead of Merdeka. |
| 12:00pm | Popcorn Culture: (REPEAT) With Merdeka coming up this weekend we review three local short films and then on Take 2 go through your favourite Malaysian movies. |
| 1:00pm | Cruise Control: (REPEAT) Is Chery Tiggo Cross the best bang-for-your-buck car you can get in the market at the moment? Daniel shares his thoughts. |
| 2:00pm | Matt-Splained: (REPEAT) Matt and Rich hike into the uncanny valleys of machine music. from the Laurel Canyon folk rockers that never existed, to featured artist scams. |
| 3:00pm | Earth Matters: (REPEAT) Striking and unmistakable, hornbills are vital seed dispersers that keep our forests thriving. Dr. Yeap Chin Aik shares over two decades of stories and science from studying and protecting these remarkable birds. |
| 4:00pm | Bar None: (REPEAT) We learn about trail running and what it takes to be a trail runner with Ewegene Tan, Race Director of Malaysia Ultra-Trail by UTMB |
| 5:00pm | BBC World Service: This episode of The Conversation unpacks the relationship between horses and human health. |
| 6:00pm | Merdeka Special: (REPEAT) Kuala Lumpur’s swampy beginnings and tin-town past hardly foretold its rise as Malaysia’s capital. Cultural commentator Eddin Khoo reflects on the city’s unlikely evolution, its history of Merdeka, and the identity it continues to shape. |
1 September 2025
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 6:00am | PUBLIC HOLIDAY - Merdeka |
2 September 2025
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 6:00am | The 6AM Stretch: Thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping our lives. |
| 7:00am | World Market Watch: Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management, tells us where international markets are heading. |
| 7:15am | Morning Brief: We recap global and local headlines from today's papers and portals. |
| 7:30am | Morning Brief: We break down the day’s top news with expert insights. |
| 7:45am | Morning Brief: Trung Ghi of Arthur D. Little Asia Pacific examines how Malaysia can develop its rare earth industry despite limited local expertise and with China’s assistance. |
| 8:00am | The Breakfast Grille: Datin Maureen Ooi, CEO of Madam Kwan’s Restaurants, shares what it’s like to be in the business of Malaysian cuisine. |
| 8:30am | Morning Brief: Prof. Dr. Daniel Looi of Sunway University discusses the recent earthquakes in Segamat, Johor, and whether Malaysia needs to update its building by-laws to make structures more earthquake-resistant. |
| 8:45am | Morning Brief: (REPEAT) We dive into the local and international news that matters to you. |
| 9:00am | Opening Bell: (REPEAT) Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management, tells us where international markets are heading. |
| 9:15am | Opening Bell: (REPEAT) We take a look at the FBM KLCI as well as regional capital markets. |
| 9:35am | People, Planet, Profit: Idzqandar Abu Bakar of Prasarana Malaysia outlines the company’s push for sustainable mobility, from electric buses to ESG compliance for 5,000 vendors. |
| 10:05am | Open For Business : Sebastian Krack, General Manager of Hyatt Centric City Centre Kuala Lumpur, on carving out a distinctive identity in KL’s competitive hotel scene |
| 11:00am | Marketing Mojo: Elyssa Ng, Co-Founder and Creative Director at Kredence Creative Solutions joins us to explore what “almost-right” AI outputs reveal about human-led strategy. |
| 12:00pm | Enterprise Explores: Rockwell Automation's Marcelo Tarkieltaub on why 94% of APAC manufacturers are investing in AI and the hurdles to successful adoption. |
| 1:00pm | The Breakfast Grille Repeat: Datin Maureen Ooi, CEO of Madam Kwan’s Restaurants, shares what it’s like to be in the business of Malaysian cuisine. |
| 2:05pm | Discovery Hour: |
| 3:05pm | Beyond the Ballot Box: We speak with Dr. Naila Kabeer about feminist economics, the lessons that can be learnt from the garment industry in Bangladesh, and some of the challenges faced by Malaysian women |
| 4:05pm | Health & Living: How does palliative and hospice care help patients diagnosed with terminal or life-limiting diseases? And what support do their caregivers need? |
| 5:00pm | Top 5 at 5 |
| 6:00pm | Talkback Tuesday: Do you embarrass easily and does it keep you from trying stuff? |
| 8:00pm | BBC World Service: This episode of The Food Chain looks at the complexities of bottom trawling to various stakeholders. |
3 September 2025
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 6:00am | The 6AM Stretch: Thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping our lives. |
| 7:00am | World Market Watch: David Chow, Director, Azure Capital, tells us where international markets are heading. |
| 7:15am | Morning Brief: We recap global and local headlines from today's papers and portals. |
| 7:30am | Morning Brief: Mark Spindel, Potomac River Capital discusses the independence of the Federal Reserve. |
| 7:45am | Morning Brief: Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr Norma Mansor of the University of Malaya discusses whether SARA cash aid and the RON95 petrol subsidy can ease Malaysians’ economic pressures. |
| 8:00am | The Breakfast Grille: Datuk Marcus Liew, Unique Fire Holdings' executive director speaks on the company's operations, transfer from the ACE to the Main Market, international expansion, and more. |
| 8:30am | Morning Brief: Lavanya Venkateswaran, Senior ASEAN Economist, OCBC joins us in discussing Indonesia's state of economy in light of recent protests. |
| 8:45am | Morning Brief: (REPEAT) We dive into the local and international news that matters to you. |
| 9:00am | Opening Bell: (REPEAT) David Chow, Director, Azure Capital, tells us where international markets are heading. |
| 9:15am | Opening Bell: Patrick Wong of Bloomberg Intelligence discusses the performance and outlook of Hong Kong’s prime office market. |
| 9:35am | The Property Show: Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi of Thomas Philip shares the legal recourse available to residents opposing unwanted developments in their neighbourhood. |
| 10:05am | Open For Business : New CEO, New Name: Razorpay Curlec's new CEO Kevin Lee on navigating a post-founder era, his playbook for scaling, and competing in Malaysia's fintech market. |
| 11:00am | The Workplace: Professor Nicole Gillespie of Melbourne Business School explores why the trust gap matters at the workplace. |
| 12:00pm | Enterprise Explores: Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) are being debated as a new anti-corruption tool for Malaysia. We discuss the potential for asset recovery, but also the concerns about the burden of proof, and the critical need for checks and balances to prevent misuse. |
| 1:00pm | The Breakfast Grille Repeat: Datuk Marcus Liew, Unique Fire Holdings' executive director speaks on the company's operations, transfer from the ACE to the Main Market, international expansion, and more. |
| 2:05pm | Discovery Hour: |
| 3:05pm | Earth Matters: We speak to Dr. Non Arkaraprasertkul, Senior Expert at Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency, about his work on smart city projects across ASEAN and how technology, policy, and people’s needs can create greener, more livable cities |
| 4:05pm | Health & Living: Cancer research has made major strides, yet people still get left behind in cancer care. We explore what it will take to close the cancer gap. |
| 5:00pm | Top 5 at 5 |
| 6:00pm | Big Issue |
| 7:00pm | Stories of KL: We sit down with Munir Muhammad, Co- Founder of Burrow skateshop and 4OR Media to discuss KL’s skate scene and what sets it apart from other regions. |
| 8:00pm | Cruise Control: It's a review of the new, competitively-priced BYD Atto 2 in this week's episode. Tune in to hear Daniel's thoughts on this car. |
4 September 2025
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 6:00am | The 6AM Stretch: Thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping our lives. |
| 7:00am | World Market Watch: Our expert tells us where international markets are heading. |
| 7:15am | Morning Brief: We recap global and local headlines from today's papers and portals. |
| 7:30am | Morning Brief: We break down the day’s top news with expert insights. |
| 7:45am | Morning Brief: We break down the day’s top news with expert insights. |
| 8:00am | The Breakfast Grille: Dr Kenneth Gerard Pereira, Managing Director, Hibiscus Petroleum |
| 8:30am | Morning Brief: We break down the day’s top news with expert insights. |
| 8:45am | Morning Brief: (REPEAT) We dive into the local and international news that matters to you. |
| 9:00am | Opening Bell: (REPEAT) We bring you the latest on Bursa Malaysia and international capital markets. |
| 9:15am | Opening Bell: (REPEAT) We take a look at the FBM KLCI as well as regional capital markets. |
| 9:35am | Ringgit & Sense: We help you build financial literacy and level up your personal planning. |
| 10:05am | Open For Business : From Masala Wheels to Empowerment Engine. By enabling community kitchens, training youth in digital and AI skills, and helping Malaysians turn ideas into livelihoods, Pepper Labs shares its playbook on how to balance profit with purpose and scale social impact. |
| 11:00am | Tech Talk: |
| 12:00pm | Enterprise Explores: The Rise of Dark AI and Malicious LLMs. Kaspersky’s Sergey Lozhkin shares how to prepare for this new battlefield, where AI is both the shield and the sword. |
| 1:00pm | The Breakfast Grille Repeat: Dr Kenneth Gerard Pereira, Managing Director, Hibiscus Petroleum |
| 2:05pm | Discovery Hour: |
| 3:05pm | Beyond the Ballot Box: We speak with Nalini Elumalai, one of the key coordinators of the Gerakan Mansuh ISA rally in the mid-2000s, about the struggle to abolish the draconian law and the lessons learned along the way. |
| 4:05pm | Health & Living: What do you do if you or your child is being bullied? A counsellor answers questions related to bullying and its mental health impact. |
| 5:00pm | Top 5 at 5 |
| 6:00pm | Talkback Thursday |
| 8:00pm | BBC World Service: How long will traces of our civilisation last? Tune in as the Crowd Science team looks for answers. |
5 September 2025
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 6:00am | PUBLIC HOLIDAY - Prophet Muhamad's Birthday |
Timezone: GMT +8 hours Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NOTE: Programmes are subject to schedule changes without prior notice.
NOTE: Programmes are subject to schedule changes without prior notice.