In Malaysia, there are no any local AM radio stations in the country, however most of radio stations on MW band broadcast in numerous of foreign languages within ASEAN such as Thai, Khmer, Vietnamese, Lao, Tagalog, Burmese and Indonesia, then extends to Bengali (rare propagation). Those MW radio stations are transmitted from Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Philippines.
I had received Malaysia's only Chinese Mandarin language, but non-local AM radio station after dark. Previously it was Radio Taiwan International AM 1503kHZ, but the radio station had closed down MW broadcast in 2017. Now and since 2018, I received China National Radio CNR-1 AM 1008kHz in Malaysia.
In Malaysia history, AM 1008kHz was formerly operated by RTM National Radio Network Melaka branch from 1960s till 1994.
The frequency AM 1008kHz by China National Radio CNR-1 is transmitted from Kunming-Anning, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. Reception is only available in Malaysia after 1930 hours (UTC+8), signal is getting better after 2100 hours (UTC+8). CNR-1 AM 1008kHz is clear too when receive in dark location without light exposure.
Transmitter site of CNR-1 MW 1008kHz is same as China Radio International (South East Asia region), both are located in Kunming-Anning, Yunnan Province, China. My receiving location of this radio station is in Balakong, Selangor, Malaysia where is 20km away from Kuala Lumpur, meanwhile distance from transmitter site is 2434km.
Transmitter power of MW 1008kHz is 200kW.
Alternatively, CNR-1 can be tuned in Malaysia on shortwave (SW) frequency such as 13610kHz (from 5am to 9pm) and 9810kHz (from 9pm to 5am).
CNR-1 MW 1008kHz is the only China domestic MW radio station available in Malaysia, meanwhile most of China transmitted AM stations in Malaysia are China Radio International (CRI).
(Extra) Here are the stations and some DX videos of CRI:
* 603kHz: Cantonese and Vietnamese
* 684kHz: Khmer and English
* 1080kHz: Thai and Laotian
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