Cats FM is a Malay-Iban language commercial radio station based in Sarawak. It is available in entire Sarawak region and small part of Sabah via frequencies transmission, but what about Federal Territory of Labuan?
In Labuan, by comparing with RTM Sarawak FM, Cats FM is more difficult to be tuned there, regardless 88.7MHz from Bukit Mas Limbang or 88.2MHz from Bukit Tiong Lawas.
On 30th March 2025, I managed to log in two Cats FM frequencies in Bandar Victoria, Labuan.
In Labuan, the possible Cats FM tuning frequency is either 88.7MHz or 88.2MHz.
1. Cats FM 88.7MHz Bukit Mas Limbang 1kW (65km)
2. Cats FM 88.2MHz Bukit Tiong Lawas 0.5kW (48km)
Videos were recorded near Agro Bank Labuan on 30th March 2025, approximately 1630 hours.
Based on the radio reception videos above, none of them can be received clearly in Labuan, instead interference.
As Cats FM 88.7MHz from Bukit Mas has 200kHz frequency separation with RTM Nasional FM 88.5MHz Bukit Timbalai transmitter, so there is an adjacent channel interference if I tune to Cats FM on 88.7MHz in Labuan.
Meanwhile 88.2MHz from Bukit Tiong Lawas is also very weak in Labuan, but for certain areas, I can detect the interference noise of RTM Radio Klasik FM 88.1MHz Lawa Mandau transmitter when I tune to Cats FM on 88.2MHz.
In conclusion, Cats FM is needed to be tuned via online streaming platform in Labuan because it's frequencies on 88.7MHz and 88.2MHz are very weak.
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