FM radio bandscan in Tamparuli, Sabah by Kisah Alkisah

Tamparuli is a small town in Tuaran District of West Coast Division, Sabah, its distance is 38km from Kota Kinabalu, the region capital of Sabah. The postcode of Tamparuli is 89250.

Regarding the radio stations coverage in Tamparuli, Sabah, the town is covered by Bukit Karatong and Lawa Mandau which mainly covers Kota Kinabalu.

On 23rd March 2025, the Sabah radio DXer on YouTube, Kisah Alkisah published the full FM radio frequency bandscan in Tamparuli, Sabah, covering from FM 87.5MHz to 108.0MHz.

 

Here are the available radio stations in Tamparuli, Sabah (mostly local tuning)

* 87.7MHz: Hot FM Bukit Karatong

* 88.1MHz: RTM Radio Klasik FM Lawa Mandau

* 88.9MHz: RTM Nasional FM Lawa Mandau

* 89.9MHz: RTM Sabah FM Lawa Mandau

* 90.7MHz: RTM Traxx FM Lawa Mandau

* 91.9MHz: RTM Ai FM Lawa Mandau

* 92.7MHz: RTM Sabah VFM Lawa Mandau

* 93.9MHz: IKIM FM Bukit Karatong

* 95.7MHz: Eight FM Bukit Karatong

* 96.3MHz: Kupi-Kupi FM Bukit Karatong

* 100.8MHz: Hitz FM Bukit Karatong

* 102.4MHz: Era FM Bukit Karatong

* 102.8MHz: Tea FM Bukit Karatong

* 104.0MHz: MY FM Bukit Karatong

 

Tea FM 102.8MHz signal is weak in Tamparuli, Sabah, compare to other radio stations.

 

Other radio stations such as Melody FM 98.6MHz, Mix FM 101.6MHz, Lite FM 103.2MHz, Sinar FM 104.9MHz and Bernama Radio FM 107.9MHz are not detected in Tamparuli, Sabah because their signal are weak there. Astro "secondary" radio stations such as Melody FM, Mix FM, Lite FM and Sinar FM never reach coverage in Tamparuli because they operate at low power transmitter as much as 0.25kW only, meanwhile the "primary/core" radio stations like Era, MY FM and Hitz are using 2kW transmitters. 

Bernama Radio FM 107.9MHz likely operates at 0.5kW or 1kW transmitter power, meanwhile Tea FM 102.8MHz is likely at 1kW.

For RTM radio stations, the signal from Lawa Mandau is clearer than Layang-Layang in Tamparuli, Sabah.