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'''Channel 9''' was a ]n private-owned ] which started operations from Tuesday, ] ] to Tuesday, ] ]. The station halted its transmission due to intense competition from other local ] television stations and efforts to restructure its debts.

Channel 9 broadcasts programmes that are marketed mostly to Malays and young adults. Its line-up consists of informational, entertaining and educational shows.

== History ==
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Channel 9 began its on-air broadcast on Tuesday, ] ] as ''']''', and its workforce mostly consists of the former ''']''' employees. The channel's line-up comprised international programmes (mainly ], ] and ] content) and local shows. The Chinese language programming slot was aired between 15.00 pm and 20.00 pm, while ] programmes were aired between 20.00 pm and 20.30 pm. This was followed by ] programmes, which were broadcast from 20.30 pm until 23.00 pm.

In ], '''Anaza Sdn Bhd''' the owner of ], took over the majority rights to this channel from Medanmas Sdn Bhd. Subsequently, Channel 9 launched its slogan names '''Malaysia''' in ]. Under the new management, the '''Hindi Power''' slot for ] programmes and '''Channel 9 Tamil''' for ] programmes were introduced. The former was aired daily from 16.00 pm until 18.00 pm while the latter occupied the 18.00 pm to 20.00 pm time slot. A newer segment for Chinese programmes, called '''Channel 9 Mandarin''', was aired from 22.00 pm to 23.00 pm on ] to ]. '''Channel 9 English''' a slot for ] was only aired on ] from 14.00 pm until 16.00 pm.

On Saturday, ], Channel 9 announced that it was halting its operations on Tuesday, ] ] to restructure its debts and corporate organisation. It also faced intense competitions from the other free-to-air ] during that time. On the same day, ]'s largest media corporation, ] announced its acquisition of 98% equity stake in ], completing the company's ownership of all private free-to-air television stations in ]. Bukhari Che Muda was elected as the channel's new operations officer. The new owner later renamed the station to ''']''' and relaunched it with the tagline '''Dekat Di Hati''' ('''Close to the heart''' in ]) and with content geared towards a ] audience. Test transmissions resumed on Saturday, ] ] by airing ]s mostly in ], The new owner Media Prima Berhad later renamed the station to ''']''' and transmission officially resumed on Saturday, ] ].

TV9 airs its own news segment called '''Berita TV9''' (literally: '''TV9 News''') since ] ] at 20:00 pm on daily. For four months since it started transmission, '''Edisi 7''' (Formerly known as '''Warta Nasional ntv7''') was broadcast, courtesy of ]. '''Liputan 9''' (literally: '''Coverage 9''' or '''9 Rpeort''') was ]'s primetime news programme when it was in transmission was aired started launched run programmes since on ] ] to ] ], courtesy of ]. The first 30-minute version of '''Berita Perdana''' courtesy of ] was also aired for a few months before the transmission ended. The newsreaders of '''Berita TV9''' include Zuhairah Mustafa Al-Husin, Abu Talib Husin, Syed Mohammad Khair Syed Hussein, Nurazura Abu Samah, Syafinaz Yunus, Amin Hayat Abdul Rahim and Nona Julia Hashim. They were chosen from over 5000 people who auditioned. The TV9 News is brought live from Studio C in Sri Pentas, ].

Channel 9 broadcasts under ] (Ultra High) Frequency. In the Klang Valley, the UHF channel is 42, with a weaker transmission at 33 in certain parts of the Klang valley. Channel 9 is also available on local satellite provider ] via Channel 119.

== See also ==
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