 In 1983, there was a weekly half-hour radio programme that was specially dedicated for xinyao and its musicians.The programme was titled Geyun xinsheng (歌韵心声; “Our Singers and Songwriters”) and started by the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC; now known as Mediacorp ).In the same year, SBC broadened its annual Chinese Talentime event "Dou ge jing yi" (斗歌竞艺), to include a vocal group section.