The Tamil broadcast then changed its name to Bahagian India. During his leadership, the Indian service bloomed and transmission hours were extended. Balakrishnan became the Head of Indian services. Iyer, Rama Iyer, Haneef and Sundaraju Govindasamy were the pioneers in Tamil Broadcasting in Malaysia. The news bulletins were then aired from Singapore, while programmes such as regional news, classical music, radio plays were produced in Kuala Lumpur and Penang. In September 1957, a special stage programme dedicated to Bapa Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman was held in Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur as part of the celebrations of Malaysia's independence. Its first programme was broadcast from KL Town Hall (now Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur). The format of the programme is retained today because of its popularity. In 1956, the Federal House near Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur became the official Radio House.ДЄudience shows were later introduced in 1957 when a programme called Kalappadam made its debut. In 1951, Radio Malaya converted a ward in Hospital Tang Ling into a recording studio. When Emergency was declared during the Communist threat in British Malaya in 1948, a special broadcast called ' Emergency ' was aired along the normal broadcast. Programmes were then transmitted at the Oriental Building in Mountbatten Road (now Jalan Tun Perak). Shanmugam was then the head of Tamil Broadcast. Tanjai Thomas supervised Tamil Broadcast from Kuala Lumpur.Дuring the Japanese occupation in World War II, the broadcast was known as JMPK. Initially the programmes were aired from Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur.

Tamil language broadcast in Malaysia started in 1937 together with the three other major languages spoken, namely Malay, English and Mandarin. The station was formerly known as Radio 6 and Radio Malaysia Channel 6.

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