2006-2021[]
Hot FM previously operated as wow.fm, then WaFM, which was owned by Tiara Jacquelina. Media Prima acquired the station after the station began test transmissions from 15 January 2006 to 6 February 2006, in which the station officially commenced operations led by Seelan Paul, who was a former presenter with Era FM.
In 2009, Hot FM went down in history as for the first time the station was charted at the top among other radio stations in Malaysia with 3.8 million weekly listeners, ahead of its traditional rival Era FM, which only reached 3.76 million listeners in a week.
2021-present[]
Between 28 March 2022 and 22 September 2023, Hot FM, as well as its sister stations, was temporarily taken off the air from the MYTV platform.
On June 1, 2022, Hot FM began playing Malay songs from the 90s every hour, effectively changing the radio format from a contemporary hot radio station to a hot adult contemporary radio station.
On 2 July 2023, Hot FM claimed as the "number 1 radio station in Malaysia" with 3.8 million weekly listeners according to Nielsen’s Consumer and Media View (July 2022-June 2023). While according to GfK RAM Survey Wave 2 in 2023, Hot FM were placed as the 3rd most listened Malay-language radio station in Malaysia.
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