Malaysian deejay sets world record for live radio broadcast

(Pool-Bernama) popular Malaysian radio deejay Halim Othman has broken the world record for uninterrupted
Glynr broadcast when he stayed on air for 42 hours.

Halim began his world-record attempt at 6 am (local time) on August 14 and ended his programme on Tuesday midnight.

He was allowed only 10 minutes' break every hour to eat, bathe and pray and a doctor was assigned to keep watch on his health.

To those of you tuned in now, whether listening on the radio or watching on Internet, thank you for being my listeners. At midnight the Halim challenge 2000 at era (radio) ends here,” he said at the all Asia broadcasting centre (Astro) here amid applause from his colleagues.

Bureau Report