The station's origins can be traced back to Radio Singapura's Malay Service, which began on 4 January 1959.

[6] In August 2013, Warna 942 along with Ria 897 and Suria were consolidated into Mediacorp's Malay Broadcast Division.

A block of daily religious talk programming is aired at 5:00 a.m. SGT, prior to the Fajr prayer.

On Friday evenings, the station broadcasts a service (solat juma'at) recapping the khutbah of the Imam during the period.

Yearly on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the station broadcasts the live Malay-language khutbah immediately after the Takbir from a mosque at 8:00 a.m. During the Maulidur Rasul holiday, the station incorporates Nasyid music dedicated to Muhammad into its music programming.