Bandwidth Street Press
Bandwidth Street Press is a free monthly tabloid-sized music and lifestyle magazine (street press) established in March 2009 and based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It is distributed throughout Kota Kinabalu and surrounding districts. The magazine is released between the 10th to the 15th day of each month. Bandwidth Street Press was founded in Kota Kinabalu in March 2009 by Arthur Lee (editor and publisher). Arthur Lee said at the time that "This magazine is a great opportunity and has a great potential to build a strong music media outlet that is supportive of the local music scene completely from the grass roots level."
History
The first issue of Bandwidth appeared on 14 March 2009 and featured Jiaja on the cover. Bandwidth was not officially launched until 23 May 2009 at D'Junction Fun Pub & Bistro, Kota Kinabalu, by Datuk Elron Angin, the assistant minister to the Minister of Tourism, Cultural and Environment of Sabah State, Datuk Masidi Manjun. A staggering number in attendance, over 400 patrons crowded the venue when Bandwidth's Official Launch Party included live artist performances namely Andalusia, Sasuka, Jiaja, Alvin of Infinatez, Kinabalu Kings, Jin Hackman, Fingerstyle, DJ Mark D, DJ Special K, DJ Nukie D, DJ Yoe, bboys crew Xydro and it was hosted by DJ Jerone.
Distribution and Circulation
Bandwidth Street Press is distributed primarily throughout music stores, entertainment venues, cafes, music schools, private colleges, music studios, shopping malls, restaurants, hair salons, medical centers, night clubs, pub & bars, district libraries, fashion boutiques and so on. Apart from the physical copy version, there is also the soft copy version which is made available for download at Bandwidth's official website addressed at http://www.kkbandwidth.com.
As of June 2009, the readership of Bandwidth Street Press throughout its distribution area in Kota Kinabalu grew from 5,000 to 6,000 over the course of 4 months of operation.