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Cruz Teng
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Cruz Teng (born 18 September 1979) is a Singaporean events, radio and television host and the owner of a content and communications consultancy he founded in 2025[1][2].
He made his radio debut in 1996 before he turned 17[3], and hosted radio and television programmes, as well as entertainment, trade and corporate events from 1996 to 2015 and was a four-time winner of the Most Popular Radio Personality Award at the Singapore Radio Awards [4]. He was head of Singapore’s number one radio station Mediacorp YES 933 from 2013 to 2015 [5].
He left media in 2015[6][7] and ventured into the corporate world, where he held senior brand and communications positions in various industries, including land transport [8], automotive[9], insurance[10] and banking [11]. In 2022, he was appointed a board member of Singapore-listed NoonTalk Media [12].
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Education
Teng was educated at Anderson Secondary School where he took his GCE O Levels.[citation needed] He completed a Diploma in Business Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1999.[13] He enrolled in a part-time bachelor's degree course at SIM University in 2009, and completed his studies in 2012 despite a term’s absence.[14][15] In 2014, he announced that he was accepted into Nanyang Technological University, to read Master of Mass Communications. He had completed the matriculation process and scored a corporate scholarship, but had to withdraw from the course when it was decided that he would return to the morning show [16].
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1996-2002: Beginnings
Teng started his freelance radio career at MediaCorp YES 933 in 1996. A year prior, he interviewed at YES 933 as a student ambassador. Throughout his polytechnic and national days, he hosted weekend programmes and occasionally stood in for weekday programmes. He was given a permanent slot on Sunday mornings to host the Global Chinese Music Chart in 2021.
2002-2015: Full fledged media career
Teng became a full-time radio presenter and hosted the evening drive time show in 2022. He then hosted the morning show for the next two years. He repeatedly mentioned on his blog that he was unable to adjust to the demands of the morning shift. He was transferred to the night dedications show in early 2005, before returning to the morning show six months later. The morning show was relaunched in September 2005[17], and a new era began as the WRM Morning Show became the most listened to morning show across all stations and languages in Singapore. Teng remained as the constant anchor of the morning show from 2005 to 2013.
During this period, he was one of the most recognisable personalities in Chinese Radio. Teng was the first person to host both the local and regional chart shows on the station. He was named Friendliest Radio Personality in 2004, and subsequently the Most Popular Radio Personality four consecutive times at the Singapore Radio Awards. He was also the first male brand ambassador for Bioskin [18] in 2008 and the spokesperson for Singtel AMPed, a digital music download service, in 2009.
Early in his career, Teng was picked to host several large scale award ceremonies. He hosted the Global Chinese Music Awards Ceremony in Shanghai, Taipei, Beijing and Singapore. He also hosted the Singapore Hit Awards Ceremony from 2005 to 2013, and received local and regional award nominations.
Teng was the lyricist of "Passerby/ Lu Ren Jia". It is Hong Kong singer Justin Lo's first ever Mandarin song.[19] He has been a strong advocate of local music. In 2014, YES 933 dedicated a massive amount of air time to promote new local acts. Singapore Hit Awards 2014 also adopted a local theme.
2013-2015: Radio management
Teng was made station head of YES 93.3FM in 2013 and stepped down from the morning show to host a 2-hour slot from 10am to 12pm. The following year, he was removed from the weekday lineup, but returned to the morning show with new partners a few months later.
During this period, he chaired the Singapore Hit Awards[20] and Global Chinese Music Awards[21] executive committees, and launched several new programmes and events, including Cycle to Supper [22]. He also launched 933TV, the station’s video production arm.[23]
In an unexpected move, he anchored a television show ‘Mars vs Venus’ [24] on Channel U for the first time in 2015. After news broke that he had stopped smoking, Singapore’s Health Promotion Board named him as ambassador [25] of its anti-smoking campaign.
2015-2025: Corporate
After leaving Mediacorp at the end of 2015, Teng held communications and brand roles in different industries. According to his LinkedIn, he had worked for Standard Chartered, Singlife, Eurokars, Tan Chong and SMRT [26]. During this period, he also became a board member of NoonTalk Media, which was listed in Singapore in 2022.
In 2016, Teng published a blog entry to mark his 20th anniversary in radio.[27][28] He remarked that "it was a shame he couldn't mark this occasion in the studios", and stressed that he "has every intention to go back on air sooner or later".
2025-: DZY
On 25 Jul 2025, Teng announced that he was setting up a new content and communications consultancy to "leverage what he'd learnt in media and communications the last 30 years"[29][30]
His podcast, The DZY Show, was launched on the same day. Regional and local celebrities recorded congratulatory messages. They included Stefanie Sun [31], Energy [32], Kym Ng[33], Hong Junyang[34], Chabansheng[35], etc. Within 48 hours, the show ranked #1 in Singapore on Apple Podcasts[36], surpassing some of the biggest podcasting names like The Diary of a CEO, BBC Global News Podcast and TED Talks Daily.
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In addition to hosting weekday shows, Teng also presented other radio programmes which were broadcast at various timings.
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Teng was one of the earliest DJs to begin a blog.[73] He was nominated for Best Celebrity Blog at the 1st Nuffnang Regional Blog Awards in 2009,[74] Best Radio Personality Blog at the Singapore Radio Awards in 2010[75] and Best Local Celebrity Blog at the omy Blog Awards 2010.[76] He was named Official Blogger for Singapore's National Day celebrations in 2009.[77]
In 2007, Teng fell into a drain and broke five bones in his left foot[78]. He was admitted to hospital and did a surgery the following day. A week later, fellow DJ Dennis Chew also met with an accident. He fell off a bicycle and fractured his arm and suffered other injuries on his face and legs. At that time, they were the only two male DJs in the station, and the event was later ranked as one of the Top 10 Local Entertainment Headlines in Singapore that year.[79][80][81][82][83]
Long Distance Relationship
Teng admitted to a long-distance relationship on 933TV in 2015, but declined to give further details. In 2018, he said on social media that his ex had passed away [84]. He followed up with several posts, including flying to Taiwan for the funeral in late 2018, and subsequent visits at the columbarium in Taiwan. [85]
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