Bio

Blurb

William Quah has been a familiar face and voice in the Malaysian entertainment scene for over 6 years. Starting out with a number of TV Commercials, he soon made the move to TV, working on two seasons of TV2’s first English Music Chart Show, Star Trax. While there, he began picking up the skills necessary to make magic off camera as well, trying his hand at scriptwriting, directing and producing.
After being noticed during a number of high profile celeb interviews (including Avril Lavigne, Missy Elliott and Matchbox 20), he was invited to join Channel [V] International, where he was the only male VJ, and also an executive script writer for both his own and other shows.
Growing bored with the cookie cutter image of a VJ, Will made the move to ntv7, Malaysia’s most successful independent free-to-air station, where he became an anchor for the English News, earning him the informal title of Youngest News Anchor in Malaysia. His primary role in the station was as a content creator and brand marketeer, and this led to him being made head of the newly created English Current Affairs Department, from which were spawned ASA nominated shows such as MNN Entertainment (Malaysia’s premier entertainment, lifestyle and fashion program, covering everything from the Oscars and Grammy’s to London and New York Fashion week, top artist interviews and cutting edge celebrity gossip) and The Breakfast Show (the highly rated, award winning morning variety show that showcased a number of Malaysian firsts, with a number of book and product launches, top bands and personalities performing live, and a selection of the most interesting issues affecting both KL and the world), both of which garnered excellent ratings in their respective belts.
As well as overseeing the production of shows in both English and Malay, Will was also hosting over 3 hours of live TV a day, making him Malaysia’s most prolific presenter, a title as yet unmatched by any other host in the country (this was topped by his 7 hour marathon live hosting of ntv7’s anniversary celebrations, a feat never before performed on live Malaysian TV).
After ntv7’s buyout by Media Prima, Will turned to his freelance projects, working on a huge number of TV commercials, voice overs, live events and short season shows, including hosting the F1 pre-show on 8tv with Malaysia’s only F1 driver to date, Alex Yoong. During this time, he also worked extensively on his first love – writing – contributing and editing for magazines such as FHM, Harper’s Bazaar, The Malay Mail (including the infamous “Sex Issue”), and Vision KL.
After a number of meetings, Will was lured into a brand new medium in mid 2007 – radio. He joined RedFM as the youngest breakfast show host in the country, and one of the only DeeJays to debut in the prime time slot, and made big waves throughout the industry with his dark sarcasm, odd points of view, and resonant voice. Teamed with radio legend, Shazmin of MixFM fame, they proved to be a highly niche but much loved pairing, with a host of loyal listeners. After a year of the show, Will was lured back to the world of TV, rejoining ntv7’s The Breakfast Show as one of the new anchors tasked with getting the program back on it’s feet. In Will’s own words, “I miss radio, but it was always more of a hobby than a career. It’s easy to do, and I can’t imagine who could find it challenging. TV requires you to be far more switched on, and the rewards are far greater”.
As of 2009, Will can be found most mornings covering news, current affairs, and lifestyle stories for three hours, from 7am to 10am, on ntv7, while still finding ample time to take on the many emceeing, hosting and writing assignments that come his way freelance.
Will is also a talented surfer of the internet, and wastes away what free time he has painting, building things out of all sorts of rubbish, and reading so much that he spends more on books than on food.
Will lives in Bukit Bintang with a significant other and way too many weapons for one man.

Basics

Name: Will Quah

Me in 10 words: Liked by some, Loathed by more, Indifferent about me myself.

The world in 10 words: You will not know what it is til it’s gone.

Cheese: Me, people who think I am the cheese, media, work, money, expensive dinners, expensive dinners on the house, booze, booze on the house, booze on the table, booze anywhere anytime, comments cryptic are that, people who love me, people I love, online radio, Warhammer, working out, things working out, being out of work, work outings (especially if free meals are in involved), playing people like fine instruments (both socially and sexually – I am an organist, ya know), painting, modelling (both small pastic ones and catwalk), uncrowded clubs, clubs crowded with beautiful people (but all just slightly less beautiful than me), SMS’s, caller ID (to avoid people), the internet, me (oops, did I say that one already? Nevermind, you can never like yourself too much).

Not the Cheese: People other than me, sometimes me, people who think I am cheesy, work, expensive dinners you THOUGHT were on the house but which aren’t, booze on the floor, booze on my trousers, booze on my date, forks in the road, forks in the road that come much too quickly (when compared to the road map), anything that comes far too quickly, roads I don’t know, forks on the road, cheap forks, getting forked over, parallel parking, spelling “parallel”, people who pretend to love me, people who think they love me but who later realise they love that guy with the muscles the size of my head, people I think I love but then later realise I don’t, choosing where to eat, people bailing on me at the last minute, people who don’t think, people who think too much, people who talk behind my back, people who find out when I talk behind their backs, people who are lucky when I am not, people who think I cheat, people who catch me cheating, people I catch cheating me, 5 out of 6 of my mother’s evil cats, cheese (except mozarella and camembert), people who won’t put out fast enough, people who get put out too fast, not getting what I want, wanting what I can’t have, having what I don’t want, not wanting what I can have, filling out profiles.