Republika Ni Juan Davao

Republika ni Juan Davao (87.9 FM) is a radio station owned and operated by the Presidential Broadcast Service which serves as a relay of DWFO-FM in Metro Manila. Its studios are located at the Mindanao Media Hub Bldg., Carlos P. Garcia Highway, Bangkal, Davao City, and its transmitter is located at Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City.

Republika ni Juan Davao

Relay of DWFO Manila
Davao City
Broadcast area	Metro Davao and surrounding areas
Frequency	87.9 MHz
Branding	87.9 Republika ni Juan
Programming
Language	English, Filipino
Format	Contemporary MOR, OPM, News
Network	Republika ni Juan
Ownership
Owner	Presidential Broadcast Service
Sister stations	DXRP Radyo Pilipinas
History
First air date	February 2018 (as Radyo Pilipinas) August 1, 2018 (as FM1) June 12, 2020 (as Republika FM1) 2024 (as Republika) 2025 (as Republika ni Juan)
Former frequencies	87.5 MHz[1] (August 2018 - January 2020)
Technical information
Licensing authority	NTC
Power	10,000 watts
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	pbs.gov.ph/stations

History

FM1 logo from 2017 to 2020

87.5 MHz was used as a temporary frequency of Radyo Pilipinas Davao from February to August 2018, while conducting maintenance and transferring studios to the Mindanao Media Hub, to be located in Davao City.^[2]

FM1 Davao, the first regional FM station of PBS and FM1 Manila, was launched on August 1, 2018. It is being led by station manager Hariett Saniel (Joe Fisher); Maurice Abella, marketing manager and former Mix FM and Oomph Radio station manager, Joey Sy-Domingo.^[3]

In January 2020, however, the station went off-air for a month. FM1 resumed broadcasting at 87.9 MHz on February 3, 2020, the same date the City Government of Davao took over its former frequency.^[4]

On December 5, 2020, The studios of Republika FM1 Davao along with its sister station Radyo Pilipinas Davao transferred to the new home at the new Mindanao Media Hub in Bangkal, Davao City.^[5][6]

Under the new PBS director general since September 2024, the FM1 branding has officially dropped and its broadcast hours reduced from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm daily (same with Manila-based sister stations 87.5 Republika and 104.3 The Capital). Since January 2, 2025, the station has temporary reformatted into adult-leaning Top 40 format after a month. It currently plays music from the 2000s to present, and most of its special programs were axed.

On February 1, 2025, the station has switched its format again into "masa-based" (contemporary MOR), with official re-launching this February 14 (Valentine's Day) as Republika ni Juan.