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Radio station in Cebu City, Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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DYWF (93.1 FM), broadcasting as FM Radio 93.1, is a radio station owned by Vimcontu Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Philippine Collective Media Corporation. The station's studio and offices are located at the 2/F JSU-PSU Mariners' Court Cebu, ALU-VIMCONTU Welfare Center, Legazpi Ext., Brgy. San Roque, Cebu City, and its transmitter is located at Brgy. Babag 1, Cebu City.[2][3]
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The station was inaugurated on May 1, 1976, under the call letters DYLA-FM. At that time, it carried the branding as LA 93.1 with its slogan Your Lovely Alternative, airing an easy listening format.
In 1992, it changed its call letters to DYWF and rebranded as 93.1 Smash FM. It aired a Modern Rock format.
In September 1997, Mareco Broadcasting Network acquired the station's airtime lease and relaunched it as 93.1 Crossover with a Smooth AC format. At the time MBNI took operations, Crossover went on the air on this frequency.
In 2003, Vimcontu Broadcasting Corporation took full control of the station and renamed it back to 93.1 Smash FM with the same format. Meanwhile, Crossover moved to the then-newly acquired 90.7 FM, which was formerly owned by UBSI.
On September 1, 2009, it rebranded as 93.1 Club Radio, becoming the city's first and only FM radio station playing an all-dance format.[4]
In February 2013, the station rebranded back to Smash FM and switched to a mass-based format.
On July 27, 2013, Brigada Mass Media Corporation, owner of Brigada Newspaper & its flagship station in General Santos, took over the station's operations and relaunched the station as 93.1 Brigada News FM under the helm of former RMN Cebu and DYKC radio announcer, station manager of the station, current Area Manager for Visayas and founder of ANAKK Inc., Raul del Prado. It was formally launched on October 1, 2013.
On December 16, 2021, Brigada News FM went off the air due to aftermath of Typhoon "Rai" (Odette) in the evening, which damaged the station's building and transmitter bought by the said typhoon. However, at the end of the year, it returned on-air just before the New Year's Day 2022.
In August 2022, the station transferred its transmitter site from Winland Tower Condominium along Juana Osmeña Ext. to Mt. Busay for better reception.
On May 15, 2023, it began simulcasted Mareco-owned 90.7 FM during the afternoon and overnight shifts as part of its transition. On June 18, after Brigada News FM Cebu shifted its full-time operations to 90.7 FM, this frequency was downgraded to a repeater of the latter until August 14, 2023, when it went off the air for the second time as Brigada's lease with Vimcontu had expired.
In January 2024, the Philippine Collective Media Corporation took over the station's operations. It had its official launch on January 13 under the FM Radio Network with a concert held at Gaisano Mall of Cebu.[5]
On May 6, 2024, ABS-CBN's flagship newscast TV Patrol begin airing on this station, along with other selected Favorite Music Radio stations nationwide.[6]
On June 3, 2024, after months of test broadcast, FM Radio Cebu began its own local programming.
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