DXRP-FM
DXFO (87.9 FM), broadcasting as Repul1ka 87.9 FM1, is a radio station owned and operated by government-run Philippine Broadcasting Service. Its studios is located at Braveheart Bldg., Gen. Douglas MacArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City, and its transmitter is located at Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City. It operates daily from 5:00 AM to 12:00 MN.
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| City | Davao City and Southern Mindanao |
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| Branding | 87.9 Republ1ka FM1 |
| Slogan | Your Hit Music Nation! Forever Young! Commercial Free, More Music Spree! |
| Frequency | 87.9 MHz |
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| Format | Top 40 (CHR), OPM |
| Power | 10,000 watts |
| Call sign meaning | derived from sister AM station |
| Former frequencies | 87.5 MHz[1] (August 2018 - January 2020) |
| Owner | Philippine Broadcasting Service |
| Sister stations | Radyo Pilipinas Davao |
History
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 Harriet Deniel (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]
References
- Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat (August 10, 2016). "Sec Andanar pushes bill to create People's Broadcasting Corp". Philippine Information Agency. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
- "Davao welcomes 'first frequency on PH FM'". Edge Davao. August 9, 2018.
- "Tujan: FM1 goes live". Sun.Star. December 24, 2019.
- Joey Sem Dalumpines (June 15, 2019). "Davao City LGU plans to put up AM/FM radio for emergencies". Philippine Information Agency.