DXUM

DXUM (819 AM) is the flagship radio station of UM Broadcasting Network, under its affiliate Mt. Apo Broadcasting System (MBS–DXUM). The station's studio is located at UMBN Media Center, C. Bangoy corner Palma Gil Streets, Davao City, while the transmitter is located near the University of Mindanao Matina Campus, Davao City.[1][2][3]

DXUM
CityDavao City
Broadcast areaDavao
Branding819 DXUM
SloganNews & Public Affairs.
Frequency819 kHz
First air date1957
FormatNews, Talk, Music
Language(s)Cebuano, Filipino, English
Power10,000 watts
Call sign meaningUniversity of Mindanao
Former frequencies900 KHz (1957–1978)
936 KHz (1978–1988)
AffiliationsRadyo Ukay
OwnerUM Broadcasting Network
(Mt. Apo Broadcasting System)
Sister stations92.3 Wild FM, Retro 95.5

The main format of the station is music and news/talk. Radyo Ukay - Radyo means radio and Ukay means to dig. To dig issues and reports and that is what Radyo Ukay is known to many as "Investigative" radio.

History

DXUM was launched in 1957, 8 years after Atty. Guillermo Torres launched DXMC and the same year UMBN was founded.[4] While DXMC broadcasts news and variety programming, DXUM airs music programming.

During the Martial Law era (and due to a new law that a broadcast company does not allow more than one station in the same market), the ownership and licensee of DXUM was transferred to Mt. Apo Broadcasting System of the Mt. Apo Science Foundation (MASFI), another institution also owned by Torres and is a sister association to the UM.

In November 1978, due to the switch of the Philippine AM dial from the NARBA-mandated 10 kHz spacing to the 9 kHz rule implemented by the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975, the station's frequency was transferred to 936 kHz.

During the 1970s and the 1980s, DXUM was the top music station in Davao City.

Logo of Radyo Ukay from 2000 to 2020.

In 1988, two years after EDSA People Power Revolution, the disc jockeys of DXUM were transferred to DXMC, which was converted into the FM band and became known as Wild FM. Following the changes in the landscape of AM radio now dominated by rival stations, DXUM transferred to its present frequency and reformatted as a news/talk station under the brand Radyo Magasin. After a few years, it rebranded as Radyo Peryodiko, and then Radyo Balita. From 2000 to June 15, 2020, the Radyo Ukay branding was used.[5]

References
  1. Freeze: Bend n’ Peel Merry Mango
  2. FAST BACKWARD: Remembering A. J. Wills
  3. 10 Things Any 80’s Kid Who Grew Up In Davao Would Know
  4. "House Bill No. 5632" (PDF). House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. Radyo Ukay rebranded

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