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| Broadcast area | Metro Cebu and surrounding areas |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 90.7MHz (FM Stereo) |
| Branding | 90.7 Brigada News FM |
| Programming | |
| Language | Cebuano,Filipino |
| Format | Contemporary MOR,News,Talk |
| Network | Brigada News FM |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mareco Broadcasting Network |
| Operator | Brigada Group |
| History | |
First air date | 1989 |
Former call signs | Brigada News FM: DYWF (2013–2023) |
Former names |
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Former frequencies | Brigada News FM: 93.1 MHz (2013–2023) |
Call sign meaning | AdultContemporary (former radio format) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | NTC |
| Power | 20,000watts |
| ERP | 60,000watts |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Live Stream |
| Website | brigadanews.ph |
DYAC (90.7FM), broadcasting as90.7 Brigada News FM, is a radio station owned byMareco Broadcasting Network and operated byBrigada Group. It serves as the Visayas flagship station of Brigada News FM. The station's studio and offices are located at the Uptown Residences, V. Rama Ave. cor. B. Rodriguez St., Brgy. Guadalupe,Cebu City, while its transmitter is atop Mt. Busay, Brgy. Babag 1,Cebu City (near theABS-CBN tower).[1]
Brigada News FM Cebu is currently as the dominant over-all #1 radio station in Metro Cebu, based on the Nielsen Radio Audience Measurement latest survey conducted in the Q4 2023.[2]
The station was established in 1989 asMagic 90.7 under the ownership of Molave Broadcasting Network, a company by Arcadio Carandang. It was one of the FM stations in the market to carry asmooth jazz format and was home ofLight Jazz. It was headed by radio veteran Andy Boy Suzara and personality Jennison Mendoza, along with six maledisc jockeys. At that time, the station was located at Doña Luisa Bldg. in Fuente Osmeña.
In 1995, the station was acquired by Ermita Electronics Corporation. It rebranded as simply DYAC with the sloganThe Music Zone and carried aTop 40 format. It was led by station manager Eleanor Montilla and currentRetro Cebu personality, Jake John Gesite Malagar (known on-air as Jay Fox).[3]
In July 1998,Ultrasonic Broadcasting System leased the station's airtime and relaunched it as90.7 Energy FM. It is the second Energy station after itsflagship station inDavao. Dubbed as "All hits superstation", it carried amass-based format. In less than fifteen months, it became the overall #1 radio station in the city, based on the Radio Research Council Survey held in 1999.
In a span of two years, Energy FM held a number of promotional events withEnergy @ The Movies,Bar Tour 1,Back to School (Bar Tour 2) andBar Tour 3, where listeners who joined for a chance to win free tickets to advance screenings of hit movies and participate in their various activities to know how they can win prizes.[4]
In October 2003, after Energy FM transferred its operations toWord Broadcasting Corporation-owned 89.1 FM,Mareco Broadcasting Network acquired the station from Ermita and movedCrossover's operations to this frequency, which carried aSmooth AC format. Crossover used to air onVimcontu Broadcasting Corporation-owned93.1 FM through anairtime lease agreement from its inception in September 1997 prior to its move. During its existence, their studio and transmitter were located at JSU-PSU Mariners' Court Cebu along Legazpi Ext. Among its personalities since 2014 was Eliot Verar (formerly from Z104,MOR 97.1 andNU 107).
On December 31, 2019, Horizon of the Sun Communications (producers of Chinese Filipino oriented shows Chinatown TV and Chinese News TV) took over the operations of MBNI's stations. On November 15, 2020, after almost 17 years, Crossover quietly signed off for the last time.
On November 16, 2020, the station, along with other MBNI provincial stations, was officially launched asQ Radio and switched to aCHR/Top 40 format. Aside from having its own local programming, it also simulcasted a handful of programs from itsflagship station in Manila.
On December 16, 2021, Q Radio went off the air as an effect ofTyphoon "Rai" (Odette) at the evening, which damaged the station's transmitter and building. A couple of weeks later, the station returned on-air after the power was restored in the area.
On May 14, 2023 at 10:00pm, Q Radio signed off on this frequency, with "Wherever You Will Go" byThe Calling as its swansong.
Earlier that month, in line for Brigada News FM Cebu's 10th anniversary,Brigada Mass Media Corporation (BMMC) bought the station's airtime lease, along with the transfer of its studio and offices to Uptown Residences in Brgy. Guadalupe. On May 15, as part of its transition, 90.7 FM conducted a test broadcast and began simulcasting93.1 FM during automated and graveyard timeslots.[5][6]
On June 18, 2023, Brigada News FM shifted its full-time operations to this frequency after Q Radio signed off; hence rebranding the station as90.7 Brigada News FM. The station's old 5-kilowatt transmitter in Doña Luisa Bldg. was replaced with a newly-installed 20-kilowatt stereo transmitter atop Mt. Busay for clearer and better signal reception. A day prior,its former frequency was downgraded to a repeater of the latter, which lasted until August 14.[7]
On June 30, 2023 at 9:31pm, Brigada News FM Cebu aired a 2-hour special countdown until its fully transition to this frequency the following day at midnight.[8]
On July 1, 2023, as part of"Kalimti ang Ex, Mas Lami ang Bag-o!" transition campaign, Brigada News FM Cebu had its grand launch and blessing of its studio and offices in Brgy. Guadalupe, along with a motorcade at selected streets in Cebu and a free disco at the Kamagayan Food Park. Station Manager, current Area Manager for Visayas and founder of ANAKK, Inc. Raul del Prado, Brigada Group of Companies President Elmer Catulpos and other Brigada news teams and officials were present in the occasion.[9] FormerBombo Radyo Cebu radio announcer Atty. Juril Patiño, who also serving as a program host since 2016, taking over the station manager.
On March 14, 2024, Brigada News FM started carrying the tagline "#iBrigadaMo".
On May 12, 2024, the station went off the air due to transmitter renovation, but returned on air online a day later. It resumed terrestrial broadcast on May 15 after the replacement of its new antenna on the station's transmitter site.
On March 13, 2024, program hosts Dennes Regner Tabar and Atty. Juril "The Master" Broka Patiño conducted an on-air interview with a four-year old rape survivor during which the two asked the child to recount her experience. The interview sparked outcry from media organizations, child rights organizations and theDepartment of Social Welfare and Development for its unethicality, with journalists citing theKapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas Broadcasting Code, which stipulates the protection of child victims from enduring further persecution and trauma. The radio station's management subsequently issued a statement saying that it taken "immediate internal action to implement administrative sanctions,” adding that the hosts expressed "profound regret" and "remorse". Prior to this, the hosts said that the interview had been taken with the consent of the victim's mother. TheIntegrated Bar of the Philippines denounced the interview, and said that it “violated the ethical standards outlined in the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA)" for lawyers, of which Patiño is one, and was "prejudicial to the child" under child-abuse laws.[10][11]