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| Broadcast area | Metro Cebu and surrounding areas |
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| Frequency | 99.5 MHz (FM Stereo) |
| Branding | Barangay RT 99.5 |
| Programming | |
| Language | Cebuano,Filipino |
| Format | Contemporary MOR,OPM |
| Network | Barangay FM |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | GMA Network Inc. |
| DYSS Super Radyo GMA TV-7 Cebu GTV 27 Cebu | |
| History | |
First air date | 1978 |
Former call signs | DYLS (1978–1979) |
Former names |
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Former frequencies | 97.1 MHz (1978–1979) |
Call sign meaning | RomanticTouch (former branding) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | NTC |
| Class | A/B/C/D/E |
| Power | 25,000watts |
| ERP | 75,000watts |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.gmanetwork.com |
DYRT (99.5FM), on-air asBarangay RT 99.5, is aradio station owned and operated byGMA Network Inc. The station's studio is located at GMA Skyview Complex, Nivel Hills, Apas,Cebu City, while its transmitter is located at Mt. Bonbon, Cebu City.[1][2]
The station was established in 1978 on 97.1 MHz under the call letters DYLS. It was the second oldest regional FM station under the auspices of the Republic Broadcasting System afterDXSS in Davao, which started operations in 1977. In 1979, the station went off the air.
The frequency returned on air in 1992, adifferent radio station owned by AMCARA Broadcasting Network.
On February 4, 1980, the station returned to air, this time on 99.5 MHz under the call letters DYRT. It carried the brandingDouble 9.5 RT: The Romantic Touch, with the slogan "The Beautiful Music Station of Cebu". Back then, its studio and transmitter were located at the 10/F Luym Bldg. along Plaridel cor. Juan Luna St. (now Osmeña Blvd.). The station airedeasy listening music and news updates every top of the hour, and English was used as its medium. In 1990, DYRT and its sister station GMA-7 Cebu moved to its current home in GMA Skyview Complex in Nivel Hills, Apas, and switched to aTop 40 format.
On March 1, 1995, following the launch of RGMA done byMike Enriquez, the station was rebranded asCampus Radio 99.5 RT, with the slogan "Forever!". Two years later, whenBobby Nalzaro took over the operations of GMA Cebu, the station rebranded as99.5 RT and changed its slogan to "Nindota-Ah!", which was later adapted by several RGMA FM stations in Mindanao in 1998. At the same time, it was reformatted to amass-based station and changed its medium to Cebuano. From 2013 to 2018, as conducted by Nielsen Radio Audience Measurement, 99.5 RT Cebu was the dominant overall Number 1 Radio Station in Cebu.[3]
On February 17, 2014, as part of RGMA's brand unifying, the station was rebranded asBarangay RT 99.5 and carried-over the slogan "Isang Bansa, Isang Barangay" with "Nindota Ah" being used as secondary slogan. Since then, it began simulcasting a handful of programs from itsManila station. On April 22, 2019, the station began simulcastingDYSS Super Radyo's programBobby Nalzaro On Board: Saksi until December 2021.[4]
Following the effects ofTyphoon Rai (Odette) in Cebu, Bohol and Leyte on December 16, 2021, the station scaled down its programming.
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