DXZB (89.9 FM), broadcasting as 89.9 Brigada News FM, is a radio station owned and operated by

Brigada Mass Media Corporation The Brigada Group of Companies is a Filipino conglomerate, with interests in entertainment and consumer goods. editions in Mindanao, a network of FM stations across the Philippines, one TV station, distribution of herbal food supplements, ...

. Its studio is located along Mayor Vitaliano Agan Ave., Brgy. Camino Nuevo,

Zamboanga City Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (; ; Subanen languages, Subanen: ''Bagbenwa Sembwangan''; Sama–Bajaw languages, Sama: ''Lungsud Samboangan''; ; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city i ...

, while its transmitter is located in Sitio Muruk, Brgy. Pasonanca,

. This station operates daily from 4 am to 12 midnight.

History

The station was formerly known as Bay Radio from 1992 to 2013, when Brigada acquired

Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a Philippine broadcast media company. Formerly a radio network which operated a number of stations across regional areas in the Philippines under the Bay Radio branding, it currently serves as the lice ...

. Brigada News FM was formerly on 93.1 FM under an airtime lease with Audiovisual Communicators, Inc. from its inception in August 2013 to the middle of 2015, when it transferred to this frequency. On March 31, 2025, Brigada News FM launched its new tagline "Be the Heart of the Delightful Philippines", positioning the city as the tourism gateway in the Southwestern Philippines and the main transit towards the Sulu Archipelago to the south and towards the Mindanao mainland.

Controversy

On October 13, 2024, program host Carina Bea Dela Cruz made a post on her Facebook profile about her thoughts about the celebration of the Nuestra Senora La Virgen del Pilar (or Fiesta Pilar) inside the

Fort Pilar The Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza (''Royal Fort of Our Lady of the Pillar of Saragossa''), also Fort Pilar, is a 17th-century military defense fortress built by the History of the Philippines (1521–1898), Spanish colonial g ...

Shrine premises, with calling her out 'should be observed with dignified solemnities'. This prompted the Fort Pilar Shrine Administrator and Catholic priest, Fr. Armand Aquino called out for attention and cited 'how Fiesta Pilar has been celebrated solemnly by mood, but also remains festive.' Dela Cruz deleted her original post and apologized 'for the importance of cultural and spiritual symbols for many'. The radio station's management made a statement regarding this matter that 'the views are represented by her and does not represent by the radio station' and have talked to Dela Cruz about what happened.

References

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