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DYLS (97.1 FM), broadcasting as MOR 97.1 Lupig Sila!, was a
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owned and operated by
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. The station's
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and offices were located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Complex, North Road, Jagobiao,
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, while its
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was located at Babag 2, Brgy. Busay,
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.


History


1992-1994: The Great Romance

AMCARA Broadcasting Network established the station on January 20, 1992, as LS 97.1 with the tagline ''The Great Romance''. It aired an
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format, similar to its
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station.


1994-1997: Star Radio

On October 1, 1994, the station was reformatted as Star Radio 97.1, based from the branding its
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station adopted one year prior. It carried a mass-based format. In July 1996, ABS-CBN acquired the station from AMCARA.


1997-2001: ABS-CBN Radio

On March 1, 1997, following the formation of Regional Network Group (RNG), the station was rebranded as ABS-CBN Radio LS97 with the taglines "Lupig Sila!" and "For Life!" (which was later adapted by the Manila station a year later). A few months later, a RRC-PSRC Survey shows 97.1 spotted the market so that they can make it to top 1 in the city. On February 8, 1999, it was later changed its name to ABS-CBN LS 97.1 For Life!.


2001-2020: MOR 97.1

On July 14, 2001, as part of rebranding ABS-CBN's RNG FM stations coinciding with the Cagayan de Oro station's 8th Anniversary, the station was rebranded as MOR 97.1 Lupig Sila! For Life!. According to Nielsen and Kantar Media Survey, MOR is the Number 1 Radio Station in Metro Cebu for the last quarter of 2011. On July 30, 2016, the station celebrated its 20th anniversary with a tagline, "''#20MakaHAPPY''". At the same year, MOR 97.1 Cebu is considered to being the Official Number 1 Radio station in Metro Cebu based on
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Media Surveys with the audience share of 27.20% during the 1st Quarter of FY 2016. On June 1, 2017, TV Patrol Central Visayas began airing on the station alongside sister station DYAB Radyo Patrol, becoming the first regional MOR station to do such. On June 1, 2019, the station, along with MOR Manila and MOR Baguio, is available on Sky Cable.


Shutdown

On May 5, 2020, the station, along with the other My Only Radio stations, went off the air due to the cease and desist order of the
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as the network's legislative franchise to operate expired the day before. My Only Radio currently operates as an online radio station.‘Tahanan po ang MOR for 12 years. Sorry.’ DJ Chacha bids tearful goodbye as MOR, ‘My Only Radio’, faces closure
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