Radyo5 92.3 News FM

DWFM (92.3 FM), broadcasting as 92.3 News FM Radyo5 (pronounced as Radyo Singko), is a radio station owned by the Nation Broadcasting Corporation and operated by TV5 Network. It serves as the flagship station of the Radyo5 network, one of the assets of News5. The station's studio is located in TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Brgy. Buayang Bato, Mandaluyong, while its transmitter is located in NBC compound, Block 3, Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo. This station operates daily from 4 am to 12 mn.

History

1973–1998: MRS

DWFM signed on in 1973 as Manila's third FM station and the Nation Broadcasting Corporation's first FM station. DWFM began as "MRS 92.3Most Requested Song", airing a format consisting of adult top 40 and easy listening music. The station is known for playing the most requested song every hour. DWFM quickly became the top-rated FM station in Manila, and held this title for most of its existence. The success of DWFM led NBC to establish other FM stations using a similar format, including Cebu's DYNC in 1975, and Davao's DXFM.

Its first station building was in the Jacinta Building 1 along Pasay Road (near the Ayala Center complex) and later moved to the NBC Tower/Jacinta Building 2 along EDSA, Guadalupe, Makati.

1998–2007: Joey

In September 1998, NBC was acquired by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., a broadcasting company owned by the PLDT's Beneficial Trust Fund from the consortium of the Yabut family and then House Speaker Manny Villar. In November 1998, DWFM switched to a smooth jazz station as ''Joey @ Rhythms 92.3''. Radio executive Francis Lumen assumed the position of president and CEO bringing with him his previous 10 years of managing Citylite 88.3 (now Jam 88.3). The call letters were also changed to DZRU.

The jazz format would also be implemented on all of NBC's other FM stations, who used other female names for their branding. It was also during this period that NBC entered into a joint venture with MTV Asia for an MTV Philippines feed via NBC's UHF Network (Channel 41). The station also featured new-age music during the Paschal Triduum of the annual Holy Week during that era, which is dubbed as "Take 20".

In 2004, the Rhythms tag was dropped, becomingo 923 Joey (pronounced as "nine-two-three"), with the station slogan "It's a Groove Thing". In January 2007, DZRU-FM was taken over by new management, led by radio executives Raymund Miranda and Al Torres (currently as a voiceover for GMA Network, GTV, Heart of Asia Channel, and I Heart Movies currently based in Canada), along with sales executive Amy Victa. Together with the new team, the butterfly was dropped from the logo and the official call letters were returned to DWFM, the original call letters of the station.

2007–2009: XFM

On Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007, the station was relaunched as 92.3 xFM, airing downtempo, trip hop and house music (and later expanding to include indie pop and easy listeningstaples of the station during the MRS era.) It also reverted its call letters back to DWFM. In August 2007, easy listening tracks were added to the station's playlist, which led to the scrapping of the electronica format in January 2008.

In February 2008, the station reverted to its smooth jazz format. Now known as XFM 92.3, it adopted the slogans "Stress Free Radio", "Cool, Hip, Light, Smooth and all that Jazz" and "Light N Up!".

2009–2010: U92

On October 1, 2009, DWFM switched formats again, becoming the contemporary hit radio station ''U92'', with the youth-oriented slogan "Cool To Be U". At that time its studios moved from NBC Tower/Jacinta Building 2 in EDSA, Guadalupe, Makati to Silver City Mall in Pasig. U92 is manned by a group led by Francis Lumen, president of All Youth Channels (AYC), which runs the now-defunct MTV Philippines. Lumen is a former NBC radio executive and Raven Broadcasting Corporation president. The station is labeled as a radio affiliate of MTV Philippines. The on-air personalities are a mix of former and current MTV Philippines VJ's, celebrities and career radio people. The new CHR format was also tightly cross-promoted and shared talent with the television channel MTV Philippines, which had been broadcast by NBC's stations until mid-2007 when All Youth Channels took over the MTV franchise in the country and converted it to a cable-only service. On October 1, 2010, U92 transitioned to a fully automated station, eight months after MTV Philippines shut down on February 15, which signified another branding to the station.

2010–present: Radyo5

On November 8, 2010, after almost a month of test broadcast, DWFM made another first in the history of FM radio broadcasting in the Philippines, as the station flipped to a groundbreaking news/talk radio as ''Radyo5 92.3 News FM''; becoming the flagship station for a new radio network operated in conjunction with the news department of TV5 (which PLDT media subsidiary MediaQuest recently acquired a majority stake of in earlier in the year). At that time the station's studios moved again from Silver City Mall in Pasig to TV5 Studio Complex in Novaliches, Quezon City. The move came as part of a plan to expand TV5's news operation in order to become more competitive with the other major networks, which also included the launch of a news network on NBC's television stations, AksyonTV (which also simulcasts some of its programming until its shutdown in 2019). Most of the personalities are former anchors and reporters from different AM-radio stations in Mega Manila including Neil Ocampo, Laila Chikadora, Cheryl Cosim, Cristy Fermin (from DZMM), Raffy Tulfo, Nina Taduran, Ruel Otieco, JV Arcena (from DZXL), Arnell Ignacio, Shalala (from DZBB), Izza Reniva-Cruz (from Veritas 846), Zony Esguerra (from DZME) and TV5 news anchors Julius Babao and Jay Taruc.

In less than six months under the new format, Radyo5 ranked as the fourth most listened to FM stations in Metro Manila. In March 2012, the Radio Research Council ranked Radyo5 as the number 1 news radio station in the market in a survey of motorists. Afterwards, in 2013, Radyo5 was declared again by the PSRC Car Coincidental Survey as the most preferred & listened FM station for public utility vehicles including jeepneys, taxis and FX.

On December 23, 2013, Radyo5 studios (including News5) moved from the TV5 Studio Complex in Novaliches, Quezon City to their new home at TV5 Media Center along Reliance Street, Mandaluyong.

In 2017, a series of budget cuts were imposed by TV5's management. Among those affected were Radyo5's overnight operations. The network changed broadcast times twice until February 16, 2018, when they made a permanent daily 20 hour run (4:00 am until midnight), adding music content during early morning and late-night (except during radio coverage of doubleheader PBA game days).

In November 8, 2022, coinciding with the 12th anniversary of the station, it launched its new station ID, with its new slogan ''"Ito ang Totoong Tunog ng Serbisyo Publiko"'' (This is the Genuine Sound of Public Service), voiced by Martin Andanar.

During TV5's trade launch, Radyo5 announces its plans for its relaunching scheduled on January 16, 2023 and its expansion to key cities nationwide.

One PH

After the shutdown of AksyonTV on January 13, 2019, the programs of Radyo5 began to air in a Cignal-exclusive "teleradyo" channel, One PH, which was initially launched on February 18 and officially launched on July 31. Coinciding with the said launch, Radyo5 was added with new studios and programs, and re-extended its weekday broadcast hours.

Starting August and September 2019, selected Radyo5 and One PH programs (''Morning Calls'', ''One Balita'', ''One Balita Pilipinas'', ''Wag Po!'' and ''Turbo Time with Mike and Lindy'') begin its airing on either simulcast or delayed basis on The 5 Network as part of programming revamp spearheaded by TV5 Network's new CEO Jane Basas.

On March 17, 2020, Radyo5 along with One PH, temporarily suspended its regular programming as an effect of the Luzon-wide "enhanced community quarantine" against COVID-19. The radio station aired the special edition of ''One News Now'' and automated music throughout the day. However, regular programs resumed after a few months.

In December 2020, Cignal TV and Philstar Media Group took over the operations and programming of Radyo Singko, respectively. With this development, some of the station's programs aired their respective final episodes during the final weeks of December 2020. On January 1, 2021, One PH's programming (except for overnight slots) have been integrated to the programming schedule of Radyo Singko, and all the music blocks (save for Sunday by Heart) have been removed. The new management also kept the radio coverage rights of PBA games due to existing exclusive contract between PBA and One Sports (formerly Sports5 and ESPN5).

Programming

Notable presenters

Current

* Raffy Tulfo
* Julius Babao
* Christine Bersola-Babao
* Ted Failon
* Cheryl Cosim
* Jove Francisco
* Jay Taruc
* Cristy Fermin
* Noli Eala
* Bro Jun Banaag OP

Former

* Martin Andanar
* Orly Mercado (now a substitute for Ted Failon at DJ Chacha sa Radyo5)
* Erwin Tulfo (now a DSWD Secretary)
* Luchi Cruz-Valdes (head of News5)
* Ben Tulfo
* Amy Perez
* Amelyn Veloso (now deceased)
* Paolo Bediones
* Cherie Mercado
* Bayani Agbayani
* Richard Gordon

See also

*TV5 Network
*One Sports
*One PH
*DWET-TV
*News5
*Nation Broadcasting Corporation
*List of television and radio stations owned by TV5 Network

References

External links

News5 Website

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News and talk radio stations in the Philippines
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Radio stations established in 1973
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