Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine broadcast media company. It was 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 licensee for majority of the stations owned by

Brigada Mass Media Corporation Brigada Mass Media Corporation (BMMC) is a newspaper company and media network in the Philippines. It is the first-ever local Tri-media organization to have emerged from the Soccsksargen area as a national network with its array of Brigada N ...

after the latter's acquisition in 2013. The network never had a Bay Radio station in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao during its existence.Council files opposition to digital TV application
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History

Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation was founded in 1992 by Ernesto Yabut, with DWTY 93.5 in Olongapo City & DXBY 89.9 in

Zamboanga City Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano and es, Ciudad de Zamboanga, Tausūg: ''Dāira sin Sambuangan'', fil, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, ceb, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippi ...

. Financial struggles would later hound the network as within the late 2000s, a number of Bay Radio stations were either sold to other networks or continue with operation cuts. Among those were DXRK Cagayan de Oro, which was sold to Hypersonic Broadcasting Center in 2011 & became Magnum Radio 99.9, and DXYM General Santos, which became the nucleus of Brigada News FM in 2009. In February 2013, Baycomms was acquired by Brigada Mass Media Corporation. Soon, its stations started carrying the brand Brigada News FM.

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