DXGT (92.1 FM), broadcasting as Radyo Abante 92.1, is a

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owned and operated by

Iddes Broadcast Group Iddes Broadcast Group, Inc. is a Philippine radio network There are two types of radio network currently in use around the world: the one-to-many (simplex communication) broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass media, m ...

. Its studios and transmitter are located beside the Maramag Integrated Bus Terminal, Brgy. North Poblacion, Maramag. The station is managed by former

Bukidnon Bukidnon (), officially the Province of Bukidnon (; ; ; Bukid language, Binukid and Higaonon language, Higaonon: ''Probinsya ta Bukidnon''), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Northern Mindan ...

3rd District

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Gordon Torres.

Incidents

The radio station was attacked with a grenade in June 2013 during a broadcast by one of its commentators, Joas Dignos. Dignos was shot and killed in November 2013 in

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. Local police investigating the case did not rule out the possibility that the Dignos was targeted for his political commentary. According to the

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, the incident is part of a pattern of killings that have earned the Philippines a reputation as "one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a reporter".

References

Radio stations in Bukidnon Radio stations established in 2003 {{coord missing, Philippines