DXND (747 AM) Radyo Bida is a

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owned and operated by

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. It serves as the flagship station of Radyo Bida. The station's studio and transmitter are located at DXND Bldg., Maharlika Highway,

Kidapawan Kidapawan, officially the City of Kidapawan (; ; Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kidapawan''; Obo language, Obo Monuvu: ''Ingod to Kidapawan''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and the capital ...

. It operates daily from 4:30a.m. to 9:00p.m.

Incidents

On January 28, 1991, at 2:45a.m., a

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explosion occurred at the station. The station manager reported that a night prior, they received a call warning reporters to stop discussing issues related to

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. The incident, along with another which was happened almost two hours earlier at another radio station in

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, was believed related to the

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References

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