Republika ni Juan Davao (87.9 FM) is a radio station owned and operated by the

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which serves as a relay of

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. Its studios are located at the Mindanao Media Hub Bldg., Carlos P. Garcia Highway, Bangkal,

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, and its transmitter is located at Shrine Hills, Matina,

History

87.5 MHz was used as a temporary frequency of Radyo Pilipinas Davao from February to August 2018, while conducting maintenance and transferring studios to the Mindanao Media Hub, to be located in Davao City. FM1 Davao, the first regional FM station of PBS and FM1 Manila, was launched on August 1, 2018. It is being led by station manager Hariett Saniel (Joe Fisher); Maurice Abella, marketing manager and former Mix FM and Oomph Radio station manager, Joey Sy-Domingo. In January 2020, however, the station went off-air for a month. FM1 resumed broadcasting at 87.9 MHz on February 3, 2020, the same date the City Government of Davao took over its former frequency. On December 5, 2020, The studios of Republika FM1 Davao along with its sister station Radyo Pilipinas Davao transferred to the new home at the new Mindanao Media Hub in Bangkal, Davao City. Under the new PBS director general since September 2024, the FM1 branding has officially dropped and its broadcast hours reduced from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm daily (same with Manila-based sister stations 87.5 Republika and 104.3 The Capital). Since January 2, 2025, the station has temporary reformatted into adult-leaning Top 40 format after a month. It currently plays music from the 2000s to present, and most of its special programs were axed. On February 1, 2025, the station has switched its format again into "masa-based" (contemporary MOR), with official re-launching this February 14 (

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) as Republika ni Juan.

References

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