DYBM (99.1 FM), broadcasting as Yuhum Radio 99.1, is a radio station owned by

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and operated by RYU Group of Companies. The station's studio and transmitter are located at GM Cordova Ave., Brgy. Mandalangan,

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History

The station was established in 1997 as 99.1 Crossover, the first provincial affiliate of then 105.1 Crossover

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, with its soft launch in February and inaugural broadcast on June 5. The station, then located at Mountain View Subdivision, Mandalagan District, was staffed by seven

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s. It had the same format as in Manila, a

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with a blend of pop-jazz and R&B, and aired hourly international news from

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. On November 16, 2020, the station, along with other MBNI provincial stations, started carrying the Q Radio brand and switched to a

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format. Prior to the reformat, Horizon of the Sun Communications (producers of Chinatown TV) took over the operations of the Manila flagship station at the end of 2019. On June 19, 2023, Q Radio announced on its social media pages and livestream that the station will permanently go off-air on July 1, 2023 due to financial problems. Earlier that month, RYU Group of Companies of Ramel Uy took over the station's operations. On August 13, 2023, the station began its test broadcast as Yuhum Radio with a mass-based format. To date, it is the only Mareco-owned FM station that was not included in the lease blocktime agreement with

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, as the latter operates through its own radio station: DYMG 103.1 FM.

References

Radio stations in Bacolod Radio stations established in 1998 {{coord missing, Philippines