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DYIC (95.1 FM), broadcasting as 95.1 iFM, is a radio station owned and operated by the
Radio Mindanao Network Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. (RMN), d.b.a. RMN Networks or RMN Network, is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. It is primarily involved is one of the largest radio networks. Its corporate office is located at the 4th Floor ...
. The station's
studio A studio is an artist or worker's workroom. This can be for the purpose of acting, architecture, painting, pottery (ceramics), sculpture, origami, woodworking, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, industrial design, ...
is located at St. Anne Bldg., Luna St., La Paz,
Iloilo City Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on the island of Panay. It is the capital city of ...
, and its
transmitter In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to ...
is located along Coastal Rd., Brgy. Hinactacan, La Paz,
Iloilo City Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on the island of Panay. It is the capital city of ...
.RMN ends Bombo era in Iloilo – survey
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History

DYIC was RMN's seventh FM station in Iloilo, established in 1980 as 95.1 YIC, airing a
CHR/Top 40 Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...
format together with other RMN FM stations across the country, excluding
DWHB DWHB (103.9 FM), broadcasting as 103.9 iFM, is a radio station owned and operated by the Radio Mindanao Network. The station's studio is located at Room 203, Laperal Bldg., Upper Session Rd., Baguio, and its transmitter is located at Diplomat ...
in Baguio (which they carrying
smooth jazz Smooth jazz is a genre of commercially-oriented crossover jazz and easy listening music that became dominant in the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. History Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 1 ...
format) and
DYXL DYXL (93.9 FM), broadcasting as 93.9 iFM, is a radio station owned and operated by Radio Mindanao Network. The station's studio and offices are located at the RMN Broadcast Center, G/F Capitol Central Hotel & Suites, N. Escario St. cor. F. R ...
in Cebu (which they carrying
easy listening Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, ...
format). The station's branding was later changed into 95IC, adapted its tagline "Red Hot Radio" (not to be confused with Real Radio Network's
99.5 RT DWRT (99.5 FM), on-air as 99.5 Play FM (stylized as ''PL>Y''), is a 24-hour radio station owned and operated by Real Radio Network Inc. It is one of the partner stations of Tiger 22 Media. Its studio is located at Unit 906-B, Paragon Plaza ...
in Manila). On August 16, 1992, the station was relaunched as Smile Radio 95.1 and switched to a mass-based format. On November 23, 1999, it was rebranded as 951 ICFM (pronounced as "nine-five-one") and switched back to its CHR/Top 40 format, with the slogan "Live It Up!". On May 16, 2002, the station was relaunched once more as 95.1 iFM and bought back its mass-based format. Since late 2011, iFM launched a new slogan called "Ambot sa Kambing na may Bangs!"; thus, this is the only iFM station in the city that currently used as its bumpers. However, by 2015, the slogan changed to Bestfriend Mo, then Ang Idol kong FM by 2017.


References

{{Iloilo City Radio Radio stations in Iloilo City Radio stations established in 1980