DYMK (93.5 FM), broadcasting as Barangay FM 93.5, is a radio station owned and operated by

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. The station's studio is located at the GMA Broadcasting Complex, Phase 5, Alta Tierra Village,

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, and its transmitter is located at the GMA Transmitter Complex, Brgy. Alaguisoc,

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History

The station was established in 1980 under the call letters DYXI with a

smooth jazz Smooth jazz is commercially oriented crossover jazz music. Although often described as a "genre", it is a debatable and highly controversial subject in jazz music circles. As a radio format, however, smooth jazz radio became the successor to e ...

format. In 1985, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Company acquired the station from

Allied Broadcasting Center Allied Broadcasting Center is a Media in the Philippines, Philippine radio network. Its corporate office is located at Unit 1703, Cityland 10, Tower 1, H.V. De la Costa St., Makati. It is a subsidiary of Apollo Broadcast Investors. ABC Station ...

, changed its callsign to DYMK and rebranded it as K-Lite with an

easy listening Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to the 1970s. It is related to middle of the road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit s ...

format. In 1989, GMA jointly acquired the station and rebranded it as Campus Radio in 1997 with a mass-based format and an upgraded radio and transmitter equipment. On February 17, 2014, as part of RGMA's brand unifying, the station rebranded as Barangay 93.5. In the 2010s, DYMK-FM is a strongest FM station of Western Visayas with the power of 30 kW (75 kW ERP to 100 kW ERP) and the FM transmitter located in Jordan, Guimaras then FM station was reverted to current 10 kW power (60 kW ERP)

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* Barangay FM stations Radio stations in Iloilo City Radio stations established in 1980 OPM formatted radio stations in the Philippines {{Philippines-radio-station-stub