DYTC (94.3
FM), broadcasting as MOR 94.3 For Life!, was a radio station owned and operated by
ABS-CBN Corporation
ABS-CBN Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation which is own ...
. Its studio is located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, 5th Floor, Uytingkoc Bldg., Avenida Veteranos St.,
Tacloban
Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban ( war, Syudad han Tacloban; fil, Lungsod ng Tacloban), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. The city is autonomous from the province of Leyte, ...
. The frequency is currently used by
Ormoc
Ormoc (IPA: �oɾˈmok, officially the City of Ormoc ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Ormoc; war, Syudad han Ormoc; fil, Lungsod ng Ormoc), is a 1st class independent component city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...
-based Radyo Kidlat.
History
The station was inaugurated in 1997 as ABS-CBN Radio under the callsign DYAB-FM, followed by launching of
DYAB-TV. A year later, it was renamed as Prostar, along with selected regional stations. In 2001, all of ABS-CBN and Prostar radio stations renamed as MOR (My Only Radio) on the new callsign DYTC. It become No. 1 in Tacloban due to its positive feedback and comments.
Amid the
Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. On making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. It is one of the ...
(Yolanda) last November 8, 2013, the station simulcasted the radio programs of
DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 via satellite from Manila to provide news updates and public service for the survivors of the calamity since many homes in
Leyte
Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census.
Since the accessibility of land has be ...
have no electricity brought about by the typhoon. Since then, it aired a simulcast of
TV Patrol Eastern Visayas
''TV Patrol'' is a Philippine television newscast produced by ABS-CBN News. It premiered on March 2, 1987, at the former ABS-CBN television network, replacing ''Balita Ngayon''. ''TV Patrol'' is the flagship national newscast of the network an ...
.
On May 5, 2020, the station, along with the other
My Only Radio
MOR Entertainment is a national brand of new media radio station owned and operated by media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. As a broadcast radio network, MOR stations primarily played contemporary middle-of-the-road and original Pinoy ...
stations, went off the air due to the cease and desist order of the
National Telecommunications Commission
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following the
ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy
The ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy is a national dispute in the Philippines regarding the renewal of the congressional franchise that would have allowed Philippine media network ABS-CBN to continue broadcasting.
Disputes between the g ...
.
References
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Radio stations in Tacloban
Radio stations established in 1997
MOR Philippines stations
OPM formatted radio stations in the Philippines
Radio stations disestablished in 2020
Defunct radio stations in the Philippines
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