DZRR (pronounced as DZ-double-R; 103.1
FM), broadcasting as MOR 103.1 For Life!, was a radio station owned and operated by the
ABS-CBN Corporation
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. Its studio was located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, #59 First Road, Quezon Hill Proper,
Baguio
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. Its transmitter was located atop
Mt. Sto. Tomas,
Tuba, Benguet
Tuba, officially the Municipality of Tuba, (; ), is a municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 48,312 people.
Tuba is known as the "Gateway to Baguio", as the Asin–Nangalisan ...
.
History
DZRR was first launched on August 1, 1989, as "Radio Romance," making ABS-CBN's first FM station outside Metro Manila. It simulcasts its
Manila feed.
In 1992, it was converted into local programming, making it the only station to locally use the Radio Romance tagline. In 1995, it became ABS-CBN Star Radio. In 1996, launch
AMCARA Broadcasting Network in MOR Baguio 103.1. In 1997, it became ABS-CBN Radio after ABS-CBN restructured its RNG FM stations. In 1998, it temporarily became Prostar along with Dagupan station. In 1999, it returned the ABS-CBN Radio tagline under ABS-CBN for Life.
In 2001, it became MOR My Only Radio; henceforth, the station launched its programming on the same callsign.
On May 5, 2020, the station, along with the other
My Only Radio stations, went off the air due to the cease and desist order of the
National Telecommunications Commission
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It is an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology responsible for the supervision, adjudication ...
following the
shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting
The shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting arose from the lack of renewal of Philippine media network ABS-CBN's congressional broadcast franchise. The disputes between the administrations of Presidents Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte and th ...
. It currently operates as an online platform.
References
See also
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ABS-CBN TV-3 Baguio
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ABS-CBN Sports and Action TV-30 Baguio
External links
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Radio stations in Baguio
MOR Philippines stations
Radio stations established in 1989
Radio stations disestablished in 2020
Defunct radio stations in the Philippines
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