FBS Radio Network
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Type | Statutory corporation Private |
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Industry | Mass media Radio broadcasting |
Founded | 1961 (as Freedom Broadcasting System) |
Founder | Leonida Laki-Vera Luis Vera |
Headquarters | Mandaluyong, Philippines |
Key people | Luigi Vera (President) |
Website | www |
FBS Radio Network is a Philippine national broadcaster, radio broadcast network. with offices and broadcast headquarters located in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. Its flagship station is Mellow 947, while its AM stations are DWBL 1242 and DWSS 1494.[1][2]
History[]
Leonida Laki-Vera ("Nida") and her husband Luis began their broadcast business as the Freedom Broadcasting System or FBS, when the Philippines was under martial law during President Ferdinand Marcos' reign in the 1970s. FBS launched its first station DWBL. A year later, FBS established its FM station DWLL 94.7 (Mellow Touch).[1] Radio personalities such as Butch Gonzales, Rudolph Rivera, and newscaster Ernie Fresnido who worked for DWBL and Mellow Touch throughout the late 70s.[3]
As time passed by towards the 1990s, Luis and Nida transferred the ownership of FBS to their other children, namely Luis Jr. ("Luigi") and Lena.[citation needed] To coincide their business, the network dropped its legal name and became FBS Radio Network.[4] Under the new owners, FBS expanded the Mellow Touch network in key provincial cities.
In 2004, FBS sold its two respective stations DWKT (Dagupan) and DYLL (Cebu) to Ultrasonic Broadcasting System. In return, UBSI sold its AM station DWSS to FBS.[2]
FBS Radio Stations[]
AM stations[]
Callsign | Frequency | Power | Location |
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DWBL | 1242 kHz | 20 kW | Metro Manila |
DWSS[a] | 1494 kHz | 10 kW |
FM stations[]
Branding | Callsign | Frequency | Power | Location |
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Mellow 947 | DWLL | 94.7 MHz | 25 kW | Metro Manila |
Radyo Bandera Iloilo[b] | DYKU | 88.7 MHz | 10 kW | Iloilo |
Mellow Touch CDO | DXBL | 95.7 MHz | 10 kW | Cagayan de Oro |
Mellow Touch Valencia | DXOC | 103.3 MHz | 5 kW | Valencia |
- ^ Licensed under Supreme Broadcasting System.
- ^ Operated by 5K Broadcasting Network.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mellow 94.7 Is Taking Radio To A New Level". Orange Magazine. November 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "OneRadioManila.com". Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ^ Samonte, Danee (January 17, 2015). "Them were the days". The Philippine Star.
- ^ "Republic Act No. 8114".
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