97.1 Barangay LS

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97.1 Barangay LS
City of license	Quezon City
Broadcast area	Mega Manila
Branding	Barangay LS
Slogan	Forever!
First air date	1976
Frequency	97.1 MHz
Format	Pop Music, Oldies, OPM
Power	25,000 watts
Callsign meaning	DW Loreto Stewart
Owner	GMA Network Inc.

97.1 Barangay LS (97.1 MHz Metro Manila) is the flagship FM station of Radio GMA Network Inc. (RGMA, a subsidiary of GMA Network Inc.) in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City, while its transmitter is located at Tandang Sora, Quezon City, Philippines.

The station's call letters (DWLS) was derived from the name Loreto, wife of former GMA (then RBS) owner, the late Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart.

Contents 1 As Campus Radio 97.1 2 From Campus Radio to Barangay LS 3 Disc Jockeys 3.1 Retired/former on-air personalities 4 RGMA Stations in the Philippines 5 See also

[edit] As Campus Radio 97.1

Until midnight of February 13, 2007, the station was known as Campus Radio 97.1 WLS-FM. For several years (beginning late 1990s) it only aired modern pop, RnB, rock and OPM hits, mostly Top 40, during its weekday run while hits from the recent years were mixed in with the current hits during weekends.

The longest running program on the station was the Top 20 at 12 where the top 20 songs of the day were counted down in the mold of BBC Radio 1's The Official Chart Show at noontime. On weekdays and Saturdays, only the top 12 songs were actually played, while the Sunday edition is for the cumulative results for the whole week, where all 20 songs were played. At New Year's Eve, the top twenty songs of the year were played until the stroke of midnight. Top 20 at 12 is the longest running chart show in Philippine FM history. Its Manila edition has been shelved to make way for the station's recent reformat, while it has been included as standard programming in RGMA's provincial stations, albeit the chart listings are local. The last song that was #1 before the reformat was "Love Team" by Itchyworms.

Other notable programs and segments included:

• InfoPop, where the on-air personality on board would give more information about the artists in the music scene as well as the songs and the stories behind the songs, and as well as answer questions from listeners about these acts;
• Retro Jam, where old songs (some as late as the 1980's) were played again all day Sunday;
• Other People's Music (OPM), a one-hour program where certain personalities outside the world of music appear as guests and feature their favorite songs;
• Frontdotcenter, where a certain singer or act is featured every month and is given preferential airplay by the hour with various songs;
• Campus Aircheck, where student DJs in Metro Manila colleges and universities were given the chance to experience being an actual DJ. The original edition of Campus Aircheck was copied by other FM stations throughout Manila, as well as RGMA's provincial stations; and
• Rock-It Launcher.

[edit] From Campus Radio to Barangay LS

On February 14, 2007, listeners bade goodbye to Campus Radio 97.1 WLS-FM as RGMA, through its head Mike Enriquez, launched 97.1 Barangay LS Forever! Its format is comparable to that of 90.7 Love Radio, Alam Mo Na Yan 101.9 For Life!, Yes FM 101.1, I-FM 93.9 and 102.7 Star FM with on-air personalities speaking only in Tagalog (especially the timechecks), and playing bubblegum pop, OPM and other mass-based music forms and music popularized by GMA's stable of recording artists, a 100% turnaround from the former Campus Radio format that played Top 40/adult contemporary hit music, English-only on-air jocks, and its listener base composed mostly of college students and young urban professionals.

[edit] Disc Jockeys

Campus Radio airname	Barangay LS (current) airname
John Hendrix	Johnny Baby
Triggerman	BossSirAmo
Hot Lips Liza	Churvilyn
Jimmy Jam	Atong Bomb
Braggy	Barako Jones
Joe Spinner	Boy Tisoy
Jaybee	Istrowberi
Master T	Tito Papito
Dan the Man	Mr. Dream Boy
May-Anne	Mystery Girl

[edit] Retired/former on-air personalities

• Fred James (Fred Cortez, the current station manager)
• Danny R
• The Mole (Former GMA-7 voiceover who is best known when WLS was still known as "The Giant")
• George Boone (Retired after his RJ 100 stint and was with most WLS jocks when it was still known as "The Giant")

[edit] RGMA Stations in the Philippines

Further information: RGMA radio stations

[edit] See also

• GMA Network
• Super Radyo DZBB
• RGMA Network, Inc.