DWQZ
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| City of license | Pasig City |
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| Broadcast area | Mega Manila, surrounding areas |
| Branding | 97dot9 Home Radio |
| Slogan | "Like It Easy" |
| Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
| First air date | September 29, 1992 |
| Format | Soft AC, Adult Hits, Easy Listening |
| Power | 25,000 watts |
| ERP | 99,300 watts |
| Callsign meaning | DWQZ |
| Former callsigns | DWCD-FM |
| Owner |
Aliw Broadcasting Corporation (Insular Broadcasting System) |
| Sister stations | DWIZ 882 |
| Website | www.homeradiofm.net |
DWQZ, broadcasting as 97dot9 Home Radio, is the flagship FM station of Aliw Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines. Its studios and transmitter are located at Citystate Center, Shaw Blvd., Pasig City. 97dot9 Home Radio operates 24 Hours a day, except Holy Week of each year from Maundy Thursday to Black Saturday, replacing its regular format to some words from the Bible and Reflections every hour in between songs playing.
Format
Home Radio follows an easy listening program format. Soft adult contemporary music make up the majority of songs in the master playlist of this fully automated radio station. This format was introduced in 2000 by Nestor De Guzman Doria, now Home Radio FM Network Program Director. This format was an immediate success, increasing Home Radio's ratings and earning the title "#1 Easy Listening Station" in Metro Manila in a matter of Six Months. This format was then adapted and implemented to the provincial stations.
Presentation
Being fully automated, Home Radio has canned spiels and liners. This includes time checks, song sponsorships and other announcements. Since 2009, it has a few female DJs on board, following the less talk, more music style. The station, which projects a female image, launched the first fully automated 24-hour disc jockey Jackie (Lannie Chan), last October 16, 2006.
Despite being a non-entity FM station, Home Radio delivers live hourly news updates & traffic reports from trapik.com. Veteran radio DJ Rick Spade (Frederick S. Billano) is the male Imaging Voice and Production Specialist.
Programs
- The Morning Madness & Alex - Monday-Friday, 6am-9am; Saturdays, 6-10am.
- Coffee, Tea or Toni - Monday-Friday, 9am-12nn; Saturdays, 10am-2pm.
- It's Complicated with Alex - Monday-Friday, 12nn-3pm.
- Home Run With Jamie - Monday-Thursday, 3pm-6pm; Friday 3pm-5pm (due to the airing of Home Radio's Weekly EASY 10 with Louie which starts around 5pm) Saturdays, 2pm-6pm.
- The Couch with Louie - Monday-Saturday, 6pm-9pm.
- Dear Jamie - Monday-Friday, 9pm-12mn.
- Home Radio VHS: Variety Hits Sunday - Caters to a wider range of audiences and plays an even wider range of music genres mainly from the late 60s 'til the present time, texture, time line & a dynamic male image with Personality Liners on Home Radio plus On-Air Jocks (four male DJ's) from 6am-9pm; Sundays all day.
- Home Radio Weekly Easy 10 - Top 10 easy listening hits with DJ Louie; Fridays, 5pm - 6pm.
Segments
- Jackiepedia
- News on the Dot (Weekdays til Saturdays)
- Pinoy Music Jam (Weekdays til Saturdays)
- Home Radio Classic Jams (Weekdays til Saturdays)
- Celebrity Profile
DJs
- Alex (Weekdays til Saturdays)
- Toni (Weekdays til Saturdays)
- Jamie (Weekdays til Saturdays)
- Louie (Weekdays til Saturdays)
- Dani (Weekdays 9am-12nn)
- Jack (Sundays 6am-10am)
- Rick Spade (Sundays 10am-2pm)
- Bob Cat (Sundays 2pm-6pm, male voiceover)
- Kristoff (Sundays 6pm-9pm)
- Jackie (Lannie Chan, female voiceover)
Home Radio Stations
See also
- DWIZ - An AM radio station also owned by Aliw Broadcasting Corporation.
Website
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