DWLA
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| City of license | Pasig City, Philippines |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Metro Manila, surrounding areas |
| Slogan |
Manila's First & Only Retro Hits Station! It's not just music, it's a lifestyle. |
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
| First air date |
1992 (as LA) 2003 (as Blazin') July 2007 (as UR) July 2011 (as Radio High) March 2014 (as Retro DCG FM) |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Power | 25,000 watts |
| ERP | 75,000 watts |
| Owner |
Bright Star Broadcasting Network (DCG Radio-TV Network) |
| Website |
retrodcgfm |
DWLA, (105.9 FM) branded as Retro 105.9 DCG FM, is a Classic Hits station owned and operated by Bright Star Broadcasting Network. Its studios are located at the 3rd Floor, Silver City Mall, Frontera Verde, Bo. Ugong, Pasig City. Its transmitter is situated at Sitio Halang, Barangay San Roque, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo, Rizal.
History
LA 105.9 (1992–2003)
It was known as LA 105.9, the first all-rock station under Bright Star Broadcasting Network Corporation, initially established in 1992 to provide Pinoy rock music either amateur or professional. In 1998, LA transformed into electronic dance music format. In late 2000, LA ceased its transmission on-air.
Blazin' 105.9 (2003–2007)
After 3 years, this station aired initially as Blazin' 105.9. It was co-owned and operated by Philippine Hip Hop Awards organizer Empire Entertainment and Cavite businessman - politician Vice-Mayor Dino Chua, President of Cavite Broadcasting Network (also the owner of Cavite's First Radio station 91.9 The Bomb FM). Their former studios was located at Culture Club in Eastwood, Libis, Q.C. and Club Cello (now RJ Bar) in Makati City.
Blazin' played all kinds of rap, hip-hop and R&B whether current or old school on Sundays and underground hip hop. This was the only FM station in the Philippines that aired the 2004–2005 Season of the NBA games courtesy of another media partner, Solar Sports. This station is an old concept of Power 108 FM way back in 2001 and in 2005 it is the second revision of Project: Hip Hop. Blazin'105.9 is the producer of the first ever "BLACK EYED PEAS" concert in the Philippines!
After its opearation, the station went into a partership with the Legendary Ramon "RJ" Jacinto of Rajah Broadcasting Network in late 2006. The station became inactive from March 2006 to July 2007. Wave 891 took over the format with the Pinoy hip hop scene in 2007 creating the 1st Urban Music Awards in 2010.
Underground Radio/UR 105.9 (2007–2011)
Another station started broadcasting with relatively low power transmission in mid July at 105.9 MHz, identified as RJ Underground Radio UR 105.9 which has a format quite similar to the old DZRJ-AM and even LA 105.9. The station has become a child station of RJ 100. Like its "parent", it also plays three songs in a row featuring a modern rock, classic rock, and a Pinoy rock track, except for some special programs on weekdays and Saturdays, and Sunday Rock Jam. However, they don't usually feature disc jockeys on weekdays; only public address systems were used, although in recent months they started to use on-air talent. On Sundays, veteran DJ's from the old RJ Rock of Manila were heard on Sunday Rock Jam. Within a few months, RJ UR improved its transmission to 25,000 watts.
The Rock Of Manila- Sundays featured legendary DZRJ rockjocks Jamie Evora ("The Spirit"), Hoagy Pardo ("Cousin Hoagy"), Mike Llamas ("Stoney Burke"), and Alfred Gonzalez ('The Madman"), broadcasting from the United States of America.
Also, legendary rock DJ Dante David ("Howlin' Dave") made his return on FM radio and to the RJ family as well after a stint with the short-lived & defunct Rock 990 (now Radyo Inquirer 990), with his Sunday afternoon program RJ Pinoy Rock and Rhythm until several health reasons caused his death on May 2008.
After 4 years, UR management decided to forgo lease on 105.9. In May 28, 2011, UR 105.9 was relaunched & migrated to internet as UR Faceradio. [1] However, it aired its feed until the end of June. 4 months after it leased airtime of DWLA-FM, Rajah Broadcasting Network had an issue with the Bright Star Broadcasting Network Corporation due to its illegal use of the network without the permission of the real owner.
Radio High 105.9 (2011–2014)
On July 1, 2011, Hi-Definition Radio Inc. of Mr. Francis Lumen acquired the station's airtime lease for a smooth jazz format.
In July 14, 2011, it returned to the airwaves as a test broadcast, debuting as Radio High 105.9 It is adopting the format of the defunct 923 Joey (XFM 92.3, now News FM) and 106.7 Dream FM (now Energy FM, acquired and fully owned by UBSI). It essentially picked up where Dream FM left off.
On February 2014, due to financial losses, Lumen decided to end his airtime lease contract with 105.9 FM. Despite this, the station continued to air until the end of March.[2]
Retro 105.9 DCG FM (2014–present)
On March 1, 2014, a new management led by Domingo C. Garcia, Jonathan "JJ Sparx" Jabson and a group of veteran DJs (such as Jimmy Jam, The Triggerman, Rudolph Rivera, Joey Pizza, Joshua and Andy Tuna) took over the station's airtime lease. Teasers were aired throughout the entire month.
On March 28, 2014 at 5:00am, the station signed on as Retro 105.9 DCG FM, with Andy Tuna on board on its initial broadcast. The station's format change proved to be hugely successful and it is an immediate hit with retro music lovers, competing with RJFM & Wish FM.
On October 20, JJ Sparx was replaced with Cris Cruise as station manager. As a result, changes in the DJs' line-up occurred, despite its significant success. Since then, Retro developed more new programs, such as Discoteria, Retro In Love & Quarter Attack.
Programming
- Radioactive - Hosted by Joshua; weekdays, 10am-2pm.
- ? - Hosted by Andy Tuna; weekdays, 4pm - 8pm.
- Midnight Snack - Hosted by Jimmy Jam featuring mixes from various DJs; weekdays, 8pm - 12am.
- Smilabration - Hosted by Rudolph Rivera; weekends, 6am-10am.
- The Boreless Show - Hosted by The Triggerman; weekends, 10am-2pm.
- The Slice - Hosted by Joey Pizza; weekends, 2pm - 6pm.
- Saturday Retro Onstage - Hosted by The Triggerman; Last Saturday of every month, 7pm - 9pm.
- Retro Discoteria - Club mixes from the 70s, 80s to 90s, hosted by abt.DJs; Saturdays, 9pm-12mn. Formerly from 103.5 Max FM.
- Retro in Love - Sundays, 9pm-12mn.
Previous Programming
Retro 105.9 DCG FM
- The Morning Show of Mass Destruction
- Breakfast Club
Radio High 105.9
- High on House
- Brother Wayne's Music Kitchen
- Buddha Bar Sessions
- 105.9 Hours of Christmas (every December)
- High Exclusives
- High on the 70s
- High on the 80s
- High on the 90s
- Global High
- High on Remakes
- Hot Remakes
- 21st Century High
- Natural High
- OPM High
- High Standards
- Lite Jazz High
- High Rhythms
- The Jaguar Luxury Hour
- Maserati Art Music
- Real Sports with Anthony Suntay
Air staff
Current
- Joshua (Zahn Yu, from GV 99.1, 99.5 RT, 103.5 K-Lite, and U92, also current voiceover of Cinema One)
- Jimmy Jam (Manny Pagsuyuin, from WXB 102, KY 91.5, Kiss FM 101.1, Gentle Wind 102.7, Campus Radio 97.1 WLS-FM/Barangay LS 97.1, Campus 99.5, UR 105.9, and RJ 100.3; formerly known as AJ Fats and Atong Bomb)
- Andy Tuna (Andrew Buyco, from RX 93, Kiss Jazz 101.1 and 101.1 Showbiz Tsismis)
- Karen (Karen Wu, newscaster, from Citylite 88.3)
- Rudolph Rivera (from RJ 100.3 & 93.9 WKC)
- The Triggerman (Milo Cavarlez, from EI 93.1, Campus Radio 97.1 WLS-FM/Barangay LS 97.1, Campus 99.5, and Campus Radio Online; formerly known as BossSirAmo)
- Joey Pizza (Ramon Cruz, from 99.5 RT, Blazin' 105.9 & Citylite 88.3)
Former
- Anjanette (Anjanette Fernandez, from Citylite 88.3);
- JJ Sparx (Jonathan Jabson, former station manager, from KY 91.5, 99.5 RT, RJTV & Light Network 33)
- King DJ Logan (Carlo Del Carmen, from Citylite 88.3, 939 KCFM, Magic 89.9, 99.5 RT, 103 1/2 Max FM and Wave 891)
- Sgt. Pepper (Nelson Capulso, from Magic 89.9, 103 1/2 Max FM, and Global Max Radio/Sayaw Manila, now with Wave 891 as Station Manager)
DCG FM stations
| Branding | Callsign | Transmitting Power | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retro 105.9 DCG FM Manila | DWLA-FM | 25 kW | Metro Manila |
| 94.3 DCG FM Mulanay | D___-FM | 5 kW | Mulanay, Quezon |
| Radio City 97.5 | DZCT-FM | 5 kW | Lucena, Quezon |
| 107.1 DCG FM San Pablo | D___-FM | 5 kW | San Pablo, Laguna |
See also
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