DYFM
| City of license | Iloilo City |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area |
Western Visayas Region, extremely tip parts of Masbate, and Palawan Worldwide (Online) |
| Branding | Bombo Radyo Iloilo |
| Slogan | Basta Radyo... BOMBO! |
| Frequency | 837 kHz |
| First air date | July 6, 1966 |
| Format | News, Public Service, Drama |
| Power | 10,000 watts |
| Callsign meaning |
DY Florete, Rogelio M. |
| Owner |
Bombo Radyo Philippines (People's Broadcasting Service, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | 99.5 Star FM Iloilo |
| Website | http://www.bomboradyo.com |
DYFM (837 kHz Iloilo) Bombo Radyo Iloilo is the flagship AM commercial radio station owned and managed by People's Broadcasting Service, Inc. under managed by Bombo Radyo Holdings Incorporated. The station's studio are located at Bombo Radyo Broadcast Center, Sky City Tower, Mapa, and its transmitter is located at Barangay Lobuc-Lapuz, Iloilo City, Philippines. Bombo Radyo Iloilo provides news, public service, drama and music for the audience of Iloilo City, Western Visayas Region and through the whole world via www.bomboradyo.com. Bombo Radyo Iloilo operates daily from 4 AM to 11:30 PM. (except Holy Week where it signs-off from midnight of Maundy Thursday and lasts until 4 AM of Easter Sunday)
History
Its flagship station, Bombo Radyo Iloilo, based in Iloilo City was founded in July 4, 1966, from the start, the station's studios are located inside the Florete Building in Mapa Street, until it was relocated in the Bombo Radyo Broadcast Center alongside Luna Street in Lapaz District, the station has been enjoying the prestige honor of consistently being the number one radio station since its inception during the 1970s.
DYFM is then part of the Northern Broadcasting Corporation. Don Marcelino, the grand old man of Bombo Radyo was accepted a joint venture agreement between him and former Ilocos Sur governor Arthur Villanueva, enabling the station to begin its broadcasts.
From humble beginnings and starting with small amount of employees, until the Florete Group acquired the operations of NBC with 10 stations and 2 affiliates in the whole archipelago. It also entered an management alliance together with CBS, NBN and PBS.
In 1976, Dr. Rogelio Florete, through the advice of his mother Doña Salome Florete, has started to helmed the day-by-day operations of Bombo Radyo. In the same year, the network launched DYRF 99.5 FM (now known as Star FM Iloilo). From then on, the network continue to grow until they acquired DWXB 102.7 FM from Universal Broadcasting Network in 1987 and became DWSM The Gentle Wind (now known as Star FM Manila).
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