99.5 Play FM
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| City | Mandaluyong City, Philippines |
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| Broadcast area |
Mega Manila, surrounding areas Worldwide (online) |
| Branding | 99.5 Play FM |
| Slogan |
No.1 for New Music and All the Hits (2017-present) |
| Frequency | 99.5 MHz |
| First air date | September 6, 1976 |
| Format | CHR/Pop |
| Power | 25,000 watts |
| ERP | 140,000 watts |
| Class | FM stereo |
| Callsign meaning | Remedios Tuason (former owner) |
| Owner | Real Radio Network Inc. |
| Webcast | playfm995 on Ustream (currently down) |
| Website | 995Playfm |
No.1 for New Music and All the Hits
(2016-present)
DWRT-FM (99.5 MHz Metro Manila), currently branded as 99.5 Play FM, is a commercial radio station, operating 24 hours a day with a contemporary hit radio format. It is owned and operated by Real Radio Network Inc. Its studio is located at Unit 906-B, Paragon Plaza Building, EDSA corner Reliance St, Mandaluyong City and its transmitter located at Antipolo City.
Trans-Radio Broadcasting Corporation was established in 1971 by Emilio Tuason after he acquired the AM radio franchise (980 kHz) of Transit Broadcasting Corporation, owned by the Vergara family. Under Trans-Radio, the AM station adopted the call sign DZTR-AM “Radyo Pilipino”. In 1976, Trans-Radio acquired an FM radio franchise (99.5 MHz) and adopted the call sign DWRT-FM. It began broadcasting on September 6, 1976 as "99.5 RT", which was the first Top 40 station in the Philippines. The station was initially located at 10 Doña Natividad Building at Quezon Avenue (near the Welcome Rotonda) in Quezon City. After the building caught fire two years later, it transferred to Suite 608 of the Pacific Bank Building (now known as Security Bank Building) at 6776 Ayala Avenue in Makati City. Tuason also became one of the station's deejays (his on-air names were "J.W. Christian" and "E.T.") until personal problems forced his retirement from the station in 1987. Mike Pedero, who was also one of its deejays, took care of the programming until he left the station for RK96 (now 96.3 Easy Rock) in 1983.
99.5 RT became famous for playing the hits months ahead of most other music stations because its programming philosophy did not pander to the masses nor cater to the lowest common denominator. It brought the latest American and British hits to the local audience as soon as they were released by the artists. One of the most notable examples of this was in the early 1980s when RT broke in the song "More to Lose" by the obscure English duo, Seona Dancing (one-half of which was Ricky Gervais). The station kept listeners guessing the identity of the song by announcing the title as "Medium" and done by the artist "Fade", two words which were actually descriptions of the song: medium tempo with an ending that faded out.
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