Radyo5 92.3 News FM
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| City | Mandaluyong City |
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| Broadcast area | Mega Manila, surrounding areas |
| Branding | Radyo5 92.3 News FM |
| Slogan | Saan Man, Kailan Man Kapatid (Wherever, Whenever, Siblings) |
| Frequency | 92.3 MHz Cignal Channel 305 |
| First air date | 1973 (as MRS) 1998 (as Rhythms) 2005 (as 923 Joey) 2007 (as XFM) 2009 (as U92) 2010-present (Radyo5, 92.3 News FM) |
| Format | News/Talk radio |
| Power | 25,000 watts |
| ERP | 100,000 watts/75,000 watts (daytime) 120,000 watts (nighttime) |
| Callsign meaning | Frequency Modulation |
| Owner |
Nation Broadcasting Corporation MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. (TV5 Network Inc.) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website |
www news |
DWFM (92.3 FM) – branded Radyo5 92.3 News FM – is a news/talk radio station serving the Mega Manila market. The station is owned by the Nation Broadcasting Corporation, a subsidiary of PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund's broadcasting division MediaQuest Holdings. The station's all-news format is co-branded with News5, the news department of the television channel TV5—which MediaQuest Holdings acquired a majority stake of from Media Prima and the Cojuangcos in 2010. The station's studio is located in TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Brgy. Buayang Bato, Mandaluyong City, while its transmitter is located on Block 3, Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City.
DWFM signed on in 1973 as Manila's third FM station, and the Nation Broadcasting Corporation's first FM station. DWFM began as "MRS 92.3—Most Requested Song", airing a format consisting of adult contemporary and easy listening music. DWFM quickly became the top-rated FM station in Manila, and held this title for most of its life. The success of DWFM led NBC to establish other FM stations using a similar format, including Cebu's DYNC in 1975, and Davao's DXFM.
Its first station building was in the Jacinta Building 1 in Pasay Road (near Ayala Center complex) later moved to the NBC Tower/Jacinta Building 2 in EDSA, Guadalupe, Makati City.
In September 1998, NBC was acquired by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., a broadcasting company owned by the PLDT's Beneficial Trust Fund from the consortium of the Yabut family and then House Speaker Manny Villar. With the new ownership, DWFM's format would be changed in November 1998 to become a smooth jazz station, Joey @ Rhythms 92.3 (later shortened in August 2005 to 923 Joey). Radio executive Francis Lumen assumed the position of president and CEO bringing with him his previous 10 years of managing Citylite 88.3 (now Jam 88.3). Joey went on to target the higher echelon crowd - mostly embassy officials and Disc Jocks who were displaced by the departure of Citylite 88.3 in 2003, with a mix of jazz fusion, pop jazz and crossover sound, with a little more of the European jazz flavor. The jazz format would also be implemented on all of NBC's other FM stations, who used other female names for their branding. DWFM's call letters were also changed to DZRU-FM for the period. It was also during this period that NBC entered into a joint venture with MTV Asia for an MTV Philippines feed via NBC's UHF Network (Channel 41). In 2005, the Rhythms tag was dropped in favor of 923 Joey, with the station slogan "It's a Groove Thing". In January 2007, DWFM was taken over by new management, led by radio executives Raymund Miranda and Al Torres (currently as a voiceover for GMA Network), along with sales executive Amy Victa. Together with the new team, the butterfly was dropped from the logo and the official call letters were returned to DWFM, the original call letters of the station.
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