DWCD 97.9 was an FM station owned and operated by Crusaders Broadcasting System. Its radio transmitter and studios were located at Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong from 1986 to 1995 and on 209 E. Dela Paz,

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since 1995.

History

After the launch of

DWAD DWAD (1098 AM) Now Radio is a radio station owned and operated by Crusaders Broadcasting System, a media outlet owned by Cesar A. Dumlao, a government official during the martial law era under Ferdinand Marcos. Its studios are located at the 1 ...

in July 1973, 97.9 Crusaders FM made its inaugural broadcast in April 1986, and it played pop, mellow, OPM and Christian music. It had temporary permits in January 1994 and then in May 1996. In May 1997, the station ceased operations because the Broadcast Service Division of the NTC recommended the cancellation and revocation of the permit of Crusaders due to a case filed by ConAmor Broadcasting Systems (now

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). In August 1997, 97.9 FM was acquired by

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and began test broadcasts in mid-1998 under the callsign

DWQZ DWQZ (97.9 FM), broadcasting as 97.9 Home Radio, is a 24-hour operating radio station owned and operated by Aliw Broadcasting Corporation through its licensee Insular Broadcasting System. It serves as the flagship station of the Home Radio Ne ...

. In September 1997, there was a trial court. The commission believes and so holds that respondent's request for renewal of its temporary permit to operate 97.9 Crusaders FM should be, as it is, hereby DENIED. Therefore, 97.9 Crusaders FM has withdrawn and inactive until today.CRUSADERS BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

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. by the

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. On the other hand,

began operations of 97.9 Home Radio (now 979 Home Radio) since mid-1998 as a Test Broadcast, and continues to operate on this frequency up to this day.

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