DWHB (103.9 FM), broadcasting as 103.9 iFM, is a radio station owned and operated by the

Radio Mindanao Network Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. (RMN), d.b.a. RMN Networks or RMN Network, is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. It is primarily involved is one of the largest radio networks. Its corporate office is located at the 4th Floor ...

. The station's

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is located at Room 203, Laperal Bldg., Upper Session Rd.,

Baguio Baguio ( , ), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...

, and its transmitter is located at Diplomat Rd., Dominican Hill,

History

Established on February 4, 1980, DWHB was one of the pioneer FM station in Baguio, along with

DZWR DZWR (99.9 FM), broadcasting as 99.9 Country, is a radio station owned and operated by Mountain Province Broadcasting Corporation, the media arm of the Diocese of Baguio. The station's studio and transmitter are located at the MPBC Broadcast Ce ...

and

DZYB DZYB (102.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station owned by Nation Broadcasting Corporation and operated by TV5 Network, TV5 Network, Inc., serving as a relay station of DWFM, Radyo5 in Manila. The station's transmitter is located at Mount Sant ...

; hence the station began operations as Smooth Jazz HB103, one of the few RMN FM stations at that time, airing a

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format together with DYXL in Cebu (which they carrying

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format). It was the first FM station in the city to carry such format. On August 16, 1992, HB103 was only lasted for almost a decade, when all RMN provincial stations started carrying the Smile Radio branding and switched to a mass-based format. On November 23, 1999, it was rebranded as 1039 HBFM (pronounced as "one-o-three-nine") and switched into a

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format, with the slogan "Live It Up!". On May 16, 2002, DWHB was amongst the stations relaunched under RMN's iFM network and returned to its original mass-based format. In 2018, iFM started carrying the slogan "Ang Idol Kong FM", coinciding with the nationwide launch of its new jingle.

References

External links

iFM Baguio FB PageiFM Baguio Website
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