DYHT (94.3 FM), on-air as 94.3 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 studio is located at the RMN Broadcast Center, 17th Lacson St.,

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...

, while its transmitter is located at Sitio Aning, Brgy. Pahanocoy,

History

DYHT was RMN's 6th FM station in Bacolod, established in 1978 as 94.3 HT-FM, carrying a

CHR/Top 40 Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...

format together with other RMN FM stations across the country, excluding

DWHB DWHB (103.9 FM), broadcasting as 103.9 iFM, is a radio station owned and operated by the Radio Mindanao Network. The station's studio is located at Room 203, Laperal Bldg., Upper Session Rd., Baguio, and its transmitter is located at Diploma ...

in Baguio (which they carrying

smooth jazz Smooth jazz is a genre of commercially-oriented crossover jazz and easy listening music that became dominant in the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. History Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 19 ...

format) and DYXL in Cebu (which they carrying

easy listening Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, n ...

format). On August 16, 1992, the station was rebranded as Smile Radio 94.3, one of the few Smile Radio station with the same format, along with its flagship station in Cagayan de Oro. On November 23, 1999, it was rebranded again as 943 HTFM, with the slogan "Live it Up!". Some of the programs aired at that time were "The Alternative Zone", "Power 20 Hit Show", "Free Rock" and "Absolute Replay". On May 16, 2002, after almost 2 decades of being CHR/Top 40 station in the city, the station was relaunched as 94.3 iFM and switched to a mass-based format.

References

External links

iFM Bacolod FB Page
Radio stations established in 1978 Radio stations in Bacolod {{Philippines-radio-station-stub