DYPC (88.7 FM) was a

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owned and operated by Mandaue Broadcasting Center, the media arm of Mandaue City College. The station's studio and transmitter were located at the Mandaue City College-Main Campus, H. Abellana St., Brgy. Basak, Mandaue.

History

2013-2015: Campus station

DYPC started its broadcast on June 16, 2013, on 91.8 MHz as a college station of Mandaue City College, an unrecognized and unaccredited private higher education institution owned by Dr. Paulus Mariea L. Cañete. It was known as Cebu's very first campus-based broadcast station when our intention is to broadcast information that educates the public, especially young people and students from around the world aside from music and news at that time. Recently, the station ended its broadcast in late-2014.

2015-2019: Commercial station

On February 3, 2015, DYPC returned on-air on 91.9 MHz, this time under Mandaue Broadcasting Center. The station started carrying a music and news programming, airing news and talk in the morning and music for the rest of the day. At that time, DYPC carried the tagline as "Way Unay!" (lit. ''like no other''). On August 26, 2015, the station was closed down by the

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(NTC) for allegedly operating without permit. On August 28, 2015, it resumed its broadcast despite the said warning.NTC 7 shuts down FM station
/ref> On September 19, 2017, DYPC changed its new frequency to 88.7 MHz as approved by the NTC. Since then, it became an affiliate station of

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, owner of

DYLA DYLA (909 AM) is a radio station owned and operated by Vimcontu Broadcasting Corporation, the broadcast arm of the Visayas-Mindanao Confederation of Trade Unions. The station's studio is located at 2nd Floor, JSU-PSU Mariners' Court-Cebu, ALU-VI ...

. In December 2017, DYPC upgraded its transmitting power to 5,000 watts for better signal reception. In December 2019, the station went off the air for the second time following their non-renewal of permit to operate radio station. However, DYPC resurfaced as an online platform vi
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References

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