DYTC (94.3 FM), broadcasting as MOR 94.3 For Life!, was a radio station owned and operated by

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. Its studio is located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, 5th Floor, Uytingkoc Bldg., Avenida Veteranos St.,

Tacloban Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban ( war, Syudad han Tacloban; fil, Lungsod ng Tacloban), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. The city is autonomous from the province of Leyte, a ...

. The frequency is currently used by

Ormoc Ormoc (IPA: �oɾˈmok, officially the City of Ormoc ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Ormoc; war, Syudad han Ormoc; fil, Lungsod ng Ormoc), is a 1st class independent component city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 ce ...

-based Radyo Kidlat.

History

The station was inaugurated in 1997 as ABS-CBN Radio under the callsign DYAB-FM, followed by launching of

DYAB-TV The following is a list of television stations that are either affiliated or owned-and-operated by ABS-CBN. It ceased its operations on August 28, 2020 after almost 32 years following the denial of its legislative franchise on July 10. Free ...

. A year later, it was renamed as Prostar, along with selected regional stations. In 2001, all of ABS-CBN and Prostar radio stations renamed as MOR (My Only Radio) on the new callsign DYTC. It become No. 1 in Tacloban due to its positive feedback and comments. Amid the

Typhoon Haiyan Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. On making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. It is one of the ...

(Yolanda) last November 8, 2013, the station simulcasted the radio programs of

DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 DZMM (630 AM) Radyo Patrol was a commercial news/talk radio station broadcasting from Quezon City, Philippines, serving the Mega Manila market. It was the flagship station of the Radyo Patrol Network owned by ABS-CBN. The station's studio was ...

via satellite from Manila to provide news updates and public service for the survivors of the calamity since many homes in

Leyte Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has be ...

have no electricity brought about by the typhoon. Since then, it aired a simulcast of

TV Patrol Eastern Visayas ''TV Patrol'' is a Philippine television newscast produced by ABS-CBN News. It premiered on March 2, 1987, at the former ABS-CBN television network, replacing ''Balita Ngayon''. ''TV Patrol'' is the flagship national newscast of the network a ...

. On May 5, 2020, the station, along with the other My Only Radio stations, went off the air due to the cease and desist order of the

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following the

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References

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* Radio stations in Tacloban Radio stations established in 1997 MOR Philippines stations OPM formatted radio stations in the Philippines Radio stations disestablished in 2020 Defunct radio stations in the Philippines {{Philippines-radio-station-stub