DYXY (99.1 FM) RMN Tacloban 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 and transmitter are located at #181 Goldtrade Bldg., P. Burgos 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 station operates daily from 3:30 AM to 11 PM.

History

DYXY was launched in 1978 on 93.9 MHz. It carried a

Top 40 In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or " con ...

format. In 1980, it moved to 99.1 MHz. On August 16, 1992, DYXY rebranded as Smile Radio and switched to a mass-based format. On November 23, 1999, the station rebranded as 991 XYFM and returned to Top 40. On May 16, 2002, the station was relaunched as 99.1 iFM and returned to a mass-based format. It also adopted the slogan, ''Hit after Hit''. On March 2, 2009, as part of RMN's nationwide expansion, iFM changed its new logo and the slogan ''Sa iFM, Siguradong Enjoy Ka!''. On November 9, 2015, iFM launched its new logo and slogan "Ang Bestfriend Mo!". In January 2017, the station switched to a news and talk format under the name RMN Tacloban, the second RMN branding after DWNX in

Naga, Camarines Sur Naga, officially the City of Naga (Central Bikol: ''Siyudad nin Naga''; Rinconada Bikol: ''Syudad ka Naga''; fil, Lungsod ng Naga) or the Pilgrim City of Naga, is a 1st class independent component city in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. ...

. However, iFM's bumpers are only used for its music blocks.

References

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