DWAN (1206 AM) was a radio station owned and operated by the

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History

The station was established in 1973 by

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, a company owned by the late

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crony Roberto Benedicto, on 1160 AM under the call letters DWWA. In November 1978, it transferred its frequency to 1206 AM, in response to the adoption of the 9 kHz spacing on AM radio stations in the Philippines under the

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. In 1984, it changed its call letters to DWAN. When BBC was dissolved after the

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, ownership of the station was transferred to the

. By this time, it was located in

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. In 1996, DWAN returned to air, this time under the management of Bubby Dacer's Asia Pacific News and Features. Notable announcers included Rod Navarro, Cesar Chavez, the late John Susi and Pol Velasco. It went off the air in 2004. In late 2007, the station returned to air, this time as MMDA Traffic Radio under the management of the

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. It transferred to its home in MMDA's Communications and Command Center in

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. The station provided real-time traffic updates and public service reminders. Some of its programs were simulcast on MMDA TV.. On July 13, 2010, MMDA Traffic Radio went off the air as an effect of Typhoon Basyang (Conson). Both the station and MMDA TeleRadyo permanently ceased operations on August 17, 2010, in order to cost-cutting measures, which were costing the agency at least 1 million pesos every month. Inquirer.net, MMDA stops radio, TV operations
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