DWNG

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Gospel Radio
Broadcast area Quezon and surrounding areas
Frequency 97.5MHz
Branding97.5 Gospel Radio
Programming
Language(s) Filipino
Format Religious Radio
Ownership
OwnerSouthern Tagalog Sweet Life
OperatorNorth Philippine Union Conference
History
First air date
January 5, 1997 (1997-01-05)
Former names
  • Big Sound FM (January 5, 1997-September 14, 2014)
  • Radio City (September 22, 2014-2021)
Technical information
Licensing authority
NTC
Power 10 kW

97.5 Gospel Radio (DWNG 97.5 MHz) is an FM station owned by Southern Tagalog Sweet Life and operated by North Philippine Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists. Its studios and transmitter are located at Brgy. Cabatang, Tiaong. [1] [2]

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History

The station was established on January 5, 1997 as Big Sound FM under the ownership of Vanguard Radio Network. On September 14, 2014, Big Sound FM went off the air for the last time. A month prior, Southern Tagalog Sweet Life acquired the frequency. [3]

On September 22, 2014, Radio City, which was formerly on 105.3, was relaunched on this frequency. Since then, it was under DCG Radio-TV Network, which acquired the latter frequency last December 2013. Sometime in 2021, Radio City went off the air. [4]

In January 2, 2023, the station returned on air, this time as Gospel Radio under the operations of North Philippine Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists. It was formerly on Filipinas Broadcasting Network-owned 96.7 prior to its move.

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References

  1. "TABLE 20.7a" (PDF), 2011 Philippine Yearbook, Philippine Statistics Authority: 18–45, retrieved February 7, 2020
  2. "2022 NTC FM Stations" (PDF). foi.gov.ph . Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  3. "Ang Katotohanan sa Isyu ng Radiocity". balitangkamhantik.net. November 18, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  4. "Re-launching ng 97.5 Radio City Naging Matagumpay". balita.blogspot.com. September 23, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2020.