DYRT-FM

Barangay RT Cebu (DYRT)

Cebu City
Broadcast area	Metro Cebu and surrounding areas
Frequency	99.5 MHz (FM Stereo)
Branding	Barangay RT 99.5
Programming
Language(s)	Cebuano, Filipino
Format	Contemporary MOR, OPM
Network	Barangay FM
Ownership
Owner	GMA Network Inc.
Sister stations	DYSS Super Radyo GMA TV-7 Cebu GTV 27 Cebu
History
First air date	1978
Former call signs	DYLS (1978–1979)
Former names	LS 97.1 (1978–1979) Double 9.5 RT (1980–1995) Campus Radio (1995–1997) 99.5 RT (1997–2014)
Former frequencies	97.1 MHz (1978–1979)
Call sign meaning	Romantic Touch (former branding)
Technical information
Licensing authority	NTC
Class	A/B/C/D/E
Power	25,000 watts
ERP	75,000 watts
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.gmanetwork.com

DYRT (99.5 FM), on-air as Barangay RT 99.5, is a radio station owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. The station's studio is located at GMA Skyview Complex, Nivel Hills, Apas, Cebu City, while its transmitter is located at the GMA Tower Compound, Mt. Bonbon, Cebu City. ^{[1] [2]}

History

1978-1979: DYLS

The station was established in 1978 on 97.1 MHz under the call letters DYLS. It was the second oldest regional FM station under the auspices of the Republic Broadcasting System after DXSS in Davao. In 1979, the station went off the air.

The frequency returned on air in 1992, a different radio station owned by AMCARA Broadcasting Network.

1980-1995: Double 9.5 RT

On February 4, 1980, the station returned to air, this time on 99.5 MHz under the call letters DYRT. It carried the branding Double 9.5 RT: The Romantic Touch, with the slogan "The Beautiful Music Station of Cebu". Back then, its studio and transmitter were located at the 10/F Luym Bldg. along Plaridel cor. Juan Luna St. (now Osmeña Blvd.). The station aired easy listening music and news updates every top of the hour, and English was used as its medium. In 1990, DYRT and its sister station DYSS-TV moved to its current home in GMA Skyview Complex in Nivel Hills, Apas, and switched to a Top 40 format.

1995-2014: Campus Radio/99.5 RT

On March 1, 1995, following the launch of RGMA done by Mike Enriquez, the station was rebranded as Campus Radio 99.5 RT, with the slogan "Forever!". Two years later, when Bobby Nalzaro took over the operations of GMA Cebu, the station rebranded as 99.5 RT and changed its slogan to "Nindota-Ah!", which was later adapted by several RGMA FM stations in Mindanao in 1998. At the same time, it was reformatted to a mass-based station and changed its medium to Cebuano. From 2013 to 2018, as conducted by Nielsen Radio Audience Measurement, 99.5 RT Cebu was the dominant overall Number 1 Radio Station in Cebu. ^[3]

2014-present: Barangay RT

On February 17, 2014, as part of RGMA's brand unifying, the station was rebranded as Barangay RT 99.5 and carried-over the slogan "Isang Bansa, Isang Barangay" with "Nindota Ah" being used as secondary slogan (until 2020). Since then, it began simulcasting a handful of programs from its Manila station. On April 22, 2019, the station began simulcasting DYSS Super Radyo's program Bobby Nalzaro On Board: Saksi until December 2021. ^[4]

In 2020, the station re-adapted its original slogan "Forever!", a former slogan used during the Campus Radio era in 1995.

Following the effects of Typhoon Rai (Odette) in Cebu, Bohol and Leyte on December 16, 2021, the station scaled down its programming.

In 2023, Barangay RT upgraded its power to a newly improved 25,000-watt stereo transmitter atop GMA Tower Compound in Mt. Bonbon, resulting in an even clearer signal in Metro Cebu and the provinces of Cebu, as well as parts of Bohol and northern parts of Leyte.

References

1. CEBU FM BROADCAST STATIONS | NTC Region 7
2. Rhian ug Derrick diha sa Carcar!
3. DYR-TFM Barangay 99.5 Nindota Ah is Cebu’s New Number 1 FM Station
4. Nalzaro: Politics even in times of emergency

External links

• Barangay RT Cebu on Facebook
• www.amfmph.com/barangay-99-5-rt-cebu-11254.html