XFM began broadcasts on February 28, 2022 as a local entity when a group of mediamen led by Yes2Health chief executive officer and Palawan entrepreneur, Dr. Remelito Y. Uy, took over the operations of RMCBC-owned DXDE-FM in Tagum City. This formed the nucleus of XFM until the company transferred its broadcasting operations to Southern Broadcasting Network-owned DXSS-FM in Davao City later that year. After garnering initial success, XFM expanded into various provincial markets across the country by the use of airtime lease agreements.[2][3][4]
Aside from the news/talk and secular music programming, XFM also airs gospel music from sunset of every Friday until after sunset the next day under the Gospel Hour block due to the Uy's affiliation with the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement.
In addition, Y2H also owns Solid FM, the sister brand of XFM that carries an easy listening genre as well as serving as an overflow station of the main network in key areas.
FM Stations
Note: The following stations are owned by their respective broadcasting companies. Y2H operates them under an airtime lease agreement.[5]
XFM News Nationwide is the flagship network newscast of XFM. Produced by 99.5 XFM Manila since July 3, 2025 and airing at 12:00 pm, it is currently anchored by Buddy Oberas and Kim Mangunay, both formerly of Abante Radyo 1494.
Development
XFM News Nationwide was first launched on April 8, 2024, replacing each station's local midday edition of XPress Balita. The newscast was originally aired at 12:30 pm with 104.7 XFM Palawan's Pedy Bautista Sabando and Aizy Pacaldo as its first anchors. Former 103.1 Brigada News FM anchor-reporter Gilbert Basio served as regular relief presenter for Sabando.
In January 2025, XFM News Nationwide was moved to 12:00 pm due to the decision of upper management to place The Secret of Health at the 12:30 pm slot as the newscast's lead-out program. Pedy Bautista Sabando would depart the program by March 2025 as he ran and ultimately won as Mayor of Roxas, Palawan in the May 12, 2025 midterm elections. Aizy Pacaldo also went on maternity leave the same month, leaving Basio as sole reliever and eventual permanent main anchor until June 18th when she returned.
XFM Palawan continued production of the newscast until July 2, 2025 as its duties were transferred to the newly-launched 99.5 XFM Manila the next day.
Current presenters
Buddy Oberas
Kim Mangunay
Former presenters
Pedy Bautista-Sabando (now-incumbent Mayor of Roxas, Palawan)
Aizy Pacaldo
Gilbert Basio
The Secret of Health
Radio show
The Secret of Health
Genre
Health news and consultation
Running time
XFM 1 hour(2022-present) Syndication 30 minutes to 1 hour(2022-present)
The Secret of Health (also branded as Kaalamang Pangkalusgan or Kalusugan Iwas Karamdaman) is the flagship health news and discussion program of Yes2Health, hosted by doctors of naturopathy Algy Bacla, Jun Alquizar, and Yes2Health CEO Remelito Uy. The program is heard on XFM radio stations as an hour-long live consultation show from Mondays to Fridays at 12:30 PM after XFM News Nationwide and on Sundays at 11:00 am.
Aside from XFM, the program also airs a separate syndicated edition through third-party AM and FM networks, such as on RMN's DZXL 558 (nightly at 9:00 pm), IBMI's DWWW 774 (30-minutes on weeknights at 9:00 pm and Sundays at 11:00 am, coterminus with XFM), MBC's DZRH (30-minutes every Sunday at 8:30 pm), MBC's Radyo Natin (through various affiliates), AWR 89.1 (every Saturday at 4:00 pm), and was previously heard on GMA's Super Radyo DZBB (30-minutes every Sunday at 9:00 pm).
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