FBS Radio Network

FBS Radio Network
FormerlyFreedom Broadcasting System
Company type
Statutory corporation Private
IndustryMass media Radio broadcasting
Founded1961
FounderLeonida Laki-Vera
Luis Vera
HeadquartersMandaluyong, Philippines
Key people
Luis "Luigi" Vera Jr. (President)
Websitewww.mellow947.com

FBS Radio Network is a Philippine broadcasting company. Its corporate office is located at Unit 908, Paragon Plaza, EDSA cor. Reliance St., Mandaluyong.[1][2]

History

Leonida "Nida" Laki-Vera and her husband Luis Vera began their broadcast business as the Freedom Broadcasting System (FBS) in the 1970s. FBS launched its first station DWBL. A year later, FBS established its FM station DWLL, which is later on known as Mellow Touch.[1] Radio personalities such as Butch Gonzales, Rudolph Rivera, and newscaster Ernie Fresnido worked for DWBL and Mellow Touch throughout the late 70s.[3]

As time passed by towards the 1990s, the couple transferred the ownership of FBS to their children, namely Luis Jr. ("Luigi") and Lena.[citation needed] To coincide their business, the network dropped its legal name and became FBS Radio Network.[4] Under the new owners, FBS expanded the Mellow Touch network in key provincial cities.

In 2004, FBS sold its two respective stations DWKT (Dagupan) and DYLL (Cebu) to Ultrasonic Broadcasting System. In return, UBSI sold its AM station DWSS to FBS, which uses the franchise of Supreme Broadcasting System to comply with ownership restrictions.[2]

On December 21, 2020, FBS was granted a 25-year legislative franchise extension under Republic Act No. 11507, which lapsed into law after 30 days of inaction by then-Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The law grants FBS a franchise to construct, install, operate, and maintain, for commercial purposes, radio broadcasting stations and television stations, including digital television systems, with the corresponding facilities such as relay stations, throughout the Philippines.[5]

FBS Radio stations

AM stations

Branding Callsign Frequency Location Operator
DWBL DWBL 1242 kHz Metro Manila N/a
Abante DWSS[a] 1494 kHz Prage Management Corporation

FM stations

Branding Callsign Frequency Location Operator
Mellow BFM DWLL 94.7 MHz Metro Manila Prage Management Corporation
K5 News FM Iloilo DYKU 88.7 MHz Iloilo 5K Broadcasting Network
K5 News FM Bais N/a 99.1 MHz Bais
Radyo Trumpeta CDO DXBL 95.7 MHz Cagayan de Oro Shanne Manufacturing and Trading Corporation
Radyo Lampornas Gingoog N/a 92.9 MHz Gingoog N/a
Radyo Lampornas Valencia DXOC 103.3 MHz Valencia

Former stations

Callsign Frequency Location Status
DZLL 107.1 MHz Baguio Currently owned by Primax Broadcasting Network.
DWKT 90.3 MHz Dagupan Currently owned by Ultrasonic Broadcasting System.
DYLL 94.7 MHz Cebu City
DXLL 94.7 MHz Davao City Currently owned by Rizal Memorial Colleges Broadcasting Corporation.

Notes

  1. ^ Licensed under Supreme Broadcasting System.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mellow 94.7 Is Taking Radio To A New Level". Orange Magazine. November 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "OneRadioManila.com". Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Samonte, Danee (January 17, 2015). "Them were the days". The Philippine Star.
  4. ^ "Republic Act No. 8114".
  5. ^ Republic Act No. 11507 (December 21, 2020), An Act Renewing for Another Twenty-Five (25) Years the Franchise Granted to FBS Radio Network, Inc., Under Republic Act No. 8114, Entitled "An Act Granting FBS Radio Network, Inc., A Franchise To Establish, Construct, Install, Maintain And Operate Commercial Radio And Television Stations In The Philippines, And For Other Purposes"
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