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Broadcast area | Metro Cebu and surrounding areas |
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| Frequency | 963 kHz |
| Branding | DYMF Bombo Radyo |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Cebuano, Filipino |
| Format | News, Public Affairs, Talk, Drama |
| Network | Bombo Radyo |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| 95.5 Star FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1978 |
Former frequencies | 648 kHz (1978–1991) |
Call sign meaning | Marcelino Florete |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | NTC |
| Power | 10,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 10°17′18″N 123°52′50″E / 10.28833°N 123.88056°E |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Bombo Radyo Cebu |
DYMF (963 AM) Bombo Radyo is a radio station owned and operated by Bombo Radyo Philippines through its licensee People's Broadcasting Service, Inc. Its studio and business offices are located at Bombo Radyo Broadcast Center, 87-A Borromeo St., Brgy. Pahina Central, Cebu City, while its transmitter is located at Sitio Alaska, Brgy. Mambaling, Cebu City.[1][2][3]
DYMF was formerly the home of the Bombo Radyo Production Center. Cebu's Extremes Travel & Entertainment Provider (Cebu City) Corp. formerly supplied Cebuano dramas to the station from its inception in 2009 until 2025 when most of its talents retired. Bombo Radyo Drama Center currently supplies centralized national drama programming to selected Bombo Radyo stations across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
History
[edit]Bombo Radyo was inaugurated in 1978 on 648 kHz. Bobby Nalzaro, whose transferred to Cebu in 1987, serving as its acting station manager for ten years until he resigned in 1997 to joined GMA Cebu. In 1991, the station transferred to 963 kHz, which swapped frequencies with its rival station DYRC Radyo Balita (now Aksyon Radyo Cebu). DYMF used to air NBA games through a partnership deal in the same year.[4]
Bombo Radyo went off the air on December 16, 2021, after its transmitter was destroyed by Typhoon Rai (Odette). During the time being, several of its programs were aired on its sister station under the interim name Bombo Radyo Star FM. It resumed operations on February 16, 2022, this time with a newly installed transmitter.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Radio and TV Broadcast Station". NTC Region 7. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ↑ Seares, Pachico (2017). "Cebu Journalism & Journalists 2017". Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Rubio, Gregg (April 6, 2013). "Bombo may take legal moves vs Capitol". The Freeman. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ↑ Sayson, Homer (February 14, 2020). "Cebu scribes stand by 'great kid' Slaughter in time of crisis". SPIN.ph. Retrieved June 30, 2020.