FBS Radio Network

FBS Radio Network is a Philippine national broadcaster, radio broadcast network. with offices and broadcast headquarters located in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. Its flagship station is Mellow 947, while its AM stations are DWBL 1242 and DWSS 1494.[1][2]

FBS Radio Network
TypeStatutory corporation Private
IndustryMass media Radio broadcasting
Founded1961 (as Freedom Broadcasting System)
FounderLeonida Laki-Vera
Luis Vera
HeadquartersMandaluyong, Philippines
Key people
Luigi Vera (President)
Websitewww.mellow947.fm

History

Leonida Laki-Vera ("Nida") and her husband Luis began their broadcast business as the Freedom Broadcasting System or FBS, when the Philippines was under martial law during President Ferdinand Marcos' reign in the 1970s. FBS launched its first station DWBL. A year later, FBS established its FM station DWLL 94.7 (Mellow Touch).[1] Radio personalities such as Butch Gonzales, Rudolph Rivera, and newscaster Ernie Fresnido who worked for DWBL and Mellow Touch throughout the late 70s.[3]

As time passed by towards the 1990s, Luis and Nida transferred the ownership of FBS to their other children, namely Luis Jr. ("Luigi") and Lena. 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.[2]

FBS Radio Stations

AM stations
Callsign Frequency Power Location
DWBL 1242 kHz 20 kW Metro Manila
DWSS[lower-alpha 1] 1494 kHz 10 kW

FM stations
Branding Callsign Frequency Power Location
Mellow 947 DWLL 94.7 MHz 25 kW Metro Manila
Radyo Bandera Iloilo[lower-alpha 2] DYKU 88.7 MHz 10 kW Iloilo
Mellow Touch CDO DXBL 95.7 MHz 10 kW Cagayan de Oro
Mellow Touch Valencia DXOC 103.3 MHz 5 kW Valencia
  1. Licensed under Supreme Broadcasting System.
  2. Operated by 5K Broadcasting Network.

References
  1. "Mellow 94.7 Is Taking Radio To A New Level". Orange Magazine. November 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  2. "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".


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