From then on, the network continued to expand to several markets, including the acquisition of DWXB from Universal Broadcasting Network in 1987, which would later on carry the call letters DWSM. In the same year, the network launched its first FM station DYRF. Rogelio Florete, through the advice of his mother Doña Salome Florete, had started to helm the day-to-day operations of Bombo Radyo. From 1967 to 1975, Bombo Radyo Philippines established every station in Laoag, Vigan, Cauayan, Bacolod, General Santos, Palawan, Baguio, Daet and Davao. It also entered a management alliance together with Consolidated Broadcasting Systems, Newsounds Broadcasting Network and People's Broadcasting Service. Villanueva, enabling the station to begin its broadcasts.įrom humble beginnings and starting with a small number of employees, the Florete Group then acquired the operations of NBC with ten stations and two affiliates in the whole archipelago. Don Marcelino, the grand old man of Bombo Radyo, accepted a joint venture agreement with former Ilocos Sur Governor, Antonio D. The station has been enjoying the prestige honor of consistently being the number one radio station since its inception during the 1970s.ĭYFM was then part of the Northern Broadcasting Corporation. Since the beginning of operations, the station's studios were located inside the Florete Building in Mapa Street in Iloilo City Proper, until they were relocated to the Bombo Radyo Broadcast Center alongside Luna Street in La Paz District. Its flagship station, Bombo Radyo Iloilo, based in Iloilo City was founded on July 6, 1966. And the bass drum beats were used between breaks during newscasts. Īs Bombo, the Spanish language name for a drum, serves as the name of the station, it is no surprise that a bass drum serves as the network logo. (CBS) formerly served as licensee for some of its FM stations until 2018, when PBS took over as their licensee, following the former's non-renewal. (PBS), while a handful of its AM stations are licensed to Newsounds Broadcasting Network, Inc. Currently, most of its stations are licensed to People's Broadcasting Service, Inc. It operates several stations across the country under the Bombo Radyo and Star FM brands.

Its main office and headquarters are located at Florete Bldg., 2406 Nobel corner Edison Streets, Barangay San Isidro, Makati. (d/b/a Bombo Radyo Philippines) is a Philippine radio network of the Florete Group of Companies, which also manages banking and pawnshop operations.

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