DWYS
Radio station in the Philippines
DWYS (101.1 FM), broadcasting as 101.1 Yes FM, is a radio station owned and operated by MBC Media Group through its licensee Pacific Broadcasting System. It serves as the flagship station of the Yes FM Network. The station's studio is located at the second floor, MMG Building, Star City, V. Sotto St., CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay, and its transmitter is located at the BSA Twin Towers, Bank Drive, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, sharing the same site with sister stations 90.7 Love Radio and 96.3 Easy Rock.
As of Q4 2022, 101.1 Yes FM is the 4th-most-listened-to FM radio station in Metro Manila, based on a survey commissioned by Kantar Media Philippines and Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas.
History
1968–1985: DZFX
The station first went on the air on May 31, 1968 under the call letters DZFX. The country's first stereo-multiplex FM radio station, it was under the ownership of Makati Broadcasting Network Corporation, owned by businessmen Tony and Bob Garcia and Adolfo Duarte. It played classical music and "elevator music" and non-commercial station 98.7 DZFE was its only competitor. On October 11, 1985, a few minutes before 12 noon, it bade goodbye with a Mozart piece.
1985–1989: Kiss FM
Shortly after DZFX 101.1's sign off on October 11, 1985, it was rebranded as Kiss FM 101.1 (call letters DWKS) with studios located at 14th floor of Insular Life Building at Ayala Avenue corner Paseo de Roxas, Makati, with "Dancing in the Streets" by Mick Jagger and David Bowie, as its first song played on the station. It introduced innovations like having the frequency number on its telephone number, programs like Top 20 at 12 and the launch date as 10–11, standing as the frequency. From 1985, it had the Contemporary Hit Radio format, competing directly with 99.5 RT (now 99.5 XFM Manila) and 97.1 WLS-FM (now Barangay LS 97.1).
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