DXDR-AM
radio station in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
DXDR (981 AM) RMN Dipolog is a radio station owned and operated by the Radio Mindanao Network. Its studio and transmitter are located at RMN Broadcast Center, National Highway, Brgy. Turno, Dipolog. The station also airs a handful of programs from RMN Cebu.
History
In 1981, as part of its massive expansion program initiated in 1978, Radio Mindanao Network commenced its AM broadcasting operations in Dipolog under the call sign DXDR. This move was the second RMN AM station opened in Zamboanga Peninsula after DXRZ of Zamboanga City in 1961, and the second AM station to operate in the city after RPN DXKD Radyo Ronda. Its launching was done the same year as DXPR RMN Pagadian.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “DXDR-AM” as radio station in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5206621. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1981, 1978 and 1961.
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This entry incorporates text from “DXDR-AM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.