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DWLV-FM

radio station in Naga City

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ5207004 ↗
Source-derived summary

DWLV (91.9 FM), broadcasting as 91.9 BBS FM, is a radio station owned and operated by Bicol Broadcasting System. The station's studio and transmitter are located at the BBS Bldg., Balatas Rd., Brgy. Balatas, Naga, Camarines Sur.

History

The station was established in 2004 as Mixx FM airing a mass-based format, with news and talk in the morning. In 2017, it rebranded as BBS FM and switched to a classic hits format, albeit retaining its news and talk programming.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “DWLV-FM” is radio station in Naga City. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through DWLV-FM, radio and station, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2004-01-01. For this dossier, DWLV-FM, radio and station is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “radio station in Naga City” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5207004. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004 and 2017.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “DWLV-FM”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow DWLV-FM primary sources, DWLV-FM archive and DWLV-FM research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “DWLV-FM”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “DWLV-FM” 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.