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DWLS
City of license Quezon City
Broadcast area Mega Manila
Branding Barangay LS 97. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Quezon City ( Filipino: Lungsod Quezon) is the former capital ( 1948 - 1976) and the most populous Mega Manila is the term used for the regions of Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA and Metro Manila. 1
Slogan as Campus Radio
Forever! (1995-1999)
The Number One Pop Music Station in Metro Manila! (2000-2007)
as Barangay LS
Forever! (2007-present sometimes used)
Ayos! (2008-present)
Frequency 97. A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 1 MHz
First air date 1976
Format Pop Music, Oldies, OPM
Power 50,000 watts
Callsign meaning DW
Loreto Stewart
Owner GMA Network Inc. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Nominal power is a Measurement of a Mediumwave Radio station 's output used in the United States. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise Global Media Arts (GMA Network Incorporated ( a Philippine multi-media conglomerate is a Television network in the Philippines.

DWLS 97. 1 MHz Mega Manila) is the flagship FM radio station of Radio GMA Network Inc. Mega Manila is the term used for the regions of Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA and Metro Manila. flagship is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels a designation given on account of being either the largest fastest newest most heavily armed or for publicity purposes the most well See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. (RGMA, a subsidiary of GMA Network Inc.) in the Philippines. Global Media Arts (GMA Network Incorporated ( a Philippine multi-media conglomerate is a Television network in the Philippines. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The station's studio is located at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City, while its transmitter is located at Tandang Sora, Quezon City, Philippines. A studio is a Artist 's or worker's workroom or an artist and his or her Employees who work within that studio Global Media Arts (GMA Network Incorporated ( a Philippine multi-media conglomerate is a Television network in the Philippines. Quezon City ( Filipino: Lungsod Quezon) is the former capital ( 1948 - 1976) and the most populous For biologic transmitters see Transmitter substance. A transmitter is an electronic device which usually with the aid of an antenna Quezon City ( Filipino: Lungsod Quezon) is the former capital ( 1948 - 1976) and the most populous The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP It currently broadcasts under the name Barangay LS 97. 1.

The station's call letters (DWLS) were derived from the name Loreto, wife of former GMA (then RBS) owner, the late Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart.

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As Campus Radio 97. 1

Campus Radio logo
Campus Radio logo

Until midnight of February 13, 2007, the station was known as Campus Radio 97. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 1 WLS-FM, and even in its earlier existence, The Giant 97. 1 WLS-FM. For several years (beginning late 1990s) it only aired modern pop, RnB, rock and OPM hits, mostly Top 40/CHR, during its weekday run while hits from the recent years were mixed in with the current hits during weekends.

The longest running program on the station was the Top 20 at 12 where the top 20 songs of the day were counted down in the mold of BBC Radio 1's The Official Chart Show at noontime. On weekdays and Saturdays, only the top 12 songs were actually played, while the Sunday edition is for the cumulative results for the whole week, where all 20 songs were played. At New Year's Eve, the top twenty songs of the year were played until the stroke of midnight. Top 20 at 12 is the longest running chart show in Philippine FM history. Its Manila edition has been shelved to make way for the station's 2007 reformat, while for a time it has been included as standard programming in RGMA's provincial stations, albeit the chart listings are local. [The provincial edition was later renamed Top 5 Ngayon, Hindi Kahapon (Top 5 Today, Not Yesterday), which still broadcasts at the stroke of noon on weekdays. ] The last song that was #1 before the reformat was "Love Team" by Itchyworms. The Itchyworms is a Filipino rock band whose music is primarily guitar-driven rock with pronounced 1960s and 1980s pop sensibilities and

Other notable programs and segments included:

Yearend Top 20 at 12

From Campus Radio to Barangay LS

On February 14, 2007, listeners bade goodbye to Campus Radio 97. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar " 2 Become 1 " is a Pop song performed by the British group Spice Girls. The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) " My Heart Will Go On " is the Theme song of the 1997 blockbuster Film Titanic. Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( OC OQ (born March 30 1968 in Charlemagne Quebec) is a Canadian pop Singer Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) " Livin' la Vida Loca " ( English: Living the Crazy Life) is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971) better known by his Stage name Ricky Martin, is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. " If I Let You Go " is a song by Westlife, released in the United Kingdom on August 9 1999 as the band's second single Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on 3 July 1998 They were signed on by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. " In the End " is a Nu metal song written by Linkin Park from their debut album Hybrid Theory (2001 Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. " Dilemma " is a hit single by the Rapper Nelly, with Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child, released in 2002 Cornell Haynes Jr (born November 2 1974 Highly successful Nelly has sold over 20 million records in the United States Kelendria "Kelly" Trene Rowland (born February 11 1981 is an American R&B Singer-songwriter, Dancer, and actress, Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The music of the Philippines is a mixture of European American and indigenous sounds "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " " Yeah! " is a song written by American songwriters and producers Lil Jon, Sean Garrett, Patrick J Usher Raymond IV (born October 14 1978 known simply by his first name Usher, is an American R&B and pop Singer - Songwriter Bamboo is a Filipino Alternative rock band founded in 2003 by the former vocalist of Rivermaya, Bamboo Mañalac. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " Wake Me Up When September Ends " is the fourth single from Green Day 's seventh studio album American Idiot. Green Day is an American rock trio Hale is an band from the Philippines, composed of Champ Lui Pio, Roll Martinez Sheldon Gellada and Omnie Saroca Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. " Welcome to the Black Parade " (originally titled "The Five of Us are Dying" is the first single and fifth track from My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance (often shortened to MCR or' My Chem') is an American alternative / post-hardcore quintet that formed in 2001 Kamikazee is a Rock band from the Philippines composed of Jay Contreras ( Lead vocalist) Jomal Linao ( Guitars Back-up vocals Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 1 WLS-FM as RGMA, through its head Mike Enriquez, launched 97. Miguel Castro Enriquez (born September 29, 1951 in Santa Ana Manila) is a popular radio and television Newscaster in the Philippines 1 Barangay LS Forever! Its format is comparable to that of 90.7 Love Radio, 101.9 For Life!, Yes FM 101.1, I-FM 93.9, 102.7 Star FM and Energy FM 91.5 with on-air personalities speaking only in Tagalog (especially the timechecks), and playing bubblegum pop, OPM and other mass-based music forms and music popularized by GMA's stable of recording artists, a 100% turnaround from the former Campus Radio format that played Top 40/adult contemporary hit music, English-only on-air jocks, and its listener base composed mostly of college students and young urban professionals. DWYS, currently operating as YES! FM, is a music FM station owned by Manila Broadcasting Company in the Philippines. Tagalog is one of the major languages used in the Philippines. Despite Campus Radio's dominant ratings performance in the pop category, GMA's FM radio sales unit failed to sell the format. With consistently low sales figures, this paved the way for Mike Enriquez to successfully persuade the network's upper management to agree to shift WLS to a seemingly more profitable "masa" format. Unfortunately, industry reception is lukewarm and Barangay LS has yet to regain the revenue losses incurred by the shift of advertisers to competing FM stations.

However, this was not the first time that the station was repositioned for the masa audience. During its Campus Radio days, WLS-FM first went for its current target audience base from 1995-1999. The current slogan, "Forever!", was the very same tagline used during that period.

As mandated by Enriquez, aside from a major change in the on-air language and the music, jokes also became a staple on Barangay LS, with the DJs delivering scripted jokes on the air in between songs. Soon after the reformat, the station opened their text and phone lines to joke contributions from listeners (although it would still be the DJs themselves who deliver them on the air).

The station also began working much more closely with its mother network primarily by providing live coverage for its special events. Among the GMA events covered by Barangay LS include the network's "Sumamer Ka Na!" special at the Marikina Sports Complex in March 2007 (which included a live telecast of "SOP" and "S Files", and the "StarStruck" 2007 Final Judgment), the "Kapusolympics" 57th anniversary, and mall tours featuring the network's recording artists or promoting GMA's upcoming TV programs. SOP Rules is a Philippine noontime music/ Variety show aired by GMA Network. S-Files is a Showbiz -oriented Television Talk show show in the Philippines aired every Sunday afternoons by GMA Network. StarStruck is the first reality-based talent search for teenager's on Philippine television in recent history

Just before the [[Philippine general election, 2007|May 14, 2007 midterm elections]], Barangay LS, along with sister station DZBB and the RGMA network nationwide, did a radio simulcast of "Isang Tanong", a televised senatorial candidates' forum produced by GMA News and Public Affairs. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. DZBB (594 kHz Metro Manila) "Super Radyo" is the Flagship AM station of GMA Network in the Philippines. GMA News and Public Affairs is the news organization of Philippine broadcast station GMA Network ( DZBB-TV)

Since June 24, 2007, GMA's top-rating Sunday noontime variety show "SOP" has also been simulcast over Barangay LS. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. SOP Rules is a Philippine noontime music/ Variety show aired by GMA Network. The radio broadcast is entitled "Barangay LSOP".

Some other current features of the reformatted station include "Barangay Blockbusters" (premieres/block screenings of the latest local and foreign movies), "Kwela Iskwela Tour" (mini-concerts held in different schools all over Metro Manila featuring popular bands and artists--a revival of the campus tours under the old Campus Radio format) and "Fanatxt All-Stars" (a 30-minute talk show every Monday and Wednesday mornings, wherein a selected listener/Fanatxt subscriber has a chance to interact with the featured GMA star).

In June 2007, 97. 1 Barangay LS was premiered on MYX with the 97. 1 Barangay LS DJs Churvilyn and Atong Bomb, with MYX VJ Nikki.

Another rebranding in less than a year

Last January 16, 2008 at around 6 pm, the station launched its new tagline, Ayos!, which is also the tagline for RGMA's provincial Campus Radio stations. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common It still uses its slogan Forever! and sometimes they say Barangay LS 97. 1 Forever Ayos!. The tag was also used by video channel MTV Philippines. MTV Philippines is a 24-hour music/entertainment television network owned by All Youth Channel Inc The reformat adds Mike Enriquez's formula for toilet and sexually explicit humor with more mass-based music mixed with high end hits and even from talents of GMA Records' rival recording companies like ABS-CBN's Star Records. GMA Records, created in the last quarter of 2003, is a records company that releases music albums and many of the albums have been platinum and gold record award ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation ( (ABS-CBN " A lto B roadcasting S ystem- C hronicle B roadcasting N etwork" Star Records, referring loosely to two companies Star Recording and Star Songs Music Publishing is an ABS-CBN Entertainment Group company whose main lines of business

That same day, almost all of the station's current jocks who were also from the former Campus Radio format, and after years of loyal service to the GMA Network, were summarily dismissed by Mike Enriquez and replaced unceremoniously by jocks from RGMA provincial radio stations as well as jocks from other masa stations. Choosing to ignore the veteran staff's improving ratings, Enriquez deemed them unfit to take the format to number one overall in the masa ratings game. Unknown to Barangay LS jocks, Enriquez had been secretly preparing new staff and management for WLS. Abruptly and without warning, he announced that the former staff would no longer go on air and immediately installed his new crew. With a rebranded station, Enriquez again audaciously promised to take Barangay LS to number one overall by mid 2008. An audacious promise that remains to be kept. With GMA Network's flagship FM station's current direction and hopes for success, Enriquez aims to use the new Barangay LS to increase revenue and redeem the troubled RGMA Radio Network which he heads. [1].

With this, the new jocks Enriquez installed have started broadcasting with the Papa/Mama tags on their air names, similar to Campus Radio Naga (i. Campus Radio 1015 FM (1015 MHz Naga City) is a FM station of GMA Network in Naga City e. Papa Tolitz, Papa Kiko, Papa Bodjie, Papa Bear, Papa Dudut, Papa Dan, and Mama Belle, with the exception of the former Hot Lips Leeza/Churvilyn as Ate Liza). On February 4, 2008, it has also launched the afternoon program Talk To Papa, an interactive but sometimes overboard advice show peppered with sexual innuendo which started with provincial RGMA stations, realigning Barangay LS' programming thrust with that of its provincial network, on top of the daily chart show Top 5 Ngayon, Hindi Kahapon. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Apparently, Barangay LS' current programming and staff attempt to merely ape the on-air sound already established by the more dominant, leading masa stations in Metro Manila.

The terminated jocks resurfaced on Easter Sunday at 99.5 Campus FM, replacing 99. DWRT-FM, broadcasting as 995 RT, is an FM Radio station owned and operated by Real Radio Network Inc 5 Hit FM.

In April 2008, a theme song was made for Barangay LS and a commercial of Barangay LS was featured on TV.

Disk Jockeys

97. 1 Campus Radio (1992 - February 14, 2007)

97. 1 Barangay LS (February 14, 2007 - January 16, 2008)

Barangay LS 97. 1 (January 16, 2008 - present)

Campus Aircheck Alumni

Currently active in radio

Currently inactive in radio

RGMA Stations in the Philippines

Further information: RGMA radio stations

See also

DWRT-FM, broadcasting as 995 RT, is an FM Radio station owned and operated by Real Radio Network Inc
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