DXAC
Relay of Brigada News FM Davao
Broadcast areaMetro Davao and surrounding areas
Frequency93.1 MHz
Branding91.5 Brigada News FM
Programming
Language(s)Cebuano, Filipino
FormatContemporary MOR, OPM, News, Talk
NetworkBrigada News FM
Ownership
OwnerMareco Broadcasting Network
OperatorBrigada Mass Media Corporation
Through BMMC: 91.5 Brigada News FM
History
First air date
1997
Former call signs
DXVR (1997–2003)
Former names
  • Crossover (1997–2019)
  • Q Radio (2020–2023)
Call sign meaning
Adult Contemporary (former radio format)
Technical information
Licensing authority
NTC
Power10,000 watts
ERP20,000 watts

DXAC (93.1 FM), is a radio station owned by Mareco Broadcasting Network and operated by Brigada Mass Media Corporation. It serves as a relay station of 91.5 Brigada News FM. The station's studio is located at the 3rd Floor, Gabucan Bldg., Ulas, Brgy. Talomo, Davao City and transmitter is located along Broadcast Ave., Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City.[1][2]

History

Crossover (1997–2019).

The station was established in 1997 as 93.1 Crossover with a Smooth AC format. At that time, it was formerly owned by Golden Broadcast Professionals, with Mareco Broadcasting Network operating the station through an airtime lease. By the late 2000s, MBNI fully acquired the station. In 2016, the station moved from F. Valrose Bldg. along C. M. Recto St. to its current home in Shrine Hills.

At the end of 2019, Horizon of the Sun Communications (producers of Chinatown TV and Chinese News TV) took over the operations of MBNI's stations. It was only on November 16, 2020, when all MBNI provincial stations started carrying the Q Radio brand and adopted a CHR/Top 40 format, similar to its Manila flagship station.

On June 19, 2023, Q Radio announced on its social media pages and livestream that the station will permanently go off the air due to financial problems. On June 30, Q Radio had its last broadcast.[3][4]

On July 1, it went back on the air, this time as a relay station of 105.1 Brigada News FM in Manila. A couple of days later, it switched to automated music under the interim name News FM.

On January 2024, it started simulcasting 91.5 FM as part of transition.

References

  1. ^ Duterte approves renewal of franchise to three broadcasting companies
  2. ^ Martin off again for Crossover Live Tour 2001
  3. ^ "Louella Hazeline Chan in Q Radio Qlassmates". Telegram. June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  4. ^ Q Radio 105.1 (June 19, 2023). "To all of our amazing Qties, After a fulfilling 3-year run, filled with several viral online campaigns and exciting on-air gimmicks, it is with a heavy heart that we announce that Q Radio will be permanently signing off nationwide effective July 1, 2023". Facebook. Retrieved June 21, 2023.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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