Retro Cebu (DYCD)
Broadcast areaCentral Visayas and surrounding areas
Frequency103.5 MHz
Branding103.5 Retro Cebu
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatClassic Hits, OPM
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
1995
Former call signs
Wild FM:
DYWC (1994-2000)
Former names
  • Kiss FM (1995-August 2002)
  • Wild FM (August 2002-January 2015)
Former frequencies
Wild FM:
105.9 MHz (1994-2000)
Call sign meaning
Cebu's Ditan
Technical information
Licensing authority
NTC
ClassA,B,C
Power10,000 watts
ERP20,524 watts
Links
WebcastListen Live

DYCD (103.5 FM), broadcasting as 103.5 Retro Cebu, is a radio station owned and operated by Ditan Communications, a subsidiary of UM Broadcasting Network.[1] The station's studio and offices are located at Room 309, 3rd Floor, Doña Luisa Bldg., Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City, and its transmitter is located at Brgy. Kalunasan, Cebu City. This station operates 24/7.[2][3]

History

1995-2002: Kiss FM

Wild FM logo from 2002 to 2010

This station was established in 1995 as Kiss FM 103.5, carrying a Top 40 format. It was then located at the 4th level of Ayala Center Cebu.[4]

2002-2015: Wild FM

Wild FM Cebu used to be on 105.9 MHz under the call letters DYWC from 1994 to 2000. In August 2002, UMBN acquired the station from Ditan Communications and relaunched the station as 103.5 Wild FM with its first site at the University of San Carlos main campus along Pelaez St. Wild FM's unique Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR-Dance) format with 20-minute nonstop re-mix every hour soon got Cebuanos shaking and dancing. This not-so-secret formula is the key to Wild FM's air dominance in every area that it operates in, a driving, pulsating beat partnered with a dynamic deejay and spinner.[5]

Wild FM logo from 2011 to 2015

On March 27, 2005, Wild FM moved to a new site at Doña Luisa Bldg., Fuente Osmeña, uptown Cebu to get closer to the listeners and clients.

On late January 2015, after almost 12 years on the air, Wild FM quietly ended its broadcast and went off the air for a month.

2015-present: Retro Cebu

On March 16, 2015, the station resumed its broadcast as 103.5 Retro Cebu, this time playing classic hits. In a span of a few months, this station's format change became hugely successful to retro music fanatics and it became a hit. A year later, the Retro was adapted by its Davao station.[6]

At the evening of December 16, 2021, the station went off the air for the second time following the aftermath of Typhoon Odette. On January 14, 2022, it resumed operations after power was restored in Doña Luisa Bldg.

References

  1. "House Bill No. 5632" (PDF). House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. CEBU FM BROADCAST STATIONS | NTC Region 7
  3. Southwings: Cebu's only country-rock band
  4. 103.5 Kiss FM Aircheck
  5. FM is for Funny Man Kulas
  6. Ciar: 103.5 Retro Cebu-FM ‘Yesterday’s Hits Today’

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