DYDC
Broadcast areaBaybay and surrounding areas
Frequency104.7 MHz
BrandingDYDC 104.7
Programming
Language(s)Baybay, Filipino, English
FormatCampus Radio, Community Radio
AffiliationsPhilippine Broadcasting Service
Ownership
OwnerVisayas State University
History
First air date
1982 (on AM)
June 9, 2014 (on FM)
Former call signs
DYAC (1982-2013)
Former frequencies
1449 kHz (1982-2013)
Call sign meaning
Development Campus
Technical information
Licensing authority
NTC
Power1,000 watts
Links
Website

DYDC (104.7 FM) is a low-power radio station owned and operated by the Visayas State University. Its studios are located at the 2nd Floor, ADE Bldg., Visayas State University, Brgy. Pangasugan, Baybay. DYDC operates Weekdays from 8 am to 5 pm.[1][2][3]

The station serves as a training ground for community broadcasting and Development communication students of the Visayas State University.[4]

History

A Development Communication Community Broadcasting major (left) is being trained by the DYDC-FM staff on a live on-air music program.
VSU President Dr. Edgardo E. Tulin (left) interviewed by Buen Andrade as guest of the weekly radio program Campus Talk.
The "On-Air" Sign of DYDC-FM.
The broadcasting equipment at the Announcer's Booth of DYDC-FM.
The broadcasting equipment at the Announcer's Booth of DYDC-FM.

DYDC was established in 1982 on AM with a frequency of 1449 kHz. Back then, it could receive signal from the major parts of Western Leyte, Eastern Visayas, parts of Northern Mindanao, and Southern Luzon. The station's various developmental programs in agriculture like the school-on-the-air has benefited several farmers. It initially operated 12 hours a day: from 7 am to 7 pm.[5] In 2013, it ceased operations after its transmitter was damaged by Typhoon Haiyan.

In the rebuilding efforts following the devastation, the Commission on Higher Education granted VSU P1 million pesos for the repair of the station. On June 9, 2014, it was relaunched, this time on FM in response to the listeners’ survey which showed that most people listen to FM than AM radio.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 90 years of VSU: ready, set, steady?
  2. ↑ Reviving Abaca: The National Abaca Summit Held at SLSU
  3. ↑ City Ordinance No. 007
  4. ↑ "WorldFish launches abaca rehab coalition in Sogod, So. Leyte | Visayas State University". Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  5. ↑ "DOST-8 leads the inception meeting for STCBF abaca project | Visayas State University". Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  6. ↑ VSU's campus radio is back on air

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