DWLS

DWLS (97.1 FM) is a commercial radio station which broadcasts an OPM, Barangay and ISM (Informal Settler Music), and Hot AC format based in Diliman Quezon City. Since February 2014, it serves as the flagship FM station of Radio GMA Network Inc. (RGMA, a subsidiary of GMA Network Inc.) in the Philippines under the Barangay FM brand. The station's studio is located at the GMA Network Center, EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, and its transmitter is located at Barangay Culiat, Tandang Sora, Quezon City, Philippines.

History

DZXX (1955–1972)

It first aired in 1955, when Uncle Bob opened the DZXX-AM 890 kHz station, the first pop music station in the country on AM format.

97.1 WLS-FM (1976–1992)

In 1976, GMA launched DWLS-FM on 97.1 as a jazz-formatted station. It lasted until February 28, 1986, a few days after the EDSA Revolution when The Giant 97.1 WLS-FM was born and CHR format is introduced.

Campus Radio 97.1 (1992–2007)

When GMA was renamed as the "Rainbow Satellite Network" in the early 1992, the station was reformatted on April 30, 1992 as Campus Radio 97.1 WLS-FM. This was to target teens & early adults. Its notable programs were the longest-running program on the station, "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, and "Campus Aircheck", an institution of sorts for aspiring DJs to get hired by Campus Radio, touted as "the first school on the air".