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DYQN

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DWIZ News FM Western Visayas (DYQN)
Broadcast areaIloilo, Guimaras and surrounding areas
Frequency89.5 MHz
Branding89.5 DWIZ News FM
Programming
Language(s)Hiligaynon, Filipino
FormatNews, Talk
NetworkDWIZ
Ownership
OwnerAliw Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
November 1993
Former names
  • Q89 (1993–1999)
  • Home Radio (1999–2023)
Technical information
Licensing authority
NTC
Power10,000 watts
ERP30,000 watts
Links
Website895 Home Radio Official Website

DYQN (89.5 FM), broadcasting as 89.5 DWIZ News FM, is a radio station owned and operated by Aliw Broadcasting Corporation. The station's studio and transmitter are located along 3/F Eternal Life Bldg., J.M. Basa cor. Ortiz St., Iloilo City.[1] It operates daily from 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM.

History

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The station was established in November 1993 as Q89. It carried a Top 40 format.[2]

Home Radio Iloilo logo from July 2017 to January 2023.

In 1999, the station rebranded as Home Radio Q89 and switched to an easy listening format. The Q89 brand was dropped the following year.

On March 17, 2014, Home Radio, along with the other provincial stations, reformatted into a mass-based format, with "Natural!" as its slogan.

On Easter Sunday 2015, the station switched back to its Top 40 format mixed with OPM, simply known as CHR Local. On late 2015, the station adopted the slogan "The Music of Now" and shifted to a fully-fledged Top 40 format.

In July 2017, Home Radio flipped back to its easy listening format. In 2018, Home Radio's provincial stations started simulcasting DWIZ 882's program Karambola, thus allowing the station to include news and commentaries in the morning to the station's format. In 2021, the simulcast expanded to include the entire morning block of DWIZ 882.

On January 16, 2023, the station dropped the Home Radio branding, but continued its programming. On January 30, 2023, it was relaunched under the DWIZ network with a news and talk format.

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