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Whatever Happens To My Favorite FM Station?

Sunday, November 2, 2008

I'd been an avid listener of 96.3 WRock since I arrived in Manila in 1995 and this FM radio station has been my road companion ever since. In the advent of live streaming, I had been listening to this radio station whenever I get online (http://hayag.com/wrock).

On October 6, 2008, it has been announced that the Elizalde Group of Companies' Manila Broadcasting Company has purchased WRocK from the Hodreal family, owners of ACWS-UBN, for PhP229.6 million (link here). Except for the acquisition price, further terms were not disclosed.

What followed next is the obvious reprogramming of the unique WRock format. Favorite jocks and favorite segments can no longer be heard. Is WRock soon to follow suite with 90.7 Love Radio and Yes!FM programming? The latter two are also currently owned by MBC.

It's too early to speculate for anything but it's far from my better judgment that WRock will start to air the tag line, Pastilan dude. Automatic Yan! YES FM, or the nonsensical and unrealistic lines like the following:
1. Kung makikinig ka sa Yes, dadami ang magkacrush sayo.
2. Kung makikinig ka sa Yes uunti ang utang mo.
3. Kung makikinig ka sa Yes tataas ang grado mo.
4. Kung makikinig ka sa Yes gaganda ang swerte mo.

Or will it be airing 90.7 Love Radio's tag line, Kailangan pa bang i-memorize 'yan? Bisyo na 'to!. Is it now time for WRock to settle down to cheap jokes, senseless banter, and absurd and green jock names 90.7 Love Radio is known for?

Maybe I'm just too sentimental. Yet, I can only hope the change could be for the better. Abangan...

Labels: rants

published by dodong flores 도동 플로오리스 @ 10:34:00 PM • Permalink • Links to this post • 17 comments from:  watson,  Sidney,  dodong flores,  RennyBA,  dodong flores,  Marex Flores,  acey,  dodong flores,  dodong flores,  Joy,  Joy,  sheng,  carlotta,  Chyng,  dodong flores,  Anonymous,  dodong flores, •

17 Comments:

1. At 5:42 AM, November 07, 2008,  watson said…
   Wow, that's a lot of money. I didn't have a lot of time to listen to the radio and my friends preferred playing their CDs in their car, but when my wife was in Manila, we used to listen to AM radio's Dr Love. :-)
   
   I am quite familiar with WRock's format and it is indeed very different from the ones that are following a certain trend... I do hope they can retain the unique WRock flavor.  
2. At 1:08 PM, November 07, 2008,  Sidney said…
   PhP229.6 million that is a lot of money...and then destroy WRock's uniqueness?  
3. At 9:17 PM, November 07, 2008,  dodong flores said…
   @ watson: We can just hope...
   
   @ Sidney: I still hope the change should be for the better...  
4. At 4:09 AM, November 08, 2008,  RennyBA said…
   Sounds like a huge amount of money and an expensive change.
   
   Btw: Thanks for your BD greetings - very nice of you.
   
   Wishing you a great end to your week :-)  
5. At 12:23 PM, November 08, 2008,  dodong flores said…
   Hi, Renny. Thanx and you're welcome :)  
6. At 4:33 PM, November 10, 2008,  Marex Flores said…
   Too bad. What are you up to now?  
7. At 8:56 AM, November 11, 2008,  acey said…
   sad. my parents will be sad. they listen to wrock in their car.  
8. At 3:21 PM, November 11, 2008,  dodong flores said…
   @ marex: I'm still listening WRock when I'm on the road. In the office, Wrock's online streaming had already been stopped, I'm still tuning WRock using the radio in my phone. Maybe I'll try Energy FM.
   
   @ aCey: Thousand of Wrock avid fans and listeners are quite disappointed for the change :(  
9. At 3:23 PM, November 11, 2008,  dodong flores said…
   ...with the change, I mean...  
10. At 5:33 PM, November 11, 2008,  Joy said…
    This is the problem when someone takes over a radio station we love. They change it all. I used to listen to 96.3 myself when I was still in Manila. I hope nothing drastic, or cheap, happens to it.
    
    Thanks for visiting Norwich Daily Photo and leaving your comments.
    
    joy
    A Pinay In England
    Your Love Coach
    I, Woman  
11. At 5:34 PM, November 11, 2008,  Joy said…
    Makinig ka na lang sa Usapang Pinoy, a Pinoy radio show in the UK which I present :D Every Saturday at 10pm Manila time, go to http://www.futureradio.co.uk and click on LISTEN ONLINE at the top right corner.  
12. At 2:28 PM, November 12, 2008,  sheng said…
    thanks for visiting by my blog. i would love to frequent here too, i hope it's okey!  
13. At 12:07 AM, November 13, 2008,  carlotta said…
    so that's why wrock is looking for new djs and the auditions are to be held at the mbc office at star city. hmm...
    
    i hope it won't go the way of love radio and yes fm.  
14. At 1:40 AM, November 15, 2008,  Chyng said…
    Hey! Ive been listening to wRock too since HS (1998), tapos biglang naiba nga yung program. Weird.
    
    Yan pala ang story behind. Thanks sa info! (--,)  
15. At 12:32 AM, November 18, 2008,  dodong flores said…
    Yes, Chyng. 'Yan ang totoong nangyari :(  
16. At 7:30 PM, November 19, 2008,  Anonymous said…
    How sad naman...  
17. At 7:37 PM, November 19, 2008,  dodong flores said…
    Sad nga, eh :(  

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