DYRK

Not to be confused with Dərk, Derk (disambiguation), Dirk, or Durk.

DYRK (96.3 WRocK Cebu)

City	Cebu City
Broadcast area	Central Visayas Region Worldwide (online)
Branding	96.3 WRocK Cebu
Slogan	"The Heart of Lite Rock" "Walang Iwanan"
Frequency	96.3 MHz
First air date	1993
Format	Soft rock, adult contemporary
Power	10,000 watts
ERP	30,000 watts
Class	A/B/C
Callsign meaning	DY WRocK
Owner	ACWS - United Broadcasting Network (Exodus Broadcasting Company)
Website	http://www.963wrock.com

DYRK (96.3 FM), broadcasting as 96.3 WRocK Cebu, is a music FM radio station owned by ACWS - United Broadcasting Network / Exodus Broadcasting Company (also operating under the trade name WRocK Entertainment) in the Philippines. The station's studio and transmitter are located at 20th Floor of Golden Peak Hotel and Suites, Gorordo Ave., cor. Escario St., Cebu City. The main format of the station is soft rock/adult contemporary music. It operates 24 hours a day except Sundays where it closes down from 11 PM until 5 AM of Monday.

Background

In 1993, ACWS - United Broadcasting Network, Inc. (ACWS-UBN) established the Cebu radio station DYRK, more popularly called 96.3 WRocK Cebu, on the FM band. In 2008, 96.3 WRocK Cebu is jointly run by Exodus Broadcasting Company (a sister company of ACWS-United Broadcasting Network, Inc.).

On October 6, 2008, it has been announced that the Elizalde Group of Companies' Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) has purchased WRocK from the Hodreal family, owners of ACWS-UBN, for PhP229.6 million. Except for the acquisition price, further terms were not disclosed.^[1]

While the Manila radio station (DWRK) is under the control of MBC's subsidiary Cebu Broadcasting Company, ACWS-UBN retains control of the WRocK provincial stations after the said acquisition. In the same year of acquisition, ACWS-UBN decided to re-establish the original WRocK format via online stream branding it as "WRocK Online" through Hayag.com while DYRK was relaunched as a separate entity from WRocK Online.

In 2010, the Davao and Bacolod stations, as well as WRocK Online, were discontinued (the Davao station were became under the UMBN blocktimer and rebranded as 95.5 Hit Radio then to Retro 95.5 in 2016) and the station (DYRK) is now the sole station that still exists amongst the provincial stations.

Other WRocK stations

Branding	Callsign	Frequency	Power (kW)	Coverage
WRocK Online*				Internet
96.7 WRocK Bacolod*	DYKR-FM	96.7 MHz	5 kW	Bacolod
96.3 WRocK Cebu	DYRK	96.3 MHz	5 kW	Cebu City
Retro 95.5 (formerly WRocK Davao)**	DXKR-FM	95.5 MHz	10 kW	Davao

*-Inactive
**-Now under UMBN's blocktimer

References

↑ Elizaldes’ Manila Broadcasting acquires 96.3 Wrock

Radio stations in the Cebu City market

By FM frequency	DYAP 88.3 DYDW 89.1 DYKI 89.9 DYAC 90.7 DYHR 91.5 DYPC 91.9 DYBN 92.3 DYWF 93.1 DYXL 93.9 DYKT 94.7 DYMX 95.5 DYRK 96.3 DYLS 97.1 DYBU 97.9 DYFR 98.7 DYRT 99.5 DYRJ 100.3 DYIO 101.1 DYNC 101.9 DYTC 102.7 DYCD 103.5 DYUR 105.1 DYBT 105.9 DYQC 106.7 DYNU 107.5

By AM frequency	DYRB 540 DYMR 576 DYHP 612 DYRC 648 DYKC 675 DYAR 765 DYBG 864 DYLA 909 DYMF 963 DYSS 999 DYCM 1152 DYRF 1215 DYDD 1260 DYFX 1332 DYXR 1395 DYHS 1476 DYAB 1512

HD digital radio	101.1-1 101.1-2 101.1-3

Internet-based	Aksyon Radyo U.S. NU 107 Cebu

External links

96.3 WRocK Cebu on Facebook

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