DZUR

DZUR (107.9 U Radio)

City	Manila , Philippines
Broadcast area	Metro Manila
Branding	107.9 U Radio
Slogan	The First and Only Underground club Music Station.
Frequency	107.9 MHz
First air date	April 15, 2001 (as Power 108) 2006 (as 107.9 Underground Radio) 2007 (as 107.9 U-Radio)
Format	Dance, Underground house, ambient, Electronica
Power	500 watts
ERP	2,500 watts
Callsign meaning	Underground Radio (former branding)
Former callsigns	DZWI (2001-2006)
Owner	Brainstone Broadcasting Inc. Reliance Broadcasting Unlimated
Webcast	107.9 U Radio Stream

DZUR (107.9 MHz FM), operating as 107.9 U Radio, is a low power FM radio station owned and operated by Brainstone Broadcasting Inc. The station's studio is in Pasig City and its transmitter site is located in Tagaytay City. This station is operating via low signal.

History and Profile

In the year 2000 it used to be Power 108 FM, which plays rap, hip-hop and RnB. It was owned and operated by ConAmor Broadcasting Systems, the owner of 95.1 Kiss FM. In 2004, it closed down because of speculation that it was a pirate radio station.

In 2006, an unknown pirate FM radio station started broadcasting in Metro Manila with the power of 100watts at 107.9 MHz. The station played nothing but underground club music, no call sign, no jocks, just a stinger saying "You're tuned to Underground Radio" and a recorded female voiceover mentioning a mobile phone number that served as a request line in between queues. With hundreds of text messages being received daily and the station was a hot topic on dozens of blog sites on the internet. From that moment on they knew that people were tuning-in. And so they finally decided to take things to the next level.

In April 2007, they temporarily ceased transmission so it could obtain all the necessary broadcast permits from the National Telecommunications Commission to legitimize the station.

On June 2007, the station was back on air with a stronger signal and with a new name "107.9 U-Radio" They moved their transmitter facilities to Tagaytay City and the studio is now located in Pasig. It is now owned and operated by Brainstone Broadcasting Inc, formed by a group of young entrepreneurs who helped bring the station back on air. The station is now broadcasting with an Effective Radiated Power (ERP) of 2500W. Its reach comprises the whole of Metro Manila, as well as some areas in the north (Bulacan, Pampanga) and south (Cavite, Batangas). In addition, it also started doing live broadcast feeds from different bars and clubs (Embassy SuperClub, Embassy Cuisine, Warehouse 135, Alchemy, Opus Bar, and others) in the metro.

On September 7, 2008, the station increased its power from 500 watts to 1,000 watts because of another station that reached Southern Luzon. However, around late September, it temporarily ceased broadcasting because its broadcasting facilities were raided by police due to a complaint from the National Telecommunications Commission that the station was operating with an expired permit. After almost two weeks, on October 12, it resumed broadcasting after renewed its radio permit license, albeit reverting to its original power of 500 watts.

In 2009, the station picked up new competition from 103.5 Max FM, whose approach tends to favor more commercialized Dance fare as opposed to its pure underground formula. However, with Max FM exiting the Dance format in August 2010, it is once again the only FM Dance outlet in Metro Manila.

At the start of 2011, the station began its live remote broadcast from Encore Super Club in Makati every Wednesday for Underground@Encore.

On late May 2011, it went off the air, upgrading its facilities and installing its new transmitter. On June 2011, it resumed its broadcast.

Recently, on April 20, 2013, 107.9 U-Radio ceased its operation temporarily, due to the claims of PRC and NTC on their station claiming again that it was a pirate station, and due to its license had expired.^[1] However, it continues its broadcast online.

However, on March 30, 2015, U-Radio resumes its operation.

Programs

Plip House Radio Show
Deep Nights @ Opus Bar
Driven Nights @ Warehouse 135
The Chillout Sessions on Ministry of Sound Radio
HouseArrest with DJ Tristano
Underground@Encore
Trance Til Dawn Podcast
E.L.E.V.A.T.E.*

References

Radio stations in the Metro Manila market

By AM frequency	DZXL 558 DZBB 594 DZMM 630 DZRH 666 DZAS 702 DZRB 738 DWWW 774 DZRJ 810 DZRV 846 DWIZ 882 DZSR 918 DZEM 954 DZIQ 990 DZAR 1026 DZEC 1062 DWAD 1098 DWDD 1134 DWBL 1242 DZRM 1278 DWXI 1314 DWUN 1350 DZJV 1458¹ DWSS 1494 DZME 1530 DZUP 1602 DZBF 1674

By FM frequency	DWJM 88.3 DWAV 89.1 DWTM 89.9 DZMB 90.7 DWKY 91.5 DWFM 92.3 DWRX 93.1 DWKC 93.9 DWLL 94.7 DWDM 95.5 DWRK 96.3 DWLS 97.1 DWQZ 97.9 DZFE 98.7 DWRT 99.5 DZRJ 100.3 DWYS 101.1 DWRR 101.9 DWSM 102.7 DWKX 103.5 DWBR 104.3 DWEY 104.7¹ DWBM 105.1 DWLA 105.9 DWET 106.7 DWNU 107.5 DZUR 107.9

HD digital radio	90.7-1 91.5-1 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 95.5-1 98.7-1 100.3-1 101.1-1 101.9-1 101.9-2 101.9-3 105.1-1

Internet radio	WXB 102 89 DMZ

Defunct callsigns	DWCD-FM² DWCS² DWNU² DWRT-AM² DWST² DWXB² DZFX² DZMZ² DZWI² KZKZ DZCA DWAN DZTV-AM DWBC-AM DZHH DZST² DZMC DZXQ²

¹Transmitting outside Metro Manila. ²Technically still active, but with new call letters and different intellectual property.

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