DYMX

DYMX (95.5 Star FM)
City Cebu City
Broadcast area Central Visayas
Branding 95.5 Star FM
Slogan Like Mo, Share Mo!
Frequency 95.5 MHz
First air date 1995 as Gentle Wind
1998 as Star FM
Format Hot AC, OPM
Power 25,000 watts
ERP 70,000 watts
Class C,D,E
Callsign meaning DYMX
Owner Bombo Radyo Philippines
(Consolidated Broadcasting System, Inc.)
Sister stations Bombo Radyo Cebu 963 kHz
Website http://www.ustream.tv/channel/star-fm-cebu

DYMX (95.5 FM) - branded as 95.5 Star FM - is a music FM radio station owned and operated by Consolidated Broadcasting System, Inc. under Bombo Radyo Philippines. The station's studio and transmitter is located at #140 M. Velez St., Cebu City. It operates 24 hours a day, except on Saturdays where its signs-off at midnight to 4:00 AM and except for Holy Week of each year where it signs-off from midnight of Good Friday and lasts until 4:00 AM of Easter Sunday.

History

95.5 Gentle Wind (1995-1998)

DYMX was originally broadcast in 1995 as 95.5 Gentle Wind instead of brand The Gentle Wind 95.5 like its Metro Manila counterparts. It would compete with rival stations after its closure and 102.7 DWSM-FM from 1987 onwards. 3 years later, 95.5 Gentle Wind was signed-off in 1998 due to give way to its station rebranded as Star FM.

95.5 Star FM (1998-present)

In 1998, Bombo Radyo Network rebranded the station as 95.5 Star FM. The new format played OPM songs, along with foreign songs and news. The station started with "masa" trend in FM stations. Presently, the station plays classics every Sunday, and the new hits and OPM every Monday to Saturday.


Star-FM stations

Further information: Star FM Network



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