Defunct February 2013 Founded 17 April 1992 | Headquarters Olongapo, Philippines Ceased operations February 2013 | |
Fate Acquired by, and later merged into, Brigada Mass Media Corporation Key people Joel Lazaro (VP Operations and Programming)
Henry De Guzman (Program Director) | ||
Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation was a radio network based in Olongapo City notable for its array of Bay Radio stations in the key cities and towns in the Philippines. The corporation ended operations as a sole radio network with Brigada Mass Media Corporation's acquisition and take-over of the Bay Radio stations.
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The network, during its existence, never had a Bay Radio in the Metro Manila area but now has a National Office in Makati City as a network merged with Brigada.
History
Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation was founded in 1992, with DWTY 93.5 in Olongapo City & DXBY 89.9 in Zamboanga City.
Financial struggles would later hound the network as within the late 2000s, a number of Bay Radio stations were either sold to other networks or continue with operation cuts. Notabie of those was Cagayan de Oro in 2011 to become Magnum Radio 99.9 and General Santos in 2009 which became the nucleus of Brigada News FM.
In February 2013, Baycomms ended as a sole network with the 100% takeover and acquisition by Brigada Mass Media Corporation.
Fate of the network
All remaining Bay Radio stations were acquired by Brigada Mass Media Corporation and retained in their cities of license. with the exception of 104.7 Bay Radio that remained in the Batangas radio market for the next six months after acquisition until it was refurbished to become 104.7 Brigada News FM National in Makati City, but retaining its old Batangas studio as the core broadcaster of its Makati feed.