DYRL

DYRL (Abyan Radyo Bacolod)

City of license	Bacolod City
Broadcast area	Negros
Branding	DYRL Abyan Radyo Bacolod
Frequency	1035 kHz
First air date	1956
Format	News, Information
Power	10,000 watts
Callsign meaning	DY Ricardo Lopez-Tan (former onwer)
Owner	Radio Corporation of the Philippines
Website	Website

DYRL, branded as Abyan Radyo Bacolod, is an AM radio station owned and operated by Radio Corporation of the Philippines in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at Camerolo Ave., Bacolod City.

History

It was in year 1956 when Negros Island was heard on the radio. Owned and managed by Sammy Palanca, the first radio broadcasting station in the province was built under the Visayan Broadcasting Network. However, in 1963, Sampaguita Broadcasting System took over the station headed by a business tycoon named Ricardo Lopez-Tan. The station then was known as DYRL taking the first two initials of its founder.

Along with DYWX, a station with purely musical format, the two stations were established as Cameroli Avenue which was originally named as Celso Tan Street in honor of the late Celso Tan, the first class hard-hitting commentator of DYRL who was shot in his own home in Sum-ag, Bacolod City.