DWQZ

DWQZ (97dot9 Home Radio)

City of license	Pasig City
Broadcast area	Mega Manila
Branding	97dot9 Home Radio
Slogan	"Like It Easy"
Frequency	97.9 MHz
First air date	September 29, 1992
Format	Soft AC, Adult Hits
Power	25,000 watts
Callsign meaning	DWQZ
Owner	Aliw Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	DWIZ 882
Website	www.homeradiofm.net

DWQZ, broadcasting as 97dot9 Home Radio, is the flagship FM station of Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, based in Citystate Center, Shaw Blvd., Pasig City, Philippines. Operates for 24 Hours and one of the active stations during Holy Week of each year, replacing its regular format to some words from the Bible and Reflections every hour in between songs playing.

Format

Home Radio follows an easy listening program format. Soft adult contemporary music make up the majority of songs in the master playlist of this fully automated radio station. This format was introduced in 2000 by Nestor De Guzman Doria, now Home Radio FM Network Program Director. This format was an immediate success, increasing Home Radio's ratings and earning the title "#1 Easy Listening Station" in Metro Manila in a matter of Six Months. This format was then adapted and implemented to the provincial stations.

Presentation

Being fully automated, Home Radio has canned spiels and liners. This includes time checks, song sponsorships and other announcements. Since 2009, it has a few female DJs on board, following the less talk, more music style. The station, which projects a female image, launched the first fully automated 24-hour disc jockey Jackie (Lannie Chan), last October 16, 2006.

Despite being a non-entity FM station, Home Radio delivers live hourly news updates & traffic reports from trapik.com. Veteran radio DJ Rick Spade (Frederick S. Billano) is the male Imaging Voice and Production Specialist.

Programs

• Home Radio VHS: Variety Hits Sunday - Caters to a wider range of audiences and plays an even wider range of music genres, texture, time line & a dynamic male image with Personality Liners on Home Radio; Sundays all day.
• Home Radio Weekly Easy 10 - Top 10 easy listening hits; Fridays, 4pm - 5pm.
• Dear Jaime - A love advice program hosted by Jaime; Weekdays, 9pm-12mn

Past Programs

• Home Radio Lunch Out - a daily one hour noon-time show playing upbeat 1980s music and New Wave. Its format was carried over to Home Radio VHS.
• Home Radio Presents - a once a week, one hour feature with varrying themes and music genre.

Segments

• Jackiepedia
• Operation GreeNation
• News on the Dot
• Home Radio Pinoy Music Jam
• Celebrity Profile

Previous Segments

• Just Your Luck(Weekly Horoscope)
• Fitness Corner(Wellness Tips)
• Home Cooked(Weekly Recipe)
• That's Odd(News from the Other Side)
• The Gossip(Entertainment News)
• Homework(Career Tips)
• Time Travel w/ Home Radio(This week in History)
• Perspectives(The Week's Headlines)
• Home Radio VHS Song of the Hour

Deejays

• Jackie (Lannie Chan)
• Rick Spade (Frederick Billano)
• Jaime (3pm-6pm, Monday-Saturday)
• Toni (9am-12nn, Monday-Saturday)
• Alex (6am-9am, Monday-Saturday)
• Geri (12nn-3pm,Monday-Saturday)
• Louie (6pm-9pm, Monday-Saturday)

Previous Jocks

• Mandy (Amanda Jaucian Balneg)
• Robin (Ma.Valeria Lopez)
• Gabbie (Lawrence Tan)

Home Radio Stations

Main article: Aliw Broadcasting Corporation#Home Radio Stations

See also

• DWIZ - An AM radio station also owned by Aliw Broadcasting Corporation.

Website

• 97dot9 Home Radio Manila