Philippines
The most known unregulated radio station ever aired in the Philippines was 107.9 U-Radio. It began its broadcast in 2006, it started broadcasting in Metro Manila at 107.9 MHz with the power of 100 watts. The station played non-stop dance music, with no call sign and disc jockeys, and a stinger of 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 at dozens of blogs and forums over the internet.
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. In June 2007, U Radio returned on air under the temporary license of a community-based radio station and started broadcasting with the power of 500 watts.
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