99.5 RT RHYTHM OF THE CITY

DWRT-FM, branded as 99.5 RT, is the flagship FM radio station owned and operated by Real Radio Network Inc. in The Philippines. Itsstudio is located at Unit 906-B, Paragon Plaza Building, EDSA corner Reliance St, Mandaluyong City and transmitter is located at Palos Verdes Executive Village, Brgy. Seven Hills, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City, Rizal, sharing the same site of 93.9 iFM. 99.5 RT is a 24-hour operating station except on Mondays where it signs-off at midnight, and except Holy Week of each year where it signs-off at midnight ofMaundy Thursday and lasts until 5:30 am of Easter Sunday.

Over the next few years, 99.5 RT’s sound slowly became similar to other CHR radio stations in Manila. By 2004, most of its veteran DJs had left and were replaced by younger ones. During the period, programs like Up and Coming (a new music countdown show, which later split into two: RT Top 10 Biggies (daily) and the RT40 (weekly)), On the Decks (a dance show hosted and with live dance music mixes by Dj David Ardiente, which later became David’s House), RT Sunday Sessions (where performed live in the radio station’s studio), The Get Up and Go Show with Joe Schmoe, Alex and Lellie, Dinner and Drive Show (formerly known as Da Brainy Bunch), and The Playground with Da Kid, Lexi Locklear and BB Fred were developed. Beginning in 2004, RT put up an annual concert event called, “Ripe Tomatoes”, featuring up to 30 OPM bands playing back-to-back on a single night.

In 2006, a corporate decision was made to rename RT to “HiT FM” starting January 2007. Thus, at midnight on December 18, 2006, the station signed off as the First iteration of 99.5 RT. For the next two weeks, the station played non-stop music, with occasional liners from the DJs, and teasers about the new station. On January 1, 2007, it officially signed on as HiT 99.5.