DWRX 93.1 Mhz, or Monster Radio RX 93.1, is the Manila radio station of Audiovisual Communicators Incorporated (ACI), a duly registered Filipino broadcasting corporation and a member of the Kapisanan ng Mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the national broadcasting organization.

Our President is the suave and good-looking Chito Barreiro. Our Vice-President for Operations and Programming is the suave and good-looking Raffy Barreiro. Our Vice-President for Business Development is the suave and good-looking Antonio Barreiro Jr. Our Vice-President for Finance is the suave and good-looking Butch Jimenez. (You can tell this was written by employees badly in need of a raise.)

RX 93.1 is basically divided into several departments. Of relevant interest to the listeners are the Programming Department, headed by the suave and good-looking Program Director Louie Dizon; the Marketing Department, headed by the aforementioned suave and good-looking President Chito Barreiro; and the Administration Department, headed by the suave and gorgeous Station Manager Divine Pascual.

Since everyone wants to hear the hits – everyone with a youthful spirit, that is – Monster Radio RX 93.1’s primary audience are listeners from 15 to 30 years of age. We specifically target listeners in the middle-to-upper income bracket (ABC income classes). In other words, RX 93.1’s main audience are upper high school and college students, and young professionals.

Our secondary audience are older listeners from 30 to 40 years of age, and younger listeners from 9 to 15. To service the former – and because great songs just won’t go away - we have “Monster’s Riot” programming on Sundays and Mondays (hits from the Eighties, Nineties, and 2000s), and specials such as “Back to the Eighties.”

Generally, the greater Manila area and nearby provinces, though we can be heard from as far north as Baguio to as far south as Quezon. We can also be heard worldwide through live audio streaming (link) on the net.

People authorized by RX 93.1 (and the KBP, meaning they’re legitimate broadcasters) to go on the air regularly. At present, they are (in the order you hear them throughout the day and throughout the week) Chico Garcia, Delamar, Igi Guerrero, Francesca, Louie D (Program Director), Christi, Rico Robles, Gelli, Jude Rocha, Danielle, Dr. Love Tom Alvarez, Jake Lopez, Hazel, and Raffy Reyes.

RX 93.1, under the present management and ownership (Audiovisual Communicators Incorporated), was born on August 23, 1983 (our birthday!). Two days after Ninoy got assassinated, but we had nothing to do with that. Subtract 1983 from the current year, and you get how old we are. But the station had been operating under different call letters before that (see “Why RX 93.1?” above), which means there’s been a 93.1 on Philippine FM radio since the mid-Seventies.

In 1983, the station adopted a pop music format and debuted as “Music City RX 93”, which went to number one in the surveys in the mid-Eighties. A fallen radio tower and changing audience preferences compelled the station to move from its Makati offices to its present location in Ortigas Center in 1987. As “Light Rock RX 93”, the station established light rock programming in the Philippines.

In October 1990, the RX 93.1 searched its soul and reached self-enlightenment, recognizing and accepting its true identity as an energetic, innovative, creative-minded pop station. In a word, “monster.” It became “Monster Radio RX 93”, evolving in a few years’ time to become “The First Creative Pop Station” Monster Radio RX 93.1 (we had to add the .1 because radio tuners had turned digital.) Our current slogan is “ Manila’s Hottest” Monster Radio RX 93.1.

Yes, we do. Monster Radio BT 105.9 (Cebu); Monster Radio 99.5 ( Davao); EZ 887 ( General Santos City); and Dream Radio RX 93.1 (Zamboanga). They are pop music stations pretty much like Monster Radio RX 93.1 Manila, but geared to the tastes and needs of the youthful listeners of their respective locations. In the past decade, they have grown to become some of the most popular stations in the South.

Duh. Look for 93.1 MHz on your tuner. We’re an FM station, okay, so you won’t find us beside your favorite soap opera station. Not-so-duh. There is an imaginative way to get RX, and that’s through the net. (live audio streaming). Check the front page.

Oh, you mean our location! The station, offices, and transmitter are located at the 17 th floor of the Strata 2000 building on F. Ortigas Avenue (formerly Emerald Avenue), Strata 2000, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Don’t park illegally or you get tire-locked. You have to pay P 1,500 to get your car back. They’re very good at that in Ortigas Center.

No. Much as we’d like to accommodate Dr. Love’s hordes of female admirers, we have to restrict visiting hours from 9 am to 8 pm, Monday to Saturday. Prizes and tickets may be claimed only during office hours, 9 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, and 9 am to 12 noon on Saturday, unless otherwise announced on the air.

The first strategy is to try to get through the Monster Hotline – 631-93-93. (Please do not call the office numbers, should you have them, at ungodly hours to make a request or greeting. Your call will be answered by surly personnel who will give you no quarter.)

Failing that, you can text the Monster Textline 29761931. You can also get in touch with the dj’s and their respective programs’ Friendster, MySpace, Multiply, and YM (Yahoo! Messenger) accounts directly.

Much as we’re very open to new talent, there are only a few openings to go around! (And we’re talking over a period of years.) But, as they say, nothing succeeds like persistence, and if you’ve got it, you’ve got it. Bring your bio-data and demo cassette tape or cd to the station and pray a thousand novenas. We may also opt to give you an on-the-spot recorded audition.

Another route, if you’re a college student, is to join “Radio 1,” our on-air (as well as hands-on training) program devoted to budding student broadcasters. It’s the first pool we dip into when we are in search of substitute dj’s and newscasters. How to join “Radio 1”? You send your bio-data and demo tape or cd to the station.

Still another route, if you think you’ve got what it takes to become the Next RX DJ, is to join our radio reality show, “Radio Idol,” usually held in the third quarter of the year.

The hottest hits. The finest on-air staff. The highest level of writing and production. Creativity. Passion. Market sensitivity. Best FM Station… We can go on and on about this, but just listen. It’s all there for you to hear. And enjoy.