ACWS - United Broadcasting Network, Inc. established the Metro Manila radio station DWRK, more popularly called 96.3 WRocK, on the FM band, and has been on the air with the lite rock format since 1988. It used to be known as RK 96 Real Radio.
On October 6, 2008, it has been announced that the Elizalde Group of Companies' Manila Broadcasting Company has purchased DWRK from the Hodreal family, owners of ACWS-UBN, for PhP229.6 million. Except for the acquisition price, further terms were not disclosed.
While the Manila radio station is under the control of Cebu Broadcasting Company, ACWS-UBN retains control of the WRock provincial stations.
On October 2008, ACWS-UBN decided to re-establish the WRocK format online through the hayag.com online stream.
Listeners can now hear WRocK through webstreaming powered by Hayag, or through the WRocK Online website (requires Microsoft Silverlight.
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