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{{Short description|Radio station in Davao City, Philippines}}

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{{Use Philippine English|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = DXWT (Wild FM Davao)

| callsign = DXWT

| logo = 923wt logo.jpg

| logo_size = 200px

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| power = 10,000 [[watt]]s

| erp =

| class = C, D, E

| callsign_meaning = '''W'''ild '''T'''hing (old solgan)<br>'''W'''illie '''T'''orres

| former_callsigns = DXMC (1949–1988)

| former_frequencies = 740 KHz&nbsp;kHz (1949–1978)<br>819 KHz&nbsp;kHz (1978–1988)

| network = Wild FM

| owner = [[UM Broadcasting Network]]

| sister_stations = [[DXUM]], [[DXKR-FM|Retro 95.5]]

| webcast = [https://www.amfmph.com/wild-fm-davao-dxwt-92-3-mhz-1570.html Listen Live via AMFMPH]

| website =

}}

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==History==

===1949-19881949–1988: DXMC===

In 1949, businessman Atty. Guillermo Torres founded the first radio station in Mindanao and in Davao City under the callsign DXMC, named after Mindanao Colleges and was originally broadcast at 740 kilocycles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20080602-140162/Henry-Canoy-signs-off|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602160806/http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20080602-140162/Henry-Canoy-signs-off|archive-date=June 2, 2008|title=Henry Canoy signs off|last=Montalvan II|first=Antonio J.|work=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]}}</ref> Back then, it broadcasts news and music programming.

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In November 1978, due to the switch of the Philippine AM dial from the NARBA-mandated 10&nbsp;kHz spacing to the 9&nbsp;kHz rule implemented by the [[Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975]], the station's frequency was transferred to 819&nbsp;kHz.

===1988-present1988–present: DXWT===

In July 1988, about 2 years after the "EDSA People Power Revolution", DXMC migrated into the FM frequency under the callsign DXWT and became known as '''92.3 WT'''. After a few years, UMBN launched a new FM brand now known as Wild FM.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mindanaotimes.net/freeze-what-i-learned-at-dxwt-fm/|title=What I've Learned at DXWT FM|website=[[Mindanao Times]]|access-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714122031/https://mindanaotimes.net/freeze-what-i-learned-at-dxwt-fm/|archive-date=July 14, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.davaocatholicherald.com/2016/01/pioneer-dj-shares-great-time-in-dxgn/|title=Pioneer DJ shares great time in DXGN|website=Davao Catholic Herald|access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref>