DXND HISTORY
In 1964, the Oblates put up its second radio station in the then undivided Cotabato P r o v i n c e c a l l e d C o t a b a t o “e m p i r e ”. Originally meant to be a non-commercial campus-based radio station, DXND occupied a section of the elementary training department building at the Notre Dame Colleges, now Notre Dame University, in Cotabato City. DXND was
programmed as a news-and-music station in contrast to its sister station, DXMS, which had a more varied mix of public affairs, magazine and religious programs. Marcos in September 1972 resulted in the closure of all radio stations in the country. Owing to its important role in Central Mindanao, DXMS was allowed to reopen and broadcast the day after it was closed. All its news reports, however, had to be cleared with the military before being aired. Marcos's martial law government issued a policy that no two radio stations of the same network would be allowed to operate in the same locality. It remained closed for two years. In 1973, seeing the need to fill a vacuum in the evangelization thrust of the Church in the newly-established Prelature of Kidapawan, D X N D ' s e q u i p m e n t w a s m o v e d t o Kidapawan. On the birthday of Archbishop Gerard Mongeau, OMI, DD, on February 4, 1974, DXND officially went on air and started broadcast from its new home.
