It was the second oldest regional FM station under the auspices of the Republic Broadcasting System after DXSS in Davao, which started operations in 1977.

In 1990, DYRT and its sister station GMA-7 Cebu moved to its current home in GMA Skyview Complex in Nivel Hills, Apas, and switched to a Top 40 format.

On March 1, 1995, following the launch of RGMA done by Mike Enriquez, the station was rebranded as Campus Radio 99.5 RT, with the slogan "Forever!".

Two years later, when Bobby Nalzaro took over the operations of GMA Cebu, the station rebranded as 99.5 RT and changed its slogan to "Nindota-Ah!

On April 22, 2019, the station began simulcasting DYSS Super Radyo's program Bobby Nalzaro On Board: Saksi until December 2021.