In 1998, the petition was granted, dismissing a labor complaint filed by a station's volunteer reporter, citing lack of merit.
[11] In 2005, the petition was denied, affirming the 1992 decision of the Legazpi Regional Trial Court Branch 10 in a civil case where FBNI and two hosts of a radio documentary program were held liable for libel in relation to a 1989 exposé on alleged complaints against a medical school.
[14] On January 28, 1991, past 1 a.m., an explosion occurred at the station's compound, damaging glass windows and ceiling inside the building, as well as four nearby houses;[15] and slightly injuring an employee.
[15] On February 11, 2004, Ruel Endrinal, one of the station's blocktimers who had been also a publisher of the Bicol Metro News and a critic of a provincial governor, was assassinated by two gunmen as he was on his way to work for his early morning program.
[10] On November 21, 2005, a telephone conversation between a morning program host and a National Food Authority official was inadvertently broadcast live after the latter's interview.