The station began its regular operations on February 14, 1986, under the ownership of the CDC Radio Network, Inc. (also known as Central Development Communications), and broadcasting from the now-demolished Philippine Communications Center building (PHILCOMCEN) in Pasig, starting with a 10 on-air crew led by Bernie Buenaseda, known on-air as "Burning Bernie".

It became a witness to history unfolding before the Filipinos as the station was also started 11 days before the late Corazon "Cory" Aquino became president and 7 months exactly before ABS-CBN was reopened.

"The Battle of the Radios" during that era, was supported by a wide variety of spoofs and gimmicks not to mention sidekicks, (no computers, no hard drives; just a bunch of wires and switches,) which made broadcasting ultra-creative as compared to that done with the digital technology of today.

[2] On May 31, 2014, the station brought back its Saturday night club timeslot with the debut of Saturday Night Takeover mixed by the country's popular club DJs such as Ace Ramos, Mars Miranda, Marc Marasigan, Deuce Manila, Katsy Lee, Travis Monsod, Ron Poe among others.

In November the same year, the station held its 30th anniversary concert featuring OPM icons Ely Buendia and Rico Blanco at Eastwood City.

[3][4] In July 2017, Delamar Arias from Monster RX 93.1 joined the station, Andi Manzano also returned and co-host the weekly family-oriented program The Mother Show along with Rikiflo.

[5] On March 17, 2020, as a result of the community quarantine lockdown measures posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the station went on full music automation, its air staff told to stay-at-home, and its broadcast reduced drastically.

On August 5, 2022, the station brought back Retro in the Metro, this time as a segment of Friday Madness, featuring music from the 1980s in the morning and afternoon for one hour each.

This format lasted for only nine months, as Saturday Slam started to feature hip-hop and R&B music by November 23 and later reduced its airing hours, six weeks later, from afternoon till evening.