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The masa (mass-based) or "contemporary middle-of-the-road (MOR)" is a Philippines-specific offshoot of the soft AC format, with programming primarily in the Tagalog language and some elements borrowed from other formats, especially full-service radio. Masa was introduced in the late 1990s during the Joseph Estrada administration and is associated with national networks such as Love Radio and Yes FM by the MBC Media Group, iFM by Radio Mindanao Network and Star FM by Bombo Radyo Philippines. DWLS, the flagship FM radio station owned by GMA Network through its subsidiary RGMA Network, previously aired under The Giant WLS FM and later Campus Radio WLS FM banners with a mostly English-language Top 40 format, but switched to the masa format in a bid to appeal to a wider audience. The news-orientedBrigada News FM network also adapted masa for its music programming, usually filling in times when no news and talk programs are scheduled; similarly, many rural Radyo Natin Networkcommunity radio stations by MBC also have masa-formatted music programming when not broadcasting community-oriented programs. The masa format's introduction is a success, with many English-language FM stations flipping to the new format but this has not been always successful such as with DWLS, which has struggled with the new format until 2007.
Programs with specialty formats during certain times of day and Sundays, taken from full-service radio, provides the distinctive music variety of the masa format. Weekday drive times and lunchtime blocks usually feature a dance music, classic hits, K-pop and top 40 program. Sundays usually have a radically different program schedule, with oldies and classic hits programs for the morning blocks, and classic rock and dance programming in the afternoon block; stations usually play AC music outside the hours of specialty programming. Most masa stations feature live programming, such talk segments, call-ins and radio dramas; some may also have religious programming (such as on Catholic Media Network member stations) or news (such as with Star FM stations, which broadcast a one-hour morning, noon and evening newscast simulcast with Bombo Radyo stations on the AM band outside Metro Manila).
