102.7 Star FM started out as WXB 102, playing the New Wave genre. It was instrumental to inspired many rock artists such as The Dawn, Identity Crisis, and Violent Playground. It briefly competed with another New Wave station, Power 105 BM FM. With its signal of 25 kilowatts, it acquired a cult following. The station signed off on April 30, 1987 when the Corazon C. Aquino-led government began sequestering the properties owned by her predecessor Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies. The studio of WXB 102 was sequestered. The successor of WXB 102, NU 107, owned by the Progressive Broadcasting Corporation, began broadcasting on October 31, 1987 until its demise in November 2010.
102.7 WSM The Gentle Wind (1987–1994)
acquired the frequency, along with the callsign and rebranded it as 102.7 WSM The Gentle Wind with the callsign as DWSM, with a greatly increased transmitter power – twenty-five times than what the former WXB-FM had before. At that time, their studios and transmitter were located at the Philippine Communications Center building in Pasig City. At the same time, the station started programming with an easy listening format. It would compete with rival stations from May 1987 onwards. The Gentle Wind brand would continue up to March 30, 1994, when Bombo Radyo rebranded it, along with its provincial stations with other brands, as Star FM.
102.7 Star FM (1994–present)
Bombo Radyo Network rebranded the station as 102.7 Star FM on April 22, 1994, using the English medium and it changed its language of medium to Filipino at the dawn of the new millennium when the Masa format started. The new format played OPM songs, along with foreign songs and news every Monday to Saturday at 7:00-7:30 am, 12:00 noon-12:30 pm, and 6:00-6:30 pm, and they also provide news updates on a regular basis throughout the day. The station started the "masa" trend in FM stations. On February 24, 2013, Star FM relocated the studios from the EGI Building in Taft, Pasay City to its current home in Strata 2000 in Pasig City in line with the modern broadcast standards. On March 31, 2020, 102.7 Star FM limited its broadcasting operations to from 04:00 am to 12:00 midnight daily due to COVID-19 quarantine in Metro Manila, similar to the provincial Star FM stations until further notice to prevent widespread of the disease. From April 1 to May 6 2020, 102.7 Star FM limited its broadcasting operations from 5:00am to 9:30pm daily to give way for the Holy Rosary, followed by Oratio Imperata and the sign-off sequence from 9:00-9:30pm. The daily operations ended on Wednesday as the station returned to its 24/7 broadcast. But after the couple of days, the station returns to sign off by 12 midnight due to technical problems and limitation of total lockdown due to General Community Quarantine will be extended until August 15.
