On October 11, 1985, rival station Kiss FM 101.1 was launched with most of the RT jocks manning that station. It toppled RT in the ratings and the latter's revenues dropped. This, along with Tuason's retirement, led to OB Hollywood Andrew buying a majority stake in Trans-Radio. A few months later in February 1986 after the EDSA Revolution, RT reformatted as the Red Hot Radio, with Hollywood as station manager. It played only new wave music similar to the defunct WXB 102, albeit more commercial. This proved to be unsuccessful. In 1989, it returned to its old format under the name 99.5 Rhythm (and later back to its old name) and regained its success. In the early 90s, the Tuasons bought back the majority shares held by Hollywood, who later on resigned from the station.