Radyo Pilipino Corporation
Company type | Private |
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Industry | radio and television network production |
Founded | 1924 June 25, 1985 (re-incorporation) |
Headquarters | Manila, Philippines |
Key people | Tito C. Billiones Francis Cardona |
Owner | Danding Cojuangco[1] |
Parent | Lucky Star Holdings[2] |
Subsidiaries | Philippine Radio Corporation (PhilRadio) Radio Audience Developers Integrated Organization Inc. (RADIO Inc.) Beacon Communications Systems Inc. (BCSI) Radyo Pilipino Corporation (Radyo Pilipino) |
Website | www www |
Footnotes / references [3] |
Type | Broadcast AM radio network (News/Talk) |
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Country | |
Availability | National |
Former names | Radyo Asenso |
Type | Broadcast FM radio network (Contemporary MOR) |
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Country | |
Availability | National |
Radio Corporation of the Philippines is the oldest radio network in the Philippines. It was originally founded in 1924, while the current incarnation of the company is founded on June 25, 1985 by a consortium led by businessman-politician Eduardo Cojuangco Jr..[3] The RadioCorp group is composed of 5 broadcast companies: the RadioCorp itself, Philippine Radio Corporation (PhilRadio), Radio Audience Developers Integrated Organization Inc. (RADIO Inc.), Beacon Communications Systems Inc. (BCSI) and Radyo Pilipino Corporation (Radyo Pilipino); all are currently owned by Lucky Star Holdings.
Currently, RadioCorp owns two national radio brands, namely the AM network Radyo Pilipino (formerly known as Radyo Asenso), and the FM network One FM.
History
KZKZ (AM) is the second radio station in the Philippines owned by Henry Herman Sr. in 1922. It broadcast using a 5-watt transmitter. In 1924, it boosted its power to 100 watts. A few months later, Radio Corporation of the Philippines bought KZKZ AM from Henry Hermann. In 1926 the company began to work on constructing two of the largest radio stations in Asia with the idea of maintaining direct Manila-San Francisco service.[4] After Philippine independence, it changed its callsign to DWKZ, but changed in 1960 to DZCA.[5]
On April 7, 1980, Radyo Pilipino Corporation was founded, with the acquisition of Tarlac AM station DZTC in 1981.[6]
On June 25, 1985, the current incarnation of RadioCorp was founded by a consortium led by Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. following the acquisition of 96.1 DWXT, an FM station located in Tarlac (Cojuangco's home province).[3]
In 2015, RadioCorp officially ventured into television broadcasting with the launch of the network's first television station DWRP-TV 26 on January 15. RCP TV 26 is currently affiliated with CNN Philippines and Radio Philippines Network.
It also produced the weekly business show Asenso Pinoy aired every Sundays at 8:30 AM on S+A Channel 23.
Radio stations
AM stations
Branding | Call sign | Frequency | Location |
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Radyo Pilipino Dagupan | DWPR | 1296 kHz | Dagupan |
Radyo Pilipino Tarlac | DZTC | 828 kHz | Tarlac City |
Radyo Pilipino Lucena | DZLT | 1188 kHz | Lucena |
Radyo Pilipino Legazpi | DWRL | 1080 kHz | Legazpi, Albay |
Radyo Pilipino Naga | DWRN | 657 kHz | Naga, Camarines Sur |
Radyo Pilipino Mindoro | DZYM | 1539 kHz | San Jose, Occidental Mindoro |
Radyo Pilipino Bacolod | DYRL | 1035 kHz | Bacolod |
Radyo Pilipino Cebu | DYRB | 540 kHz | Cebu City |
Radyo Pilipino Dumaguete | DYRM | 1134 kHz | Dumaguete |
Radyo Pilipino Cagayan de Oro | DXCO | 1044 kHz | Cagayan de Oro |
Radyo Pilipino Ozamiz | DXOC | 1494 kHz | Ozamiz City |
Radyo Pilipino Davao | DXOW | 981 kHz | Davao City |
Radyo Pilipino General Santos | DXGS | 765 kHz | General Santos |
Radyo Pilipino Butuan | DXJM | 756 kHz | Butuan |
FM stations
Branding | Callsign | Frequency | Power | Location |
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One FM Tarlac | DWXT | 96.1 MHz | 2.5 kW | Tarlac City |
One FM Lucena | DZLQ | 98.3 MHz | 5 kW | Lucena |
One FM Palawan | DYQS | 95.1 MHz | 5 kW | Puerto Princesa |
One FM Legazpi | DWGO | 88.3 MHz | 5 kW | Legazpi, Albay |
One FM Mindoro | DZYM | 92.1 MHz | 5 kW | San Jose, Occidental Mindoro |
One FM Tacloban | DYCJ | 96.7 MHz | 5 kW | Tacloban |
One FM Surigao | DXSP | 96.1 MHz | 5 kW | Surigao City |
One FM Butuan | DXJM | 95.9 MHz | 5 kW | Butuan |
Television stations
Branding | Callsign | Ch. # | Power kW (ERP) | Location (Transmitter Site) | Note |
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CNN Philippines Channel 26 | DWRP-TV | TV-26 | 5 kW | Tarlac City | Affiliated with Radio Philippines Network and Nine Media Corporation |
Internet radio stations
- Radyo Asenso InterNetwork (RAIN) – launched in 2014
References
- ^ Both stations are owned by Radio Corp. of the Philippines of businessman and former ambassador Danding Cojuangco.
- ^ Lucky Star Holdings
- ^ a b c "RadioCorp". Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ Time Magazine, September 20, 1926
- ^ www.oldradio.com
- ^ "Radyo Pilipino Corporation". Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas. Retrieved August 25, 2019.