DZRB-AM

Radyo Pilipinas
City Quezon City, Philippines
Broadcast area Mega Manila, surrounding areas
Worldwide (online)
Branding Radyo Pilipinas - RP1 738
Frequency AM: 738 kHz
G Sat: Channel 308
First air date May 1, 1933
Format News, Public Affairs, Talk, Government Radio, Music
Language(s) Filipino
Power 50,000 watts
Callsign meaning Radyo ng Bayan (former branding)
Former callsigns KZSO (1933-1944)
KZFM (Frederick Marquardt) (1944-1947)
DZFM (1947-1987)
Former frequencies 710 kHz (1933-1977)
918 kHz (1977-1996)
Affiliations Radyo Pilipinas
PTV
China Radio International
Operator Alan Allanigue
(Station Manager)
Owner Philippine Broadcasting Service
Sister stations DZSR, DWFO, DWFT, DZRP
Webcast DZRB Radyo Pilipinas 1 LIVE Audio
Listen Live (via TuneIn)
Website www.radyopilipinas.ph/rp-one
PBS

DZRB (738 AM) Radyo Pilipinas 1 (RP1, generally on-air as Radyo Pilipinas) is the flagship AM station of the Philippine Broadcasting Service under the Presidential Communications Group in the Philippines. It serves as the flagship station of the Radyo Pilipinas network. The station's studios are located in 4/F, PIA/Media Center Building, Visayas Avenue, Brgy. Vasra, Diliman, Quezon City, and its transmitter is located at Brgy Marulas, Valenzuela City. DZRB is the first radio station in the Philippines before the launch of DZRH.

History

On May 8, 1933, the United States-sponsored Insular Government established and operated radio station KZSO in the Philippines on the frequency of 710 kilohertz with a power of 10,000 watts through the United States Information Service. In 1944, the callsign was change to KZFM, named after Frederick Marquardt.

In September 1946, two months after the Philippines became an independent country from the U.S.A., KZFM was turned over to the Philippine government. With the transfer was born the Philippine Broadcasting Service, the second broadcasting organization after Manila Broadcasting Company.

The station was first operated by the Department of Foreign Affairs until it was transferred to the Radio Broadcasting Board (RBB) which was created by President Manuel Quezon on September 3, 1937. Meanwhile, in the same year, an international telecommunications conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, reassigned the letter "D" to replace the former "K" as the initial call letter for all radio stations in the Philippines. In January 1942, the RBB was abolished to give way to the establishment of the Philippine Information Council (PIC) which then assumed the function of the RBB, including the operation of DZFM. In turn, the PIC was abolished on July 1, 1952, and since then, until the creation of the Department of Public Information (DPI) in 1959, DZFM and the Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) had been operated under the Office of the President.[1]

During Martial Law, the Bureau of Broadcasts took over the station and became DPI Radio 1 / MPI Radio 1. In November 1978, due to the switch of the Philippine AM dial from the NARBA-mandated 10 kHz spacing to the 9 kHz rule implemented by the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975, the station's frequency was transferred from 710 kHz to 918 kHz.

Logo of Radyo ng Bayan until 2010

In 1986 (after the EDSA Revolution), DZFM returned to its ownership by the establishment of the Bureau of Broadcast Services via the reinstated PBS.

Logo of Radyo ng Bayan from 2013 to 2017

The station would later be reformatted as Sports Radio (the predecessor of Radyo Pilipinas 2). On March 1, 1996, however, Presidential Order No. 293 ordered the transfer of Sports Radio to 918 kHz, which led to the birth of the government's flagship station: Radyo ng Bayan (People's Radio) and it also transferred to 738 kHz frequency.[2]

During his first State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte will pass a law merging PBS with its TV counterpart, People's Television Network into the "People's Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)".

PBS announced that Radyo ng Bayan & its provincial AM stations will have a major rebranding, merging with the "Radyo Pilipinas" brand by June 5, 2017.[3] It was followed by the launching of Radyo Pilipinas Dos 918 kHz on September 18, 2017. Radyo Pilipinas's overseas counterpart (DZRP), which originally used the brand since the 1990s, remained on-the-air but added "Worldwide" to avert confusion.

On May 5, 2018, the Radyo Pilipinas' "TeleRadyo"-formatted videostreaming channel began its simulcast over People's Television Network (PTV) nationwide and also streamed live via Facebook on PTV's official Facebook account, with programs Cabinet Report sa TeleRadyo airs every Saturdays and Tutok Erwin Tulfo also airs every Mondays until Fridays. However, in a few weeks later, all programs of Radyo Pilipinas Teleradyo on PTV is cancelled in favor of Home TV Shopping shows as a preparation for the newly-Chinese TV programs on PTV.

Platform

As the government's flagship radio station, it serves as a medium of development communication, a conduit between the government and the people, aiming to mobilize all sectors of society towards development and nationalism. Live government news is aired here.

Programming

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tuazon, Ramon (April 30, 2015). "Government Media: Rewriting Their Image and Role". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Terrado, Reuben (May 15, 2016). "DZSR radio stays relevant in changing times by being PH sport's link to masses". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ "PCOO E-Brochure" (PDF). Presidential Communications Operations Office. Retrieved June 26, 2017.


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