Bombo Radyo Philippines

Bombo Radyo Philippines AM division, despite the absence of a single radio station in the capital city of Manila (but maintaining a Newscenter In Makati), is consistently strong in ratings particularly in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

Most of Bombo Radyo AM stations are assigned to licensee People's Broadcasting Service. Stations in the Ilocos Region (except Dagupan) and Cagayan Valley Region, as well as stations in Naga, Tacloban, and Cagayan de Oro are assigned to Newsounds Broadcasting Network.[7]

Bombo Radyo's FM network group, popularly known as Star FM, is equally as strong as its sister AM network group. Its flagship station based in Manila, even with the existence of a substantial number of FM stations operating and stiff competition from both ABS-CBN's, TV5's and GMA Network's own networks as well as from large radio networks (MBC's Love Radio and Yes The Best; RMN's iFM; and BMMC's Brigada News FM), is the number one radio station in Metro Manila. The network's strongest market segment is with the provincial or rural people currently residing in Manila helped by its strong brand name in the provinces. Prior to 1994, Bombo Radyo managed its FM stations locally with each individual unique brand name. However this has all been changed in April 1994 when the network officially re-branded all 17 FM stations to carry the brand name Star FM and now share the same vision and objective. The re-branding proved to be successful as Star FM now enjoys strong ratings all across the country. On occasion, Star FM stations are tapped to do news gathering, especially when covering local and national elections or when severe weather (such as typhoons) or disasters strike an affected area.

Like its AM counterparts, most of Star FM stations are licensed to People's Broadcasting Service, with stations in the Visayas and Mindanao area (excluding Iloilo, Cebu, and Davao) are under licensee Consolidated Broadcasting System.