DZVV
DZVV (603 kHz) is an AM radio station owned by People's Broadcasting Service Inc., an affiliate licensee of Bombo Radyo Philippines. The station's studio and transmitter are located at Bombo Radyo Broadcast Center, Brgy. Tamag, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Philippines--a stone's throw away from the University of Northern Philippines.
| City | Vigan City |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | parts of Ilocos Region, and Abra |
| Branding | Bombo Radyo Vigan |
| Slogan | Basta Radyo... BOMBO! Ang Pambansang Radyo ng Pilipinas |
| Frequency | 603 kHz |
| First air date | 1969 |
| Format | News, Public Service, Drama |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Call sign meaning | Voice of Vigan |
| Owner | Bombo Radyo Philippines (People's Broadcasting Service, Inc.) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Bombo Radyo Vigan |
Bombo Radyo Vigan provides news, public service, drama and music for radio listeners in Vigan City, and the province of Abra (in the Cordilleras) and Ilocos Sur, though its signal can be received as far as San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte to the north and the northernmost portion of province of La Union, even Sual, Pangasinan, to the south. A new internet broadcast service enables them to reach listeners around the world. Bombo Radyo Vigan operates daily from 4:00 AM to 9:30 PM (except Holy Week of each year where it signs off at 3:00 PM of Good Friday until 4:00 AM of Easter Sunday), with rebroadcasts of its programs aired exclusively on its online streaming from 9:30 PM to 4:00 AM. It recently became available to smartphone users through the Bombo Radyo Philippines mobile app as of March 2018.
Their call sign "VV" is an acronym meaning "Voice of Vigan."
History
For five decades, even back in the days when the feared "Saka-saka" armies sowed terror and burned villages during Ilocos Sur's Dark Era; and even the Martial Law era, DZVV is already a household name, recognized and respected for its fearless views and commentaries. This penchant of theirs once caused their station to be strafed by these "Saka-saka" armed groups.
The station started broadcasting in 1965, at its former studios located at General Luna Street in Vigan, at the current site of a private school; and its transmitter was formerly located along the banks of the Govantes River, near the boundary between Vigan and Bantay (where the tower's base still remains intact).
The station moved its studios and its transmitter tower to its present location, the Bombo Radyo Vigan Broadcast Center in Tamag, in 1984, a few years after joining the Bombo Radyo network; and a few years later the station moved to its current 603 kHz operating frequency (its former operating frequency was at 585 kHz) to improve reception and signal quality. In January 2011 it started broadcasting online via Ustream, and started 24-hour internet broadcasting (with replays of the day's broadcast, for listeners around the world) on February 22, 2011. It recently became available to smartphone users through the Bombo Radyo app as of March 2018.
DZVV launched the careers of such radio personalities as Danny Tajon, Heny Tabangcura, and the late Gil Ballesteros.