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DWLS
DWLS (97.1 FM), broadcasting as Barangay LS 97.1, is a radio station owned and operated by GMA Network. It serves as the flagship station of Barangay FM. The station's studio is located at the GMA Network Annex Building, EDSA cor. GMA Network Dr., Diliman, Quezon City, and its transmitter is located at GMA Tower of Power, Brgy. Culiat, Tandang Sora, Quezon City. Barangay LS was recognized as the #1 FM radio station in Metro Manila, according to the Nielsen Radio Audience Measurement survey conducted in the month of May 2017. History 1955–1986: DZXX/DWXX It first aired in June 1955, when "Uncle Bob" Stewart opened DZXX-AM 890 kHz station under the control of the Republic Broadcasting System (RBS). DZXX made history as the first pop music station in the country using the AM format, playing both local and international pop music of that era. In 1972, DZXX temporarily shut down due to Martial Law, later it was revived under the label DZXX/DWXX 1000 (Double X) when Hypers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Of Power (transmitter)
The Tower of Power is a , 120,000 watt TPO mast owned by the GMA Network located in Tandang Sora, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City. It serves as a transmitter facility for GMA's flagship stations, including DZBB-TV 7 (digital UHF 15), GTV's DWDB-TV 27, and Barangay FM's DWLS 97.1 MHz. Manila Standard, November 7, 1988 History The ''Tower of Power'' was constructed on a huge vacant lot in the 3rd Quarter of 1987, as a new edifice for the network and for the preparation for Rainbow Satellite broadcast to replace an old surplus 50- kilowatt transmitter located at the old RBS building (now known as |
GMA Network (company)
GMA Network, Inc., commonly known as GMA, is a Philippine media company based in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting, with subsidiaries dealing in various media related businesses. The majority of its profits are derived from publicity and marketing incomes associated to television distribution. GMA is the largest media company in the Philippines in terms of market capitalization, net income, revenue, reach, audience share and number of stations. Founded on June 14, 1950, it currently owns and operates two national television networks (GMA Network and GTV), three digital television channels (Heart of Asia, Hallypop, and I Heart Movies), two national radio stations ( Super Radyo DZBB 594 kHz and Barangay LS 97.1), two regional radio networks (Super Radyo and Barangay FM), and one regional tv network, It also operates three international channels (GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International), along with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DZBB-AM
DZBB (pronounced DZ-double-B; 594 AM broadcasting, AM) Super Radyo is a radio station owned and operated by GMA Network (company), GMA Network. It serves as the flagship station of the Super Radyo network and one of the assets of List of GMA Network radio stations, RGMA Network. The station's studio is located at the 3rd floor of GMA Network Studio Annex, GMA Network Complex, in Quezon City, while its transmitter is located along Camia St., Brgy. Panghulo, Obando, Bulacan. Cable company Charter Communications, Spectrum broadcasts the audio of DZBB along with that of Barangay LS 97.1 to the United States as part of its "Filipino Channels" package History 1950–1989: Dobol B DZBB marked its inaugural broadcast, as the station's static marred signal was wafted on the air for the first time on March 1, 1950, by Robert Stewart (entrepreneur), Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart, in a small office space in Calvo Building, Escolta, Manila, with mostly second-hand equipment and an old, surplus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DZBB-TV
DZBB-TV, Channel 7 (analog) and Channel 15 (digital), is the flagship TV station of Philippine television network GMA. The station is owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. with its studios are located at the GMA Network Center, EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, while its analog and digital transmitter station are located at the GMA Tower of Power, Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City. GMA operates on weekdays from 5:30 A.M. to 12:30 A.M., Saturdays from 5:00 A.M. to 12:15 A.M. and Sundays 5:30 A.M. to 12:40 A.M. and on truncated hours during the Paschal Triduum of Holy Week. The station serves as the originating channel, and also acts as a master control to the network's national television programming, which broadcast to all its regional stations through the GMA Regional TV network. History DZBB-TV traces its history to Metro Manila radio station DZBB, owned by ''Loreto F. de Hemedes, Inc.'', [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Stewart (entrepreneur)
Robert La Rue Stewart (November 19, 1918 – April 6, 2006), popularly known in the Philippines as "Uncle Bob", was an American entrepreneur, TV personality, radio and TV producer in the Philippines. He founded GMA Network on June 14, 1950. Stewart came to the Philippines in 1943 as a war correspondent for United Press (UP). He fell in love with the country and after the war ended, he decided to stay. In 1948, he met and fell in love with Loreto Feliciano, a widow from Pampanga with three children, and married her the following year. Republic Broadcasting System On March 1, 1950, Stewart established Loreto F. de Hemedes, Inc. (later renamed Republic Broadcasting System, Inc. in 1963).Esposo, William M. (April 21, 2006)"Remembering Uncle Bob Stewart" The Chair Wrecker. Retrieved on 2011-03-16. On June 14, 1950, DZBB AM radio station began broadcasting from a makeshift studio on the 4th floor of Calvo Bldg in Escolta, which was then the business district of Manila. In 1955, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DWDB-TV
DWDB-TV, channel 27 is the flagship UHF station of the Philippine television network GTV, wholly owned by Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, a subsidiary of GMA Network Inc. Its studios are located at the GMA Network Center, EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, while its analog and digital transmitter station are located at the GMA Tower of Power, Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City. It is the first UHF station operated by a major network in the Philippines. GTV operates Mondays to Thursdays from 5:30 AM to 1:00 AM, Fridays to Sundays from 5:30 AM to 12:00 midnight, on both analog and digital free TV and 24/7 on cable and satellite providers. History Citynet Television (1995–1999) DWDB-TV signed on for the first time on August 27, 1995, under the on-air brand Citynet Television 27 (or just Citynet 27). The station was programmed like an independent stationGMA intended Citynet 27 to be its main outlet for imported programming (particula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DWYS
DWYS (101.1 FM broadcasting, FM), broadcasting as 101.1 Yes The Best, is a radio station owned and operated by Manila Broadcasting Company through its licensee Pacific Broadcasting System. It serves as the flagship station of Yes The Best Network. The station's studio is located at the MBC Building, Star City (amusement park), Star City, Vicente Sotto St., Cultural Center of the Philippines, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay, and its transmitter is located at the BSA Twin Towers, Bank Drive, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, sharing the same site with DZMB, 90.7 Love Radio & DWRK, 96.3 Easy Rock. History 1968-1985: DZFX Originally operated by Makati Broadcasting Network Corporation which was owned by businessmen Tony and Bob Garcia and Adolfo Duarte, it began broadcasting on May 31, 1968, as DZFX 101.1 and was the country's first stereo-multiplex radio station on the FM band. It played classical music and elevator music (at that time, they competed against non-commercial DZFE, 98. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GMA Network Center
The GMA Network Center is the headquarters and broadcast complex of the GMA Network, a major radio and television network in the Philippines. It is located at EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City. It is the network's main television and radio production center, and its main transmission facility for most of Metro Manila. The building houses Super Radyo DZBB 594 AM, Barangay LS 97.1 FM, GMA-7 and GTV-27. GMA inaugurated the facility on June 14, 2000, the birthdate of GMA Network, as part of the kick-off of its year-round celebration of its 50th golden anniversary. While the first phase of the project has already been completed with the completion of the 17-storey high-rise building, the center has an option to upgrade the older, existing facilities in the GMA compound, as originally planned. The center is equipped with MARC (Multiple Automated Recorder Cassette) System with a D3 format digital video recorder and a Broadcast Automation System that allows the networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JAM Creative Productions
JAM Creative Productions, Inc., is an American company that produces radio jingles, promo music for television, and commercial jingles for advertisers. It has made more radio jingles than any other jingle company and has become part of American pop culture. History The company was founded in 1974 by husband and wife Jonathan M. and Mary Lyn Wolfert. Prior to the formation of JAM, Jon worked for PAMS which he now owns and was a fan of their work. Jon also worked briefly at TM Productions (now TM Studios) and did freelance work for several other studios. JAM is the only production house of its type which has been continuously owned and operated by its founders for over 40 years. It produces jingles for clients ranging from local DJs to the most influential radio stations in the world. WPEN and WMGK Philadelphia were among the company's earliest major-market clients. Within a few years, JAM jingles were used by many of the most listened-to radio stations of all time including W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Standard
The ''Manila Standard'' is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines. , it is owned by the Romualdez family. The Romualdezes, through incumbent speaker of the House Martin Romualdez, also own Journal Publications, Inc., the owner of tabloid papers ''People's Journal'' and ''People's Tonight''. Initially established as the ''Manila Standard'' in 1987, it merged with another newspaper, ''Today'', on March 6, 2005, and became the ''Manila Standard Today'' (MST). In 2015, the newspaper renamed itself as ''The Standard'' (temporarily ''The New Standard''), before reverting to its original name in 2016. History The ''Manila Standard'' was founded on February 11, 1987. The offices were then located at the bustling Ayala Avenue in the Makati CBD. In 1989, the group of Andres Soriano III bought out the Elizalde group and renamed the company Kagitingan Publications and relocated the offices in the Port Area, Manila. In June 1991, the group of businessman Alfonso Yuchengco bought int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Enriquez
Miguel Castro Enriquez (; born September 29, 1951), professionally known as Mike Enriquez, is a Filipino television and radio newscaster. He is also the Consultant for radio operations of GMA Network, and president of the network's regional and radio subsidiary, RGMA Network Inc., and the Station Manager of Super Radyo DZBB 594 AM. Career He started his career in broadcasting as a staff announcer at the Manila Broadcasting Company in 1969. It began when he visited a friend in that company and accidentally discovered his interest in radio. He has since worked in various positions, as a broadcast reporter, a news editor, program director, and station manager, until he became manager of a medium-sized radio network. He also had stints in other radio networks such as Freedom Broadcasting Radio Network and Radio Mindanao Network (RMN), where he became vice president for the company. He was the man behind the huge success of DWKC 93.9, which stayed in the number 1 spot for so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangay LS 97
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighborhood, a suburb, or a suburban neighborhood or even a borough. The word ''barangay'' originated from ''balangay'', a type of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines. Municipalities and cities in the Philippines are politically subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan in Palawan, with each containing a single barangay. Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called ''purok'' ( en, "zone"), or barangay zones consisting of a cluster of houses for organizational purposes, and ''sitios'', which are territorial enclaves—usually rural—far from the barangay c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
