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DZAR
DZAR (1026 AM) Sonshine Radio is a radio station owned and operated by Sonshine Media Network International thru Swara Sug Media Corporation in the Philippines. Along with its co-flagship DXRD 711 Davao, it is the flagship station of the Sonshine Radio network. The station's studio is located on the 3rd Floor, ACQ Tower (formerly Jacinta Building I/NBC Tower), Santa Rita St. cor. EDSA, Brgy. Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati, and its transmitter is located along M. Sioson St., Brgy. Dampalit, Malabon. This station operates Monday to Saturday from 4:00 AM to 12:00 MN and Sunday from 5:00 AM to 12:00 MN. History The station was established in August 1972 under the ownership of Hypersonic Broadcasting Center. It carried the call letters DZXX under 1000 kHz. However, it closed shop by the time Martial Law was declared. On February 1, 1973, it went back on the air. In 1975, it changed its call letters to DWXX (Double X) and switched to a news and music format. DWXX closed shop on April 15, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DWAQ-TV
DWAQ-DTV (channel 39) is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the religious channel SMNI. owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation. The station maintains studios at the ACQ Tower, Sta. Rita Street corner Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, Brgy. Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati. Its hybrid digital transmitting facility is located at KJC Compound, Barangay Sauyo, Novaliches, Quezon City. DWAQ-DTV now operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. History As ETV 39 During the late 1990s, the station began its operations on a test broadcast phase as "Net 39" under the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, the predecessor of Net 25. In 2000, it was acquired by Masawa Broadcasting Corporation and became ETV 39. The network attempted to become the first free-to-air gambling channel on UHF with the nightly Bingo Pilipino draws. It also aired music videos and infomercials for the Sydney Olympics 2000. However, it signed off in 2001 as former President Josep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nation Broadcasting Corporation
Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is a Philippine radio and television Broadcast company established in 1963. As of December 2013, NBC is a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. NBC operates primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting with affiliate by sister network TV5 Network, Inc. and its corporate offices and studios are located at the TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Mandaluyong. History Radio NBC was established by Abelardo Yabut, Sr. in 1963, coinciding with the launch of DXYZ, the network's pioneer AM station in Zamboanga City, using a surplus transmitter that he bought from Deeco Electronics in Manila. Throughout the next years, NBC established a string of 10 AM stations in provincial areas. In 1973, Yabut put up DWFM 92.3 in Manila, his first entry to the nation's capital, and the third FM station in the said area. Two years later, in 1975, NBC put up the first FM station in Cebu City, DYNC 101.9; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Carandang
Ramon "Ricky" Arellano Carandang (born September 2, 1967) is a Filipino journalist. He was a news correspondent and anchor for ABS-CBN and ANC until July 9, 2010, when he resigned to serve as Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office Secretary under the Presidential Communications Group during the Presidency of Benigno Aquino III. He is currently the Vice President and Head of the Integrated Corporate Communications of First Philippine Holdings Corporation, First Gen Corporation and Energy Development Corporation. Early life and career Ricky Carandang was born on September 2, 1967, in Manila, Philippines. He is the son of former St. Luke's College of Medicine President and Dean Dr. Brigido Carandang, Jr. and clinical psychologist and MLAC Institute for Children and Families Founder and President Dra. Maria Lourdes A. Carandang. He spent his early years in Sacramento, California entering elementary in Isadore Cohen Elementary School. He returned to the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonshine Media Network International
Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), also known by its legal operating name Swara Sug Media Corporation (SSMC), is a Filipino broadcast media arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) led by the Filipino televangelist Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy. Based in Davao City and Makati, it operates a network of radio and television broadcasting stations. It currently owns and operates a sister channel ( SMNI News Channel), the broadcasting network is available over terrestrial broadcast in the Philippines, and on cable, satellite, and online streaming worldwide. The network now owns and operates two television networks, where the main flagship station, based in Davao City, maintains an uninterrupted 24-hour service through regular repetition of a dozen self-produced Kingdom Programs in English, Filipino, and dozens of foreign languages along with news, public affairs, public service, infotainment, sports and entertainment programs. On the other hand, the network's sister channel S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadette Sembrano
Bernadette Lorraine Palisada Dominguez Sembrano-Aguinaldo (; born February 18, 1976) is a Filipino reporter, newscaster, television host, and musician. Career Newscasting career Sembrano started with IBC as a newscaster in 1997 before moving to the GMA Network in 1998, where she was the anchor of GMA Network News and the first wishing program of the country, ''Wish Ko Lang''. She and GMA had issues with a TV show she was hosting - exposing alleged graft and corruption of a government official - which the network delayed airing but with a certain disclaimer that caused her to walk-out on an evening news cast. From 1999 to 2004 she worked as the radio co-anchor in the noontime newscast Balita ng Bansa of DZAR Angel Radyo 1026 Manila by Nation Broadcasting Corporation (and later by ''Sonshine Media Network International in 2005''). GMA terminated her contract on 20 December 2003 but she continued to work with ''Wish ko Lang'' until 14 February 2004. She was then wooed by the riva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Abunda
Eugenio Romerica Abunda Jr. (; born October 29, 1960), popularly known as Boy Abunda, is a Filipino professor, television host, publicist and talent manager. Early life and education Boy Abunda was born as Eugenio Romerica Abunda Jr. in Borongan. He attended Ateneo de Manila University, where he took up Business Management. However, he did not finish that course because of his father's death. He left Ateneo and worked in odd jobs to support himself. He graduated from Philippine Women's University with degrees Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts in 2009, Master of Arts in Communication Arts in 2011, and Doctor of Philosophy in Social Development in 2016. Personal life Abunda is openly gay and has been in a relationship with partner Elmer "Bong" Quintana since 1983. Although Abunda is a practicing Catholic and Marian devotee, he is a supporter of LGBT rights and same-sex marriage, expressing disagreement with the Church's stand on homosexuality. He denounced the 2016 Orl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypersonic Broadcasting Center
Hypersonic Broadcasting Center is a Philippine radio network. Its corporate office is located at HBC Bldg., Penaranda St., Brgy. Iraya, Legazpi, Albay Legazpi, officially the City of Legazpi ( bcl, Siyudad nin Legazpi; fil, Lungsod ng Legazpi), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 209,533. Legazpi .... HBC Stations AM Stations FM Stations Former Stations References Philippine radio networks {{Philippines-media-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PLDT
PLDT, Inc., formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company ( fil, Kompanya ng Teleponong Pangmalayuan ng Pilipinas), is a Philippine telecommunications, internet and digital service holdings company. It is one of the country's major telecommunications providers, along with Globe Telecom and startup Dito Telecommunity. Founded in 1928, it is the oldest and largest telecommunications company in the Philippines, in terms of assets and revenues. The company's core businesses are fixed-line telecommunications, mobile telephony services, broadband, and internet of things services under various brands. It also has investments in broadcasting, print media, utilities, and direct-to-home satellite services, among others. As of 2019, PLDT is listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (the only Philippine company to be listed in NYSE) and is being controlled by First Pacific, a Hong Kong-based investment management company; Nippon Telegraph and Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MediaQuest Holdings
MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. is a Philippine-based media conglomerate that provides radio and television broadcasting, as well as direct-to-home satellite services and print media. Though an affiliate of telecommunications company PLDT, MediaQuest is owned by the former's Beneficial Trust Fund (corporate entity - BTF Holdings, Inc.), a retirement pension plan funded through its Philippine Depository Receipts. PLDT does not directly own any media property as the current 1987 Constitution states that media companies should be 100% owned by Filipinos and the company's major shareholders include foreign entities such as First Pacific and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. MediaQuest owns and operates national media firms TV5 Network (TV5) and Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), as well as pay TV provider and regional radio network Cignal TV. MediaQuest also owns majority interest on newspaper companies ''The Philippine Star'' and Business World Publishing Corporation (''BusinessWor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Villar
Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr. (; born December 13, 1949) is a Filipino billionaire businessman and former politician. He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008. Before his stint in the senate, he represented the district of Las Piñas–Muntinlupa from 1992 to 1998, and Las Piñas's at-large district from 1998 to 2001. He also became the speaker of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2000; in this term, he presided over the impeachment of President Joseph Estrada. From 2019 to 2022, Forbes magazine named Villar as the richest individual in the Philippines, with an estimated net worth of $8.3 billion. Villar was born to a poor family in Tondo, an impoverished and densely populated district of Manila. After graduating from the University of the Philippines, he worked as an accountant and financial analyst, then launched a highly successful business in real estate. Villar's companies have bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makati
Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration of multinational and local corporations in the country. Major banks, corporations, department stores as well as foreign embassies are based in Makati. The biggest trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange used to be situated along the city's Ayala Avenue, before the stock exchange moved their headquarters to the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. Makati is also known for being a major cultural and entertainment hub in Metro Manila. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 629,616 people making it as the 17th most populous city in the country and ranked as the 41st most densely populated city in the world with 19,336 inhabitants per square kilometer. Although its population is just above half a million, the daytime populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rina Jimenez-David
Rina Jimenez-David (born January 11, 1955) is notable as a Philippines journalist and columnist for the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer''.Philippine InquirerAWARDS Accessed Nov. 29, 2013, “...Best Columnist for Excellence in Population Reporting. (Rina Jimenez David) 2004 Global Media Awards...”Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov. 28, 2013An ‘un-tiger Mom’ Accessed Nov 29, 2013Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov. 26, 2013Buffing the image of NGOs Accessed Nov 29, 2013Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov. 21, 2013A new disaster in the making Accessed Nov 29, 2013 She is an advocate for women's health issues.Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Nov. 14, 2013Women, disasters and TOWNS Accessed Nov 29, 2013 She was awarded ''Best Columnist for Excellence in Population Reporting'' at the ''Global Media Awards'' in 2004 and the TOWNS award in 2013.Negros Daily Bulletin, July 2, 2013Events: TOWNS Search Inviting Negrense Women Nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
