Radio Corporation of the Philippines,
presently operating as Radyo Pilipino Media Group, is the Philippine broadcasting company. Originally founded in 1924, it is the oldest
radio network
There are two types of radio network currently in use around the world: the one-to-many (simplex communication) broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass-media entertainment, and the two-way radio ( duplex communication) type ...
in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
; its current incarnation was founded on June 25, 1985, by a consortium led by businessman-politician
Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.
Eduardo "Danding" Murphy Cojuangco Jr. (June 10, 1935 – June 16, 2020) was a Filipino businessman and politician. He was the chairman and CEO of San Miguel Corporation, the largest food and beverage corporation in the Philippines and Sou ...
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The Radyo Pilipino group is composed of five broadcast companies owned by Lucky Star Holdings: Radyo Pilipino Corporation, RadioCorp, Philippine Radio Corporation (PhilRadio), Radio Audience Developers Integrated Organization Inc. (RADIO Inc.), and Beacon Communications Systems Inc. (BCSI).
Currently, Radyo Pilipino Media Group owns two national radio brands, namely the AM network Radyo Pilipino (formerly known as Radyo Asenso), and the FM network One FM, and its lone television station RTV Tarlac Channel 26.
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History
KZKZ (AM) is the second radio station in the Philippines owned by Henry Herman Sr. in 1922. It broadcast using a 5-watt transmitter. In 1924, it boosted its power to 100 watts. A few months later, Radio Corporation of the Philippines bought KZKZ AM from Henry Hermann. In 1926 the company began to work on constructing two of the largest radio stations in Asia with the idea of maintaining direct Manila-San Francisco service.www.oldradio.com
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On April 7, 1980, Radyo Pilipino Corporation was founded, with the acquisition of Tarlac AM station DZTC
DZTC (828 AM) Radyo Pilipino is a radio station owned and operated by Radyo Pilipino Media Group through its licensee Radyo Pilipino Corporation. It serves as the flagship station of the Radyo Pilipino network. The station's studios and transmi ...
in 1981.DWXT
DWXT (96.1 FM), broadcasting as 96.1 One FM, is a radio station owned and operated by the Radio Corporation of the Philippines. It serves as the flagship station of the One FM network. The station's studios and transmitter are located at RCP Bro ...
, an FM station located in Tarlac (Cojuangco's home province).[
In 2015, RadioCorp officially ventured into television broadcasting with the launch of the network's first television station, DWRP-TV 26 on January 15. RCP TV 26 affiliated with ]CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated as CNN PH) is a commercial broadcast, cable and satellite television network in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network (RPN) as the main content ...
and Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network, Inc. (RPN) is a Philippine Media of the Philippines, television and radio company based in Quezon City. It is the flagship media property of Nine Media Corporation of the ALC Group of Companies; along with the Pre ...
until 2021.
It also produces the weekly business show ''Asenso Pinoy
''Asenso Pinoy'' is a Philippine weekly magazine program hosted by Francis Cardona. Currently airs on A2Z (Philippine TV channel), A2Z Channel 11, the show presents livelihood information, including technological breakthroughs in agriculture. It' ...
'', which airs every Saturday at 6:30 AM on A2Z Channel 11
A2Z is a Philippine free-to-air blocktime broadcast television network based in Quezon City, with its studios located in Ortigas Center, Pasig. It serves as a flagship property of ZOE Broadcasting Network in partnership with ABS-CBN Corporation ...
.
In 2019, the RadioCorp group formally restructured its operations under a new name: Radyo Pilipino Media Group (named after Radyo Pilipino Corporation). With the relaunch, the Radyo Asenso network and its radio stations were rebranded under its namesake brand.
In 2021, after severing ties with RPN and CNN Philippines, DWRP-TV was rebranded as RTV Tarlac Channel 26 and became an independent station.
Radio stations
AM stations
FM stations
Internet radio stations
Presently, Radyo Pilipino Media Group operates its own online stations under Radyo Pilipino and One FM brands broadcasting from its Manila studios. These online stations are also enacted as "network" feeds for their national programs via hookup to selected stations.
Television stations
References
External links
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One FM
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Radio stations in the Philippines
Philippine radio networks
Mass media companies of the Philippines
Companies based in Manila
Philippine companies established in 1924
Mass media companies established in 1924
Privately held companies