Mareco Broadcasting Network, Inc. is a

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in the

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. Mareco stands for Mabuhay Records Corporation as its parent company also owns

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and Mabuhay Records. Its headquarters is located at #6 Tirad Pass Street, Sta. Mesa Heights,

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. The company operates stations across places in the country under the Q Radio branding (under an airtime lease agreement with Horizon of the Sun Communications), as well as the 24-hour smooth-jazz internet radio station Crossover Radio Online. It also provides management and marketing consultancy for radio companies in the country.

MBNI stations

Radio stations

The stations previously carried the Crossover branding since their inception in the 90s. On December 30, 2019, Horizon of the Sun Communications (producer of

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oriented shows ''Chinatown TV'' and ''Chinese News TV'' on IBC 13) took over the station's operations. The Q Radio branding was launched on January 13, 2020. Meanwhile, its provincial stations started carrying the said brand on November 16, 2020.

Defunct TV stations

Crossover Radio Online

Crossover (presently known as Crossover Radio Online) is a

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radio brand of Mareco Broadcasting Network. It began its broadcast on

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in 1994, and officially migrated to digital-only via

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on December 30, 2019. Much like its previous broadcast on FM, it still carries the same programming and international news bulletins from

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and

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Network profile

In the early 1990s, Mareco underwent several changes in management which led to the birth of the new network, Crossover. The new brand was launched in June 1994 on its Manila station (

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). A couple of years later, Mareco expanded its Crossover network with 99.1 FM in

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in February 1997, 93.1 FM in

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on September of the same year (later moved to

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), 93.1 FM in

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in June 1999, and a relay station of Manila over 105.1 FM in

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later that year. On December 30, 2019, Crossover began its transition into a digital-only internet station, as its Manila station officially switched to a Top 40 format after Mareco opted to lease the airtime agreement with Horizon of the Sun Communications (the station is now Q Radio). Currently, Crossover Radio Online is available via its live streaming application on iOS and Android.

References

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