Philippine Collective Media Corporation (PCMC; officially known in their documents as Philippine CollectiveMedia Corporation) is a
Philippine
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broadcast media company.
Its headquarters are located in
Makati
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, with offices in Fairview, Quezon City and in Tacloban. It owns a number of radio stations under the FMR (Favorite Music Radio) network, as well as its own television station PRTV in Tacloban.
History
PCMC was founded on May 21, 2008 by then
Leyte 1st District Representative
Martin Romualdez
Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez (, born November 14, 1963) is a Filipino businessman, lawyer and politician serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since July 25, 2022. He is also serving as the Representative for the 1st di ...
. It was signed into law under Republic Act 9773 in 2009, initially its broadcast operations only limited covering the Eastern Visayas region.
PCMC is part of the media companies owned by Romualdez along with newspapers ''
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 p ...
'' and ''
People's Journal
''People's Journal'' is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published by the ''Philippine Journalists Incorporated''. Augusto "Gus" Villanueva,(with interviews to key persons).'' Retrieved June 9, 2018. its former editor-in-chief, and ...
''. In the 2010s, PCMC launched 3 stations in Tacloban: AM station
DYBR (discontinued in 2013 following the aftermath of
Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. On making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. It is one of the ...
), FM station
DYDR
DYDR (100.7 FM), on-air as FMR 100.7, is a radio station owned and operated by the Philippine Collective Media Corporation. It serves as the flagship station of the Favorite Music Radio network. Its studios are located at the 3rd floor, Tingog ...
, and the first local independent TV station
PRTV PRTV (''Peterlee Relational Test Vehicle'') was the world's first relational database management system that could handle significant data volumes.
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.
The company's legislative franchise was later amended in 2020 under Republic Act 11508, allowing PCMC to operate national broadcast albeit without
President
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Rodrigo Duterte's signature as the bill lapsed into law after 30 days of inaction. PCMC launched its own FM network Favorite Music Radio (or FMR, based on the owner's initials), with its flagship station DYDR in Tacloban was relaunched under the said brand. PCMC is expected to expand the FMR network into 35 radio stations nationwide.
In May 2021, PCMC and Prime Media Holdings (PMHI/PRIM), a publicly-traded investment firm tied to the Romualdez family with its businesses involving real estate and hospitality, signed a share-for-share swap agreement through a
backdoor listing
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. Under the deal, PCMC shareholders will exchange their shares of common stock to take majority control of PRIM, which will acquire PCMC and will become the latter's subsidiary.
With the expansion of its radio and television operations, the company is expected to launch a national TV network with its plans to collaborate with several content providers (among them is
ABS-CBN Corporation
ABS-CBN Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation which is owned b ...
, in which Romualdez was one of the 70 representatives who
voted to deny the said broadcaster's franchise renewal).
On September 20, 2021, PCMC was signed by
ZOE Broadcasting Network
ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc. (ZOE TV) is a Philippine broadcast media arm of the Jesus Is Lord Church. Based in Ortigas Center, Pasig, it operates a network of television and radio stations each in Mega Manila, Puerto Princesa City, Visay ...
an affiliation deal to air
A2Z's programming on
PRTV Tacloban, As a result, PRTV Tacloban became a network-affiliated station for the first time in its history.
PCMC stations
Television
;Analog
;Digital
UHF Channel 50 (689.143 MHz)
;Digital affiliate stations
Radio
Source:
;Affiliates
Former/inactive stations
References
Mass media companies of the Philippines
Television networks in the Philippines
Philippine radio networks
Philippine companies established in 2008
Mass media companies established in 2008
Mass media in Tacloban
Companies based in Makati
Privately held companies of the Philippines
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