DZRP - Radyo Pilipinas Worldwide (also known as Voice of the Philippines and RP3, then known as Radyo Pagasa) is a
short-wave
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radio station broadcasting outside 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 ...
. Owned by the
Philippine Broadcasting Service
Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) ( fil, Paglilingkod Panghimpapawid ng Pilipinas), also known by its government agency Bureau of Broadcast Services (BBS) (Filipino: ''Kawanihan ng mga Serbisyong Pambrodkast''), is a state radio network ...
under the
Presidential Communications Group
The Presidential Communications Group, or simply the Communications Group, is the collective name for the offices within the Office of the President of the Philippines and refers to the position of the Office of the Press Secretary, formerly kn ...
, the station is operated from Mondays to Sundays 1:30 AM to 11:30 AM
PST (17:30-03:30
UTC) on various shortwave frequencies, with internet live streaming across all schedules. It broadcasts in
Filipino
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* Something from or related to the Philippines
** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines.
** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
and English languages. Radyo Pilipinas Worldwide uses the relay transmitter facilities of
Voice of America
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest U.S.-funded international broadcaster. VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content ...
in
Tinang,
Concepcion,
Tarlac
Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac ( pam, Lalawigan ning Tarlac; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Tarlac; ilo, Probinsia ti Tarlac; tgl, Lalawigan ng Tarlac; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. It ...
for its broadcast purposes.
As PBS made a rebranding of its flagship network
Radyo ng Bayan
DZRB (738 AM broadcasting, AM), on-air as Radyo Pilipinas (RP1), is a radio station owned and operated by the Philippine Broadcasting Service, an attached agency under the Presidential Communications Group (Philippines), Office of the Press Sec ...
and station
DZSR
DZSR (918 AM), on-air as Radyo Pilipinas Dos (RP2), is a radio station owned and operated by the Philippine Broadcasting Service, an attached agency under the Office of the Press Secretary. The station's studio is located at 4th floor, Media Ce ...
into Radyo Pilipinas by 2017, the shortwave station remains unchanged but added "Worldwide" to its name to avert confusion.
History
During the Martial Law era, the
National Media Production Center
The National Media Production Center (NMPC) was a government-owned media agency in the Philippines that existed during the regime of then-President Ferdinand Marcos. Like any government departments, it was then headed by a Secretary, and later ...
(NMPC) operated its own station Voice of the Philippines (VOP) on 2 frequencies: 910 kHz on AM, and 9.81 MHz on shortwave.
After EDSA Revolution in 1986, the NMPC and Bureau of Broadcasts (BB) were abolished, led to its stations (including VOP) were reassigned to the newly-reinstated PBS. VOP was later rebranded as Radyo Pagasa until in 1987 when the station became Radyo Pilipinas under its own callsign DZRP.
Programming
Available time and frequencies
As of April 2022, Radyo Pilipinas Worldwide is available on the following times (schedule and shortwave frequencies may changed without prior notice):
Radyo Pilipinas' programs can also be heard via live audio streaming in the internet from 11:30pm to 12:00 noon of the next day PST.
See also
*
Philippine Broadcasting Service
Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) ( fil, Paglilingkod Panghimpapawid ng Pilipinas), also known by its government agency Bureau of Broadcast Services (BBS) (Filipino: ''Kawanihan ng mga Serbisyong Pambrodkast''), is a state radio network ...
*
Radyo Pilipinas 1 738
*
Radyo Pilipinas Dos 918
*
87.5 FM1
*
104.3 FM2
External links
DZRP Radyo Pilipinas LIVE Audio*
{{Radio in the Philippines
International broadcasters
Philippine radio networks
Radio stations in the Philippines
Philippine Broadcasting Service
People's Television Network
Filipino diaspora