CMN Radio is the flagship satellite radio station owned by the
Catholic Media Network
Catholic Media Network, also known as CMN, is a Catholic radio network in the Philippines. CMN serves as the broadcasting arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippi ...
in the Philippines. Its studios are located in
San Juan, Metro Manila
San Juan, officially the City of San Juan ( fil, Lungsod ng San Juan), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 126,347 people. It is geographica ...
and operates 19 hours daily on
Cignal
Cignal (pronounced as ''signal'') is a Philippine satellite television and IPTV provider, owned by Cignal TV Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the MediaQuest Holdings Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund.
Cignal's prepaid electronic ...
Channel 311 and via livestreaming on the CMN website.
Network synopsis
CMN Radio pipes in a cumulative 9 hours of news content to its member-stations via its syndicated 90-minute national morning newscast ''CMN Pilipinas'' on weekdays and its Saturday health show ''Sagip Buhay''. Outside its news hours, the content is satellite-exclusive, with the station serving as the Philippine relay broadcaster of
EWTN Global Catholic Radio, occupying the midday and off-peak hours. Automated musical programming, and simulcasts of
99.1 Spirit FM Batangas's select program grids since March 19, 2018, is scheduled on the weekdays in between EWTN blocks and closedown, and weekends.
Unlike other national radio networks, programming distributed to stations outside its regular news service is done on special religious events, pooling with
TV Maria
TV Maria is a national Catholic television channel broadcasting from Manila, Philippines. Owned by TV Maria Foundation Philippines (a non-profit, non-stock organization under the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and the Roman C ...
and the local station in the area of the event.
Programming
*CMN Pilipinas
*Sagip Buhay
*
EWTN Global Catholic Radio hookup
*
99.1 Spirit FM simulcast (select timeslots only)
Current on-air staff
* Ariel Ayala
* Cecille Roxas
See also
*
Catholic Media Network
Catholic Media Network, also known as CMN, is a Catholic radio network in the Philippines. CMN serves as the broadcasting arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippi ...
References
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Christian radio stations in the Philippines
Radio stations in the Philippines
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Radio stations established in 1997