DZRB-AM

Radyo Pilipinas 1 (DZRB)
Quezon City;
Broadcast area	Mega Manila and surrounding areas
Frequency	738 kHz
Branding	Radyo Pilipinas 1; RP1 News;
Programming
Language(s)	Filipino
Format	News, Public Affairs, Talk, Government Radio
Network	Radyo Pilipinas
Affiliations	PTV; Radio Television Malacañang
Ownership
Owner	Presidential Broadcast Service
Sister stations	RP2, RP3, FM1, FM2, RP World Service, PTV 4
History
First air date	May 1, 1933; 91 years ago
Former call signs	KZSO (1933–1944); KZFM (1944–1947); DZFM (1947–1987)
Former frequencies	710 kHz (1933–1978); 918 kHz (1978–1996)
Call sign meaning	Radyo ng Bayan (former branding)
Technical information
Licensing authority	NTC
Class	A (clear frequency)
Power	50,000 watts
Links
Webcast	DZRB Radyo Pilipinas 1 LIVE Audio; Listen Live via Streema; Listen live (via TuneIn)
Website	www.radyopilipinas.ph/rp-one; PBS

DZRB (738 AM), on-air as Radyo Pilipinas Uno (RP1) or RP1 News, is a radio station owned and operated by the Presidential Broadcast Service, an attached agency under the Presidential Communications Office. It serves as the flagship station of the Radyo Pilipinas network. The station's studios are located at the 4/F, PIA/Media Center Building, Visayas Ave., Brgy. Vasra, Diliman, Quezon City, and its transmitter is located at Brgy. Marulas, Valenzuela City. The station operates Weekdays from 5:00 AM to midnight and Weekends from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

Established on May 8, 1933, DZRB is the first radio station in the Philippines before the launch of DZRH.

History

On May 8, 1933, the Insular Government under the United States of America established and operated radio station KZSO in the Philippines, with a frequency of 710 kilohertz and power of 10,000 watts through the United States Information Service. In 1944, the callsign was change to KZFM, named after Frederick Marquardt.^[1]

In September 1946, two months after the Philippines gained independence from the United States, KZFM was turned over to the nascent Philippine government, and the Philippine Broadcasting Service was born.^[2]

The station was first operated by the Department of Foreign Affairs until it was transferred to the Radio Broadcasting Board (RBB) created by President Manuel Quezon on September 3, 1937. In the same year, an international telecommunications conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, assigned the letter "D" to replace "K" as the initial call letter for all radio stations in the Philippines. In January 1942, the RBB was abolished to give way to the establishment of the Philippine Information Council (PIC) which then assumed the function of the RBB, including the operation of DZFM. In turn, the PIC was abolished on July 1, 1952, and since then, until the creation of the Department of Public Information (DPI) in 1959, DZFM and the Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) had been operated under the Office of the President.^[3]

During Martial Law, the Bureau of Broadcasts took over the station and became DPI Radio 1 / MPI Radio 1. In November 1978, due to the switch of the Philippine AM dial from the NARBA-mandated 10 kHz spacing to the 9 kHz rule implemented by the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975, the station's frequency was transferred from 710 kHz to 918 kHz.^[4]

In 1986 (after the EDSA Revolution), DZFM returned to its ownership by the establishment of the Bureau of Broadcast Services via the reinstated PBS.

The station would later be reformatted as Sports Radio (the predecessor of Radyo Pilipinas 2).

On January 2, 1995, Presidential Order No. 293 ordered the transfer of Sports Radio to 918 kHz, which led to the birth of the government's flagship station: Radyo ng Bayan (People's Radio) and it also transferred to 738 kHz frequency.^[5]

During his first State of the Nation Address, then-President Rodrigo Duterte announced he would support a law merging PBS with its TV counterpart, People's Television Network, into the "People's Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)".^[6]

PBS announced that Radyo ng Bayan & its provincial AM stations will undergo a major rebranding, merging with the "Radyo Pilipinas" brand by June 5, 2017.^[7] It was followed by the launching of Radyo Pilipinas Dos 918 kHz on September 18, 2017. Radyo Pilipinas's overseas counterpart (DZRP), which originally used the brand since the 1990s, remained on air but added "Worldwide" to avert confusion.

On May 5, 2018, Radyo Pilipinas' "TeleRadyo"-formatted video streaming channel began its simulcast over People's Television Network (PTV) nationwide and also streamed live via PTV's official Facebook account, with programs such as Cabinet Report sa TeleRadyo (airing every Friday) and Tutok Erwin Tulfo (airing from Mondays to Fridays). However, a few weeks later, both programs were cancelled in favor of infomercial programming as a preparation for the launch of Chinese TV programs on PTV until it was eventually cancelled in 2019. However, its TeleRadyo Channel resumed on September 13, 2023, replacing Salaam TV on PTV digital subchannel.

Platform

As the government's flagship radio station, it serves as a medium of development communication, a conduit between the government and the people, aiming to mobilize all sectors of society towards development and nationalism; the station features live, up-to-the-minute government news, live coverages of press conferences, as well as relevant information from different government sectors.

Notable personalities

Programming

References

^ Broadcast Media in ASEAN. ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information. 2002. p. 56. ISBN 9789810467418. Retrieved August 26, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Jacobini, H. (1956). "Governmental Services in the Philippines: Issue 18". Institute of Public Administration. pp. 152, 566. Retrieved August 26, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Tuazon, Ramon (April 30, 2015). "Government Media: Rewriting Their Image and Role". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
^ Aniceto, Ben (2007). Stay Tuned: The Golden Years of Philippine Radio. University of Michigan Press. p. 267. ISBN 9789719401407. Retrieved August 26, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Terrado, Reuben (May 15, 2016). "DZSR radio stays relevant in changing times by being PH sport's link to masses". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
^ Duterte, Rodrigo (July 25, 2016). Rodrigo Duterte's First State of the Nation Address (Speech). Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City. To better manage public information, a law should be passed, I'm addressing to Congress, to create the People's Broadcasting Corporation, replacing PTV-4, the government-run TV station, which now aims to replicate international government broadcasting networks.
^ "PCOO E-Brochure" (PDF). Presidential Communications Operations Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2017.

External links

Media Ownership Monitor Philippines - Radio by VERA Files and Reporters Without Borders

[1] Broadcast Media in ASEAN. ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information. 2002. p. 56. ISBN 9789810467418. Retrieved August 26, 2020 – via Google Books.

[2] Jacobini, H. (1956). "Governmental Services in the Philippines: Issue 18". Institute of Public Administration. pp. 152, 566. Retrieved August 26, 2020 – via Google Books.

[PBS-3] Tuazon, Ramon (April 30, 2015). "Government Media: Rewriting Their Image and Role". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.

[4] Aniceto, Ben (2007). Stay Tuned: The Golden Years of Philippine Radio. University of Michigan Press. p. 267. ISBN 9789719401407. Retrieved August 26, 2020 – via Google Books.

[Sports_Radio-5] Terrado, Reuben (May 15, 2016). "DZSR radio stays relevant in changing times by being PH sport's link to masses". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved May 16, 2016.

[6] Duterte, Rodrigo (July 25, 2016). Rodrigo Duterte's First State of the Nation Address (Speech). Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City. To better manage public information, a law should be passed, I'm addressing to Congress, to create the People's Broadcasting Corporation, replacing PTV-4, the government-run TV station, which now aims to replicate international government broadcasting networks.

[7] "PCOO E-Brochure" (PDF). Presidential Communications Operations Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2017.

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Offices	Presidential Spokesman
Key divisions	Philippine Information Agency Philippine News Agency Presidential News Desk Radio Television Malacanang Bureau of Communication Services National Printing Office APO Production Unit OP Web Development Office
Media properties	People's Television Network PTV 4 Manila Congress TV PTV Sports Network IBC IBC 13 Manila DWAN 1206 Other stations PBS Radyo Pilipinas RP1 RP2 RP3 Alerts Radyo Pilipinas Worldwide FM1 FM2 Other stations Balita Central

v t e Radio stations in the Metro Manila market
By AM frequency	DZBR 531¹ DZXL 558 DZBB 594 DWPM 630 DZRH 666 DZAS 702 DZRB 738 DWWW 774 DZRJ 810 DZRV 846 DWIZ 882 DZSR 918 DZEM 954 DZEC 1062 DWAD 1098 DWDD 1134 DWAN 1206 DWBL 1242 DZRM 1278 DWXI 1314 DZXQ 1350 DZJV 1458¹ DWSS 1494 DZME 1530 DZUP 1602 DZBF 1674
By FM frequency	DWFO 87.5 87.9³ DWJM 88.3 DWAV 89.1 DWTM 89.9 DWJC 90.3¹ DZMB 90.7 DWKY 91.5 DWFM 92.3 DWRX 93.1 DWKC 93.9 DWLL 94.7 DWDM 95.5 DWSU 95.9¹ DWRK 96.3 DWLS 97.1 DWQZ 97.9 98.3⁴ 98.4 (Cavite)¹ DZFE 98.7 DWRT 99.5 99.9⁴ DZRJ 100.3 DWYS 101.1 DWBS 101.5³ DWSM 102.7 DWOW 103.5 DWFT 104.3 DWBM 105.1 DWLA 105.9 DWET 106.7 107.1⁴ DWNU 107.5
Digital radio by frequency and subchannel	90.7-1 91.5-1 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 95.5-1 96.3-1 96.3-2 96.3-3 98.7-1 98.7-2 98.7-3 100.3-1 101.1-1 101.9-1 101.9-2 101.9-3
Internet	Crossover Online Green Giant FM iDMZ MOR On-Line One FM Manila Radyo Pilipino Radyo QC Rakista Radio Saved Radio UST Tiger Radio WXB 102
Defunct/Inactive call signs	DZMZ 89.1² DWCD 97.9² DZFX 101.1² DWST 101.1² DWRR 101.9 DWXB 102.7² DWCS 103.5² DWKX 103.5² DZWI 107.9² DZMM 630² KZKZ 729 DZST 860² DZPI 882² DWRT 990² DZIQ 990 DZAR 1026 DZCA 1170 DWBC 1422 DZHH 1566
¹Transmitting outside Metro Manila. ²Technically still active, but with new call letters and different intellectual property. ³Licensed low-power community station. ⁴Unlicensed (pirate radio). Philippine radio markets Metro Manila Ilocos & CAR Laoag Vigan-Bangued San Fernando-Agoo Baguio Dagupan Cagayan Valley Tuguegarao Cauayan-Santiago Bayombong Central Luzon Cabanatuan Tarlac San Fernando-Angeles Olongapo-Subic Calabarzon Western Laguna Batangas-Lipa Lucena-San Pablo Mimaropa Calapan San Jose Puerto Princesa Bicol Daet Naga-Iriga Legazpi Virac Sorsogon Masbate Western Visayas Kalibo Roxas San Jose Iloilo Negros Island Region Bacolod Northeast Negros Dumaguete Central Visayas North Cebu Cebu City Bohol Eastern Visayas Calbayog-Catarman Borongan Catbalogan Tacloban-Ormoc Maasin-Sogod Zamboanga Dipolog Pagadian Ipil-Liloy Zamboanga City Northern Mindanao Ozamiz-Oroquieta Iligan Cagayan de Oro Gingoog Malaybalay-Valencia Davao Davao Malita Mati Southern Mindanao Kidapawan Tacurong-Isulan Koronadal-Surallah General Santos Caraga Surigao City Butuan Tandag San Francisco Bislig-Trento BARMM Cotabato City-Midsayap Sulu and Tawi-Tawi