Philippine Broadcasting Service

Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS)

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Type	Public (Government)
Industry	Broadcast radio network
Predecessor(s)	Bureau of Broadcasts (1972-1986)
Founded	May 1, 1933
Headquarters	Quezon City, Philippines
Key people	Tito G. Cruz
Employees	509
Website	www.pbs.gov.ph

Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a radio network in the Philippines. It is owned by the Philippine government.

History

On May 8, 1933, the U.S. government established and operated radio station DZFM (then KZFM) in the Philippines on the frequency of 710 kilocycles with a power of 10,000 watts through the United States Information Service. In September 1946, two months after the Philippines became an independent country from the U.S.A., KZFM was turned over to the Philippine government. With the transfer was born the Philippine Broadcasting Service, PBS the second broadcasting organization after Manila Broadcasting Company.

The station was first operated by the Department of Foreign Affairs until it was transferred to the Radio Broadcasting Board (RBB) which was created by President Manuel Quezon on September 3, 1937. Meanwhile in the same year, an international telecommunications conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey, reassigned the letter "D" to replace the former "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 in 1959, DZFM and the Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) had been operated under the Office of the President.

Over the years hence, the PBS had acquired 13 more radio stations, one TV station which it time-shared with two other organizations, and changed its name to Bureau of Broadcast Services.

At the same time that the BB was blazing a broadcasting trail now known as "network broadcasting", another government organization was building up its broadcast capability to rival, or in some instances, to complement, that of the BB. The National Media Production Center, NMPC, had acquired the facilities of the Voice of America in Malolos, Bulacan in 1965 and steadily brought the old complex up to standards by a steady overhaul, fine-tuning, and outright replacement of outmoded equipment and machines. The NMPC operated the Voice of the Philippines, VOP, on both medium wave-918 kHz and shortwave 9.810 mHz transmissions. In 1975, the NMPC obtained DWIM-FM. With this new station and some provincial stations that came under its wings earlier, the NMPC was a network and effectively covered a wide range of the Philippine listenership.

Public broadcasting in the Philippines was thus represented by the BB and the NMPC and catered to the educational and cultural needs of its audiences while endeavoring to keep it entertained with fare from indigenous material. Public service features were the keystone of its programs.

The BB and the NMPC were brought under one administrative roof in 1980 when the Office of Media Affairs was created to provide a loose union for both networks within the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center on Broadcast Drive in Quezon City. It was not an ideal situation, to say the least, since, as there had been no clear guidelines on the proper implementation of their respective operational strategies, the BB and the NMPC often squabbled, to the detriment of public broadcasting goals.

After the EDSA Revolution, the Office of Media Affairs was abolished, followed by the NMPC, and finally, the BB. In their stead was a plan, a vision, for one, single government broadcasting organization that would not be an echo device for the government, or much less, for any one man, but would instead dedicate itself to the service of the people through honest, balanced, and meaningful broadcasting.

That lay the blueprints and groundwork of the Bureau of Broadcast Services.

During Aquino administration, PBS transferred its office from ABS-CBN complex to PIA Building in Visayas Avenue.

Radyo ng Bayan's platform

Radio ng Bayan is situated at 738 kHz on the AM band with a power of 50 kW under the Bureau of Broadcast Services (BBS) or Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS), Presidential Communication Operations Office. 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. Live government news is aired here.

PBS Stations in the Philippines

PBS AM Stations

Branding	Call-Sign	Frequency	Power (kW)	Location
Radyo ng Bayan	DZRB	738 kHz	50 kW	Metro Manila/Luzon-Wide Region (with nationwide propagation popularization broadcast)
Sports Radio	DZSR	918 kHz	50 kW	Metro Manila
Radyo Magasin	DZRM	1278 kHz	10 kW	Metro Manila
Radyo ng Bayan Baguio	DZEQ	999 kHz	5 kW	Baguio
Radyo ng Bayan Tabuk	DZRK	1323 kHz	1 kW	Tabuk, Kalinga
Radyo ng Bayan Bontoc	DWFR	972 kHz	5 kW	Bontoc, Mountain Province
Radyo ng Bayan Laoag	DWFB	954 kHz	10 kW	Laoag/Ilocos Region
Radyo ng Bayan Agoo	DZAG-AM	1224 kHz	1 kW	Agoo, La Union
Radyo ng Bayan Dagupan	DZMQ	576 kHz	10 kW	Dagupan
Radyo ng Bayan Tayug	DWRS	756 kHz	1 kW	Tayug, Pangasinan
Radyo ng Bayan Batanes	DWBT	1134 kHz	1 kW	Basco, Batanes
Radyo ng Bayan Tuguegarao	DWPE	729 kHz	10 kW	Tuguegarao
Radyo ng Bayan Lucena	DWLC	1017 kHz	10 kW	Lucena/Southern Luzon Region
Radyo ng Bayan Palawan	DWRM	567 kHz	10 kW	Puerto Princesa
Radyo ng Bayan Naga	DWRP	549 kHz	10 kW	Naga
Radyo ng Bayan Legaspi	DZBU	621 kHz	5 kW	Legaspi
Radyo ng Bayan Iloilo	DYLL	585 kHz	1 kW	Iloilo/Panay Region
Radyo ng Bayan Cebu	DYMR	576 kHz	10 kW	Cebu/Central Visayas Region
Radyo ng Bayan Tacloban	DYMP	1566 kHz	1 kW	Tacloban
Radyo ng Bayan Sogod	DYSL	1359 kHz	1 kW	Sogod, Southern Leyte
Radyo ng Bayan Calbayog	DYOG	882 kHz	10 kW	Calbayog
Radyo ng Bayan Borongan	DYES	657 kHz	5 kW	Borongan, Eastern Samar
Radyo ng Bayan Zamboanga	DXMR	1170 kHz	10 kW	Zamboanga
Radyo ng Bayan Cagayan de Oro	DXIM	936 kHz	10 kW	Cagayan De Oro/Northern Mindanao Area
Radyo ng Bayan Gingoog	DXRG	1242 kHz	10 kW	Gingoog/Northern Mindanao Area
Radyo ng Bayan Tangub	DXJT	954 kHz	1 kW	Tangub
Radyo ng Bayan Davao	DXRP	675 kHz	10 kW	Davao and General Santos/Southern Mindanao Region
Radyo ng Bayan Butuan	DXBN	792 kHz	10 kW	Butuan/Caraga Region
Radyo ng Bayan Tandag	DXJS	837 kHz	5 kW	Tandag, Surigao del Sur/Caraga Region
Radyo ng Bayan Marawi	DXSO	774 kHz	10 kW	Marawi
Radyo ng Bayan Jolo	DXSM	1224 kHz	1 kW	Jolo, Sulu

PBS FM Stations

Branding	Call-Sign	Frequency (Channel)	Power (kW)	Location
104.3 Business Radio	DWBR	104.3 MHz (Channel 282)	25 kW	Metro Manila
89.5 Bay FM	DWSB	89.5 MHz (Channel 208)	10 kW	Subic Bay
94.9 Kool FM	DXVL	94.9 MHz (Channel 235)	1 kW	Kabacan, Cotabato
Radyo ng Bayan Bohol	DYJP-FM	100.1 MHz (Channel 261)	5 kW	Jagna, Bohol
Radyo ng Bayan Daet	DWCN	96.9 MHz (Channel 245)	5 kW	Daet, Camarines Norte
Radyo ng Bayan Virac	DZVC-FM	94.3 MHz (Channel 232)	1 kW	Virac, Catanduanes
105.5 Upi for Peace	DXUP	105.5 MHz (Channel 288)	3 kW	Upi, Maguindanao
Radyo ng Bayan Tawi-Tawi	DXDC	104.7 MHz (Channel 284)	1 kW	Tawi-Tawi

Short-wave Stations (Radyo Pilipinas)

Main article: Radyo Pilipinas

See also

• People's Television Network
• Filipinas, Ahora Mismo
• List of radio stations in the Philippines

External links

• PBS Website
• Live Streaming for PBS Stations in Metro Manila