Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. (RMN),
d.b.a. RMN Networks or RMN Network, is a
Filipino media
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company based in
Makati
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,
Philippines
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. It is primarily involved is one of the largest radio networks. Its corporate office is located at the 4th Floor State Condominium I Bldg, Salcedo St., Legaspi Village,
Makati
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, and its main headquarters are located at the RMN Broadcast Center (Canoy Bldg.), Don Apolinario Velez St.,
Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro (abbreviated CDO and officially the City of Cagayan de Oro; ; Bukid language, Binukid: ''Ciudad ta Cagayan de Oro''; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Regions of the Philippi ...
.
The network's first
radio station
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was
DXCC (which also serves as the network's flagship station) established in
Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro (abbreviated CDO and officially the City of Cagayan de Oro; ; Bukid language, Binukid: ''Ciudad ta Cagayan de Oro''; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Regions of the Philippi ...
in
Mindanao
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on August 28, 1952. The callsign has been supposed as a reference to the surnames of the business' founders (Canoy and Cui) but, according to founder Henry Canoy in his memoir, was actually chosen to mean Cagayan de Oro City.
History
Sometime in 1948,
Henry Canoy, together with Robin Cui and Vicente Rivera, set up two home-built tube radio receivers bought from Fideng Palacio of Puntod and placed them in an abandoned chicken poultry house situated at the corner of Velez and del Pilar streets in
Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro (abbreviated CDO and officially the City of Cagayan de Oro; ; Bukid language, Binukid: ''Ciudad ta Cagayan de Oro''; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Regions of the Philippi ...
for the purpose of listening to radio broadcasts from
Manila
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. Canoy and friends ended up listening to radio broadcasts at night when reception was better. Eventually, the friends were all convinced to build a radio transmitter of their own. The group managed to assemble a 30-Watt radio transmitter from surplus parts bought at Raon Street in
Quiapo
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*Quiapo, Manila, a district in the Philippines
** Quiapo Church
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, Manila. Canoy broke the airwaves as a
pirate radio
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station in 1949, declaring "This is Cagayan de Oro calling...". Because the broadcast was not authorized by the
Radio Control Office (RCO), it did not contain call letters.
In 1950 Canoy, at the insistence of his brother, lawyer
Reuben Canoy, decided to establish a more powerful radio station and applied for a congressional franchise in
Manila
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to support its lawful operation. In 1951, he set up the fledgling station in partnership with Robin Cui, Max Suniel, Oscar Neri and Andres Bacal as equity partners with P10,000 in capital. on June 23, 1952, he was granted a permit to maintain and operate the radio broadcasting station.
Using the ''
Radio Amateur's Handbook'' as their guide and also with surplus parts bought from Raon Street in Quiapo, they built their own 500-watt
AM transmitter
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with the assistance from Far East Broadcasting Company
engineers
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, American Dick Rowland and Byrd Bruneimer. The transmitter was transported to Mindanao aboard the boat MV Snug Hitch. With only a telescopic steel pole as antenna borrowed from the
Bureau of Telecom, the improvised horizontal radio antenna was mounted by the team which include Ongkoy Padero, former vice president for engineering of CEPALCO, attaching one end of a copper wire to the pole and the other end to a 30 meter
coconut
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tree a block away . While their first “transmitter building” was financed with a P5,000 “duck farm” loan from the
Philippine National Bank
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. The RCO headed by Jose Viado, assigned the station a broadcast frequency of 1560 kHz.
On July 4, 1952; 72 years ago, it finally went on air for a test broadcast, coinciding with the birthday of his mother. It officially started broadcasting on August 28, 1952, also coinciding with the town festival of
San Agustin, the patron saint of Cagayan de Oro. Listeners anticipated the first words they would hear on radio and were greeted the station ID and the following words: “You are tuned to Station DXCC, broadcasting with a power of 500 watts on 1560 kilocycles from Cagayan de Oro's Gateway to Mindanao!” and every hour thereafter. The station's first
live broadcast coincided with its opening and the program involved the airing of a three-hour “Anejo Rum” show from Plaza Divisoria, a central park in downtown Cagayan de Oro, for which Canoy billed
La Tondena executive Hugo Chan Hong the sum of P500 as payment for the radio coverage. The radio signal was able to reach Del Monte Pacific
plantation
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in
Bukidnon
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away and as far as
Australia
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through
ham radio
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operations which managed to call back. (RMN The Henry R. Canoy Story, ISBN ?, Copyright 1997)
In 1954, Henry Canoy visited the
United States
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under an observation grant. Instead of going to the giant networks and other big cities, he opted to be taken to a small town of
Greeley, Colorado
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, and he came upon a station that was doing exactly what DXCC was already trying to do in Mindanao. Its broadcast fare was peppered with farm prices, market and road conditions, weather warnings and personal messages. He came back with the blueprint for DXCC, which is entertainment, information and most of all education to the public.
The success of its broadcasting concept enabled DXCC to expand broadcast areas in 1953 stations to
Iligan (
DXIC), then to
Butuan
Butuan (pronounced ), officially the City of Butuan (; Butuanon: ''Dakbayan hong Butuan''; ), is a highly urbanized city and the regional center of Caraga, Philippines. It is the '' de facto'' capital of the province of Agusan del Norte ...
(
DXBC) and
Davao City
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(
DXDC) in 1957. And so the string of community stations became Radio Mindanao Network (RMN).
In 1961, RMN's approach to broadcasting drew the interest of another business leader, Andres Soriano Sr. of
San Miguel Corporation who eventually bought the majority shares of RMN and brought the radio network to
Manila
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, the first provincial station to do so. "The Sound of the City" concept was born with the establishment of DZHP in the Greater Manila Area. Its format was strictly music and news. RMN joined forces with the Philippine Herald and
Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation to form the powerful first tri-media organization. That association gave RMN at the forefront of broadcast journalism and public service. Other "Sound of the City" stations soon followed in
Zamboanga City
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in 1961 (
DXRZ),
Cebu
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in 1962 (
DYHP),
Metro Manila
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(
DWXL) ''(now
DZXL)'' and
Iloilo
Iloilo ( ; ), officially the Province of Iloilo (; ; ; ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital and largest city is Iloilo City, the regional center of Western Visayas and politically independen ...
in 1963 (
DYRI),
Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; ; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Negros Island Region in the Philippines. With a total of 600,783 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, it is th ...
in 1964 (
DYHB),
Tagbilaran
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in 1967 (
DYXT),
Baguio
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(
DZHB) and
Bislig
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,
Surigao del Sur
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in 1968 (
DXHP).
In 1968, RMN became the first Filipino radio station to transmit national
newscasts via
microwave
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, which was relayed through stations DZHP in Manila, DZHB in Baguio, DYHP in Cebu,
DXCC in Cagayan de Oro and
DXDC in Davao City.
From 1969 to 1970 three more community stations emerged -
DXRS in
Surigao City,
DZHN in
Naga, Camarines Sur
Naga, officially the City of Naga (Central Bikol language, Central Bikol: ''Siyudad nin Naga''; Rinconada Bikol language, Rinconada Bikol: ''Siyudad ka Naga''; ; ), or the Pilgrim City of Naga, is an Cities of the Philippines#Legal classificat ...
and in 1971
DXMY in
Cotabato City
Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato (Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kutawatu'', Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ; Cebuano language, Cebuano: ''Dakbayan sa Cotabato''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, inde ...
. In early 1972, station
DYCC in
Calbayog. By 1972, RMN had fifteen AM stations under its wings.
In 1973, with a constitutional limitation prohibiting the ownership of media by non-Filipinos or corporations not 100% Filipino owned, Henry Canoy's group brought out the Soriano-San Miguel group holdings in RMN.
In 1975, the call letters of the Manila flagship station, DZHP was changed to DWXL. Together with this, English programming gave way to Tagalog. RMN's AM stations were broadcasting in three major languages: Tagalog, Cebuano and Ilonggo. Columnist Teodoro Valencia joined RMN as its chairman of the board. Under his guidance RMN was able to secure a loan from the
Development Bank of the Philippines to finance its massive expansion and development program. A Cebuano drama production center based in DYHP-Cebu was established and subsequently followed by an Ilonggo drama production center based in DYHB-Bacolod.
In 1978, RMN's major expansion program was launched which include the upgrading of the technical facilities of its existing stations and the establishment of additional AM and FM stations. Among the stations that were added to the roster of RMN stations were:
DXMD in
General Santos
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,
DWHP-FM in
Laoag,
DYRR in
Ormoc,
DXWR-FM in Zamboanga City,
DXIX-FM in Iligan,
DYXY-FM in
Tacloban
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,
DYRS in
San Carlos, Negros Occidental,
DXVM-FM in Cagayan de Oro,
DXMB-AM in
Malaybalay,
DXXL-FM in Davao City,
DYXL-FM in Cebu,
DWKC-FM in Metro Manila and
DXKR-AM in
Koronadal
Koronadal, officially the City of Koronadal (; ; ; Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Kurunadal'', ) and also known as Marbel, is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the P ...
,
DYKR-AM in
Kalibo
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in 1979.
DWHB-FM in Baguio,
DWON in
Dagupan and
DYVR-AM in
Roxas, Capiz opened in 1980.
DXDR-AM in
Dipolog
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and
DXPR in
Pagadian
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was added on January 10, 1980,
DXXX-FM in Butuan in 1985, DYVR-FM in Roxas, Capiz in 1986 and
DYIC-FM in Iloilo City in 1987.
RMN also increased its coverage by entering into tie-up arrangements with smaller networks. Under this scheme, RMN provided programming, marketing, technical and management expertise where these small stations would be found wanting. This gave birth to a new name for these stations under the RMN umbrella - Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. and Associates.
In 1985, the programming of all RMN FM stations were also re-oriented to cater to a younger pop music audience. To give more emphasis to the emerging FM station market, RMN also divided its operations into two Operating Divisions, AM and FM. During the early 90s,
DYHP in Cebu was also aired their programs via satellite thru the stations
DYHD in Tagbilaran,
DYRR in Ormoc, DYWC in Dumaguete,
DYRS in San Carlos,
DXDR in Dipolog and
DXRS in Surigao.
In 1990, RMN undertook another major expansion program which entailed the addition of seven FM radio stations. A permit for RMN's first TV station located in Cagayan de Oro was also granted.
On April 18, 1991, President
Corazon Aquino
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signed into law Republic Act 6980 entitled "An Act Renewing the Franchise Granted to Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. under Republic Act Numbered Thirty-One Hundred Twenty-Two to another Twenty-Five (25) years from the date of approval of this Act". This was the first broadcast franchise approved under Aquino's presidency.
On August 28, 1991, TV-8, RMN's first television station went on the air in Cagayan de Oro. RMN-TV 8 was then an affiliate of the then newly established
Associated Broadcasting Company
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from 1992 to 1995. Thirty nine years after its start, RMN was now venturing into television. In December 1991, RMN was also granted a permit to operate a UHF television station in Metro Manila (which was led to officially started two years later, on October 31, 1993; the frequency was now used by
Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. (through
Globe Telecom's then-subsidiary
Altimax Broadcasting Company)).
In 1998, it went global by establishing the first Philippine radio station to conquer the
United States
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airwaves through
WRMN in
New York City
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.
In June 2007, RMN FM station DWKC 93.9 in Manila was the first commercial station in the country to broadcast with
HD Radio
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technology. It broadcast in three HD Radio digital audio channels along with its pre-existing analog signal. The operation of its facility was in high-level combined hybrid mode with an existing 35 kW analog transmitter, a new
Nautel 1 kW HD Radio transmitter, with the digital exciter, importer and exporter providing the digital signal component.
Television
With the acquisition of Radio Mindanao Network by Andrés Soriano in 1962, RMN and IBC formed the first tri-media organization in the Philippines along with newspaper, ''The Philippines Herald''. As the television arm of the RMN, IBC partnered with the RMN radio stations for coverages of the
general elections of 1969 and
1971 *
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.
On February 1, 1975, during the
martial law
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era, due to the constitutional limitation prohibiting the ownership of media by non-Filipinos or corporations not 100% Filipino owned, IBC was sold to
Roberto Benedicto, who also owned
Kanlaon Broadcasting System (KBS) and the corporate name of IBC was changed to Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. IBC was later sequestered by the
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
after the
EDSA Revolution in 1986.
On October 31, 1993, Radio Mindanao Network became the second radio-based network to launch a TV network called Cinema Television (CTV) through its flagship station,
DWKC-TV and other regional stations. An all-movie channel, its programming included a presentation of Filipino and
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
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* Hollywood ...
movies respectively, and programs from
E!, an American cable channel. It was the first
UHF
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stations to be inspired by the format of a cable movie channel. It once clinched a top spot for its TV ratings in all UHF stations in Manila.
However, because of the broadcasting rules assigned by
National Telecommunications Commission
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It is an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology responsible for the supervision, adjudication ...
and the manner in which it acquired the broadcast rights from E!, CTV stopped its broadcast in September 2000.
In October 2000, E! and RMN announced its partnership to relaunch CTV into E! Philippines, with its broadcasting extended into 24 hours. But in 2003, it reduced its broadcasts into 6 primetime and late-night hours, from 6:00 PM to 2:30 AM. Some of E!'s programs were brought to the Philippines and remade in a local version, one of which was ''Wild On! Philippines''. On June 1, 2003, RMN ceased operations on TV due to financial constraints and poor television ratings, and focused instead on their two radio networks (RMN and iFM). There were several religious groups who had wished to acquire block programming of E! Philippines, but RMN refused to accept their offers.
DWKC-TV and other regional stations were soon acquired by
Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media (then under the Canoys until it was sold to the
Globe Group in 2009) and resumed its operations in 2011.
In March 2016, president and chairman of RMN, Eric S. Canoy announced its intention to bid for the acquisition of the government-sequestered TV network IBC, as part of the government's efforts to privatize the network.
On May 18, 2016, President
Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Simeon Aquino III (; born Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines ...
signed Republic Act No. 10818, renewing the franchise granted to the Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. for another twenty-five (25) years on a term that shall take effect on April 18, 2016.
Programming
RMN broadcasts a number of national programs either through a localized version or via satellite from the network's main studios in
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
. Its flagship rolling newscast, ''RMN Network News'', has morning and noontime editions every Monday through Saturday and a late-afternoon edition on weekdays, and is simulcast on RMN-owned and/or affiliated stations in the Philippines.
Only a handful of nationally branded programs like ''Unang Radyo, Unang Balita'', ''Straight to the Point'' and ''Sentro Serbisyo''/''Centro Serbisyo'' are broadcast in their respective local versions with different hosts and in different dialects.
Stations
The following is a list of
radio stations
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owned and affiliated by RMN.
AM Stations
Luzon
Visayas
Mindanao
FM Stations
Luzon
Visayas
Mindanao
Affiliate Stations
Luzon
Visayas
Mindanao
WRMN New York
WRMN New York is RMN's own
internet radio
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station. Based in
Nutley, New Jersey
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, it also serves the
Filipino-American community in the
New York City
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area.
Chronology of radio stations in Mindanao
The pioneer radio broadcasting station in Mindanao was DXMC-AM founded in 1949 and owned by Guillermo Torres of the
University of Mindanao in Davao City. It later became
UM Broadcasting Network. DXMC-AM is now the present-day
DXWT-FM, which was converted into the FM band since 1988.
The second, DXAW, was established by Alfred James Wills, a retired US Army Signal Corps officer (The DXAW calls were used by the TV station in Davao (which is now known as
DXAS-TV Channel 4) owned by
ABS-CBN Corporation
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from 1967 to 1972.) There were four others that operated in Butuan, Surigao, Pagadian and Ozamiz.
DXCC-AM is the 7th legally operating radio station having been founded in 1952.
''refer to 1''
See also
* UM Broadcasting Network
* Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media
* Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network based in Quezon City. It is a state broadcaster owned by the Government Communications Group under the Presidential Communications Of ...
References
External links
*
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President Arroyo lauds late RMN founder
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