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DWRK
DWRK (96.3 FM), broadcasting as 96.3 Easy Rock, is a radio station owned and operated by MBC Media Group. It serves as the flagship station of Easy Rock Network. The station's studio is located at the First floor, MMG Building, Star City, V. Sotto St., CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay, and its transmitter facilities are located at the BSA Twin Towers, Bank Drive, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, sharing the same site with sister stations 90.7 Love Radio and 101.1 Yes! FM. History 1980–1988: Real Radio ACWS-United Broadcasting Network established the station in 1972 as a simulcast of 940 kHz. On February 4, 1980, It became an originating station as RK96 Real Radio and changed its callsign to DWRK. Headed by Mike Pedero, it aired a Lite Rock format. Back then, its studios were located at the FEMS Tower 1 in San Andres, Manila. In 1986, Mike Pedero left the station after six years and transferred to Citylite 88.3 (now Jam 88.3). Al Torres is one of the notable DJs wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACWS-United Broadcasting Network
ACWS-United Broadcasting Network is a broadcast media company in the Philippines. It owns several radio stations in areas, as well as its focus on the Multipoint Video Distribution System (MVDS) for wireless broadcast distribution. History Associated Communications & Wireless Services was established by the Hodreal family in the 1960s. It obtained its Congressional franchise in 1969 when Republic Act No. 4551 was transferred from the Villaverde group. It established DWBC-AM (then at 920 kHz) and its FM station counterpart in 1972, the year when the Philippines was under Martial Law. In 1980, DWBC-FM became DWRK (RK 96) and in 1988, relaunched under the new branding known as WRocK. On July 27, 1999, ACWS-UBN launched its first television station known as '' UltraVision 25''. The station, however, was short-lived and became the subject of a legal dispute when ACWS-UBN filed a case against the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). In February 2009, the Supreme Cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DZMB
DZMB (90.7 FM), broadcasting as 90.7 Love Radio, is a radio station owned and operated by MBC Media Group through its licensee Cebu Broadcasting Company. It serves as the flagship station of the Love Radio Network. The station's studio is located on the Second Floor, MMG Building, Star City, V. Sotto St., CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay. Its transmitter is located at the BSA Twin Towers, Bank Drive, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, sharing the same site with sister stations 96.3 Easy Rock and 101.1 Yes FM. History Early years Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) founded the first music radio station in Manila under the callsign KZMB, which started its operations on the AM band on July 1, 1946, and was then originally broadcast at 760 kHz on the AM band. The station was assigned to Cebu Broadcasting Company, an associate to the Elizalde family which also owns MBC. It also served as the sister station of DZRH and another established station DZPI in 1949. In 1948, foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Rock Network
Easy Rock is a broadcast FM network in the Philippines owned by MBC Media Group. Its studios are located in MBC Building, Star City Complex, Pasay. Its flagship station is DWRK in Metro Manila. The format of Easy Rock resembles that of WRocK, with "no/minimal talk, less commercials and more music". History Easy Rock was formed on May 18, 2009. The formation of Easy Rock started with an initial rebrand of the newly acquired DWRK radio station, which MBC bought from the ACWS-United Broadcasting Network on October 6, 2008. The Easy Rock network was later expanded by rebranding a number of former Yes FM stations, Love Radio and Hot FM stations to Easy Rock. Easy Rock stations Easy Rock is also broadcast to 8 provincial stations in the Philippines. See also *MBC Media Group The Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC), doing business as the MBC Media Group, is a multimedia company in the Philippines. It is currently owned by the FJE Group of Companies of Fred J. Elizalde, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DWYS
DWYS (101.1 FM), broadcasting as 101.1 Yes FM, is a radio station owned and operated by MBC Media Group through its licensee Pacific Broadcasting System. It serves as the flagship station of the Yes FM Network. The station's studio is located at the second floor, MMG Building, Star City, V. Sotto St., CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay, and its transmitter is located at the BSA Twin Towers, Bank Drive, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, sharing the same site with sister stations 90.7 Love Radio and 96.3 Easy Rock. As of Q4 2022, 101.1 Yes FM is the 4th-most-listened-to FM radio station in Metro Manila, based on a survey commissioned by Kantar Media Philippines and Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas. History 1968–1985: DZFX The station first went on the air on May 31, 1968 under the call letters DZFX. The country's first stereo-multiplex FM radio station, it was under the ownership of Makati Broadcasting Network Corporation, owned by businessmen Tony and Bob Garcia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBC Media Group
The Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC), doing business as the MBC Media Group, is a multimedia company in the Philippines. It is currently owned by the FJE Group of Companies of Fred J. Elizalde, which also operates hotels and Pasay-based amusement park, Star City (amusement park), Star City. Its AM broadcasting, AM flagship network, DZRH is the oldest radio station in the country while its FM broadcasting, FM flagship network, Love Radio Network, Love Radio is the top station in FM radio ratings in Metro Manila (from 2002 until 2017, and again in 2020) and several key cities and provinces. MBC Media Group's corporate headquarters and studios are located at the MMG Building, Star City (amusement park), Star City, V. Sotto St., Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, CCP Complex, Pasay, Metro Manila. MBC Media Group currently focuses on six business ventures namely, terrestrial radio, television (digital and pay TV), digital media, events, on-air and on-ground promotions and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Rock
Easy Rock is a broadcast FM network in the Philippines owned by MBC Media Group. Its studios are located in MBC Building, Star City Complex, Pasay. Its flagship station is DWRK in Metro Manila. The format of Easy Rock resembles that of WRocK, with "no/minimal talk, less commercials and more music". History Easy Rock was formed on May 18, 2009. The formation of Easy Rock started with an initial rebrand of the newly acquired DWRK radio station, which MBC bought from the ACWS-United Broadcasting Network on October 6, 2008. The Easy Rock network was later expanded by rebranding a number of former Yes FM stations, Love Radio and Hot FM stations to Easy Rock. Easy Rock stations Easy Rock is also broadcast to 8 provincial stations in the Philippines. See also *MBC Media Group The Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC), doing business as the MBC Media Group, is a multimedia company in the Philippines. It is currently owned by the FJE Group of Companies of Fred J. Elizalde, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DWBC-AM
DWBC (1422 AM) was a radio station owned and operated by ACWS - United Broadcasting Network from 1972 to 1999. History DWBC was established in 1972 by the ACWS - United Broadcasting Network, along with sister station DWRK. In November 1978, it moved to 954 kHz from its original frequency 940 kHz, in response to the adoption of the 9 kHz spacing on AM radio stations in the Philippines under the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975. In April 1987, it moved to its present frequency 1422 kHz. Its former frequency is currently used by DZEM. In October that year, it was one of the stations closed by the National Telecommunications Commission, through the order of then-president Corazon Aquino, for a few months for airing right-wing commentary programs that were critical of Mrs. Aquino's Administration. On January 1, 1988, it returned on the air. It went off the air sometime in 1999. The frequency is currently owned by the Advanced Media Broadcasting System Advanced Media Broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, highly urbanized city. With , Manila is one of the world's List of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities proper. Manila was the first chartered city in the country, designated bPhilippine Commission Act No. 183on July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Hispanic America, Spanish Americas through the Manila galleon, galleon trade. This marked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DZRH
DZRH (666 AM) is a radio station owned and operated by MBC Media Group. The station’s studios are in the MMG Building, Star City, V. Sotto Street, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay with transmitter along I. Marcelo Street, Brgy. Malanday, Valenzuela. The station broadcasts nationwide via relay stations across the Philippines. Established on July 15, 1939, DZRH is the oldest privately owned radio station, and the second-oldest radio station in the Philippines after state-owned DZRB. History Early years: The Heacock era DZRH began operations as KZRH (''Voice of the Philippines'') on July 15, 1939, at 6:00 a.m., from the top of the H.E. Heacock Building in Escolta, Manila, with Hal Bowie as its first announcer. It had been established by American businessman Samuel "Sam" Gaches, president of ''H. E. Heacock Company'', one of the largest department store chains in the Pacific region. Aside from Gaches, an all-American staff was also led by Bertrand "Bert" Sile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BSA Twin Towers
St. Francis Square is a mixed-use development located within the Ortigas Center central business district in Mandaluyong, Philippines. The development is owned and managed by the St. Francis Square Group of Companies and is located across the SM Megamall and beside The Podium. The complex has a total floor area of and consists of the BSA Twin Towers and the St. Francis Square Mall, which comprises a mixture of both retail and office spaces. The complex is also situated within a walking distance to the Ortigas station of the MRT Line 3 (Metro Manila), MRT 3 and the Ortigas Bus Stop of the EDSA Carousel. History Groundbreaking and construction of the complex began in 1998 and was aimed to be completed in 2000. Due to some controversies regarding the financing of ASB Group of Companies, which is presently known as the St. Francis Square Group of Companies due to rising debts, which rose to a total of ₱12.7 billion, and alongside the effects of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Andres, Manila
San Andres (also San Andres Bukid) is a district of Manila, Philippines. San Andres shares the Estero Tripa de Gallina as its western and northern border with the districts of Malate and Paco, respectively and Pedro Gil and Tejeron streets to the east with the district of Santa Ana. It borders the city of Makati in the south. The area is under the jurisdiction of the 5th Congressional District of Manila, and includes the Sagrada Familia Parish, a stretch of the Manila Bay including The Aristocrat, and the Manila South Cemetery, an exclave of the city surrounded by land somewhat administered by Makati. Etymology San Andres is also known by its longer name San Andres Bukid. The first part of the name comes from Spanish for Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Manila; while the second part comes from Tagalog ''bukid'', meaning "farm" or "icefield", which the area once was. Profile Although San Andres has only a small land area, it is the second most densely populated district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxas Boulevard
Roxas Boulevard is a popular waterfront promenade in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The boulevard, which runs along the shores of Manila Bay, is well known for its sunsets and stretch of coconut trees. The divided roadway has become a trademark of Philippine tourism, famed for its yacht club, hotels, restaurants, commercial buildings and parks. The boulevard was completed in the 1910s. Originally called ''Cavite Boulevard'', it was renamed ''Dewey Boulevard'' in honor of the American admiral George Dewey, whose forces defeated the Spanish navy in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898, ''Heiwa Boulevard'' in late 1941 during the Japanese occupation, and finally Roxas Boulevard in 1963 in honor of Manuel Roxas, the fifth president of the Philippines. It was also designated as a new alignment of the Manila South Road that connects Manila to the southern provinces of Luzon. The boulevard is also an eight-lane major arterial road in Metro Manila designated as Radial Road 1 (R-1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
