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DZAR (1026 AM) Sonshine Radio was a radio station owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation in the
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. The station's studio was located at the 3rd Floor, ACQ Tower (formerly Jacinta Building I/NBC Tower), Santa Rita St. cor.
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, Brgy. Guadalupe Nuevo,
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, and its transmitter was located along M. Sioson St., Brgy. Dampalit,
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.


History


1972–1987: DZXX/DWXX

The station was established in August 1972 under the ownership of Republic Broadcasting System (now
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). It carried the callsign DZXX when it was broadcasting on 1000 kHz. However, it closed shop by the time
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was declared. On February 1, 1973, it went back on the air, this time under the ownership of Hypersonic Broadcasting Center. In 1975, it changed its callsign to DWXX (Double X) and switched to a news and music format. DWXX closed shop on April 15, 1987.


1987–1998: DZAM Radyo Commando

On May 10, 1987,
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took over the frequency under the callsign DZAM, later known as DZAM Radyo Commando. During that period, the station operated with 10 kW output, and it featured a uniform network-type full-service format (a.k.a. TV-on-radio format), consisting of news, and well-balanced mix of talk, music and entertainment programming for listeners of all ages; the live coverage of PBA games were also aired here during that time.


1998–2005: DZAR Angel Radyo

In 1998, after NBC was acquired by
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's
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from the consortium led by the Yabut family and real estate magnate
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, DZAM later changed its callsign as DZAR and relaunched as Angel Radyo, with an upgraded 25 kW signal, followed by the switch to news and talkback format. Some of the personalities who worked for Angel Radyo were TV personalities
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,
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, TG Kintanar, Gerry Geronimo, Angelique Lazo, Bernadette Sembrano, Gina dela Vega-Cruz, showbiz columnist Jobert Sucaldito, columnist Rina Jimenez-David, Fernan Emberga, Noli Eala and Tim Orbos.


2005–2023: DZAR Sonshine Radio

On January 29, 2005, international
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pastor Apollo Quiboloy acquired all of NBC's AM stations under the Swara Sug Media Corporation's ownership. This, in turn, gave birth to Sonshine Radio. At that time its studios moved from NBC Tower/Jacinta Building in
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, Guadalupe,
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to Jollibee Plaza Building in
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,
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, and finally upgraded to its current 50 kW output, with its news, talk and religious programming. Its 50,000-watt broadcast signal is heard in its territorial limits (Metro Manila). It is the only Philippine station listened to all over the world live via satellite through
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and through the Internet at its website, thus the tag "''Dinig sa buong mundo''" (Heard all over the world). In 2012, DZAR studios moved back from Jollibee Plaza Building in Ortigas Center, Pasig to the new home ACQ Tower (formerly NBC Tower/Jacinta Building) in EDSA, Guadalupe, Makati. On November 21, 2022, the station successfully began test broadcast on digital terrestrial television via DWAQ-TV subchannel 39.03 in Metro Manila. It comes as the station went off the air on AM radio for a period of time to give way to the transfer of its transmitter to an undisclosed area for better coverage.


2023: Suspension, cease and desist order and forced shutdown

On December 2, 2023, DZAR returned on air. However, the station, along with the rest of the network, had its operations suspended by the
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for 30 days, through an order dated December 19 but was publicized two days later, in response to a
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resolution, in relation to the alleged franchise violations. On January 18, 2024, the NTC issued a cease-and-desist order against SMNI for violating its 30-day suspension order as its TV and radio stations in Region VI were operational as of December 27, 2023. As 2024 however, the DZAR branding continues to exist on their own website and
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channel has not been accessed by administrators. Despite this, the station's programs continue to stream over
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page and YouTube channel.


Notable anchors


Final

* Apollo Quiboloy *
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Juan Ponce Enrile Juan Valentin Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr., (born Juan Valentin Furagganan; February 14, 1924), also referred to by his initials JPE, is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2008 to ...


Former

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Aljo Bendijo Alexes Joseph "Aljo" Rubia Bendijo (; February 6, 1972) is a Filipino broadcast journalist. Early life and background Bendijo was born as Alexes Joseph Rubia Bendijo on February 6, 1972, in Davao City and is the eldest of three children. He ...
(now current on RMN DZXL 558 Manila and PTV 4) * Mike Defensor * Lucy Torres-Gomez *
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References


External links


DZAR websiteSMNI NEWS CHANNEL Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dzar Radio stations in Metro Manila Christian radio stations in the Philippines Sonshine Media Network International Radio stations established in 1972 Radio stations disestablished in 2023