Palawan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) is a

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media network. Its corporate office is located in

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History

Founded in 1965 by Ramon Oliveros “Ray Oliver” Decolongon, PBC launched DYPR,

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’s first local radio station. In its early years, the station faced many challenges. Radio ownership was low among Palawan’s 20,000 residents, and broadcasts from

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and nearby

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islands were limited. The Tinio Electric Plant supplied power only from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., reaching less than half the population. In 1966, founder Ramon Decolongon died in a plane crash, and his father, Emilio Decolongon, assumed leadership as company president. When

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was declared in September 1972, all broadcast stations were shut down, but DYPR quickly resumed operations by establishing its role as an essential service. It had become integral to island communications, airing urgent personal messages—''Panawagans''— as a free public service. In 2006, DYPR broadcast in

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and Ilocano and was affiliated with Radio Mindanao Network (RMN). In 1986, PBC launched television broadcasts and became affiliated with

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, which supplied some of its programming. This partnership ended on May 5, 2020, when the

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issued a

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after ABS-CBN failed to secure a congressional franchise. On March 9, 2021, PBC President Lourdes Ilustre, dubbed the “Mother of Broadcast in Palawan,” announced DYPR’s relaunch with a daily newscast on a local station. DYPR began producing weekday morning and afternoon news programs, initially airing on DWIZ Palawan (

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) from April 2021 to January 2022, and later on One FM Palawan (Radio Corporation of the Philippines) from January 2022. On May 18, 2021,

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signed Republic Act No. 11541, granting Palawan Broadcasting Corporation a 25-year legislative franchise to construct, operate, and maintain commercial radio and television stations, including digital TV and relay facilities, nationwide. Shortly after, ownership of Radyo Bandera stations under Fairwaves Broadcasting Network, whose franchise expired in 2020, was transferred to PBC.

History

PBC stations

Radio stations

Former stations

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