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    The first radio station in the Philippines was established in 1922 through a test broadcast by an American woman named Mrs. Redgrave. In 1924, the first commercial radio station KZKZ was established by an American. Radio stations were initially used to promote businesses and deliver entertainment. Regulations were introduced in 1931 with the Radio Control Board. Call signs beginning with KZ were used when the Philippines was a US colony, but were later changed to D after the country gained independence. Radio played an important role during World War 2 and the martial law era by keeping spirits high and allowing alternative media.

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    The first radio station in the Philippines was established in 1922 through a test broadcast by an American woman named Mrs. Redgrave. In 1924, the first commercial radio station KZKZ was established by an American. Radio stations were initially used to promote businesses and deliver entertainment. Regulations were introduced in 1931 with the Radio Control Board. Call signs beginning with KZ were used when the Philippines was a US colony, but were later changed to D after the country gained independence. Radio played an important role during World War 2 and the martial law era by keeping spirits high and allowing alternative media.

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    The first radio station in the Philippines was established in 1922 through a test broadcast by an American woman named Mrs. Redgrave. In 1924, the first commercial radio station KZKZ was established by an American. Radio stations were initially used to promote businesses and deliver entertainment. Regulations were introduced in 1931 with the Radio Control Board. Call signs beginning with KZ were used when the Philippines was a US colony, but were later changed to D after the country gained independence. Radio played an important role during World War 2 and the martial law era by keeping spirits high and allowing alternative media.

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    The first radio station in the Philippines was established in 1922 through a test broadcast by an American woman named Mrs. Redgrave. In 1924, the first commercial radio station KZKZ was established by an American. Radio stations were initially used to promote businesses and deliver entertainment. Regulations were introduced in 1931 with the Radio Control Board. Call signs beginning with KZ were used when the Philippines was a US colony, but were later changed to D after the country gained independence. Radio played an important role during World War 2 and the martial law era by keeping spirits high and allowing alternative media.

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    Radio broadcasting in the Philippines started in the 1920s and was introduced by American businessmen. The earliest stations were experimental but later became commercial operations. Call signs for stations originally started with KZ but later changed to D.

    Radio broadcasting started in 1922 when an American businessman opened three 50-watt experimental stations in Manila, Pasay and a mobile unit. The first commercial stations went on air in 1924 - KZKZ and KZRQ. DZRH, founded in 1939 as KZRH, is the oldest existing station today.

    The Radio Control Board was established in 1931 to regulate the radio industry. It examined license applications, allocated frequencies and conducted inspections for the Department of Commerce and Industry.

    HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE RADIO

    The First Radio Station in the Philippines


    There is a debate on what exactly was the first radio station in the country. In 1924 an American
    established the first AM radio station KZKZ.
    But an archive of radio broadcast histories revealed that in 1922, an American woman named
    Mrs. Redgrave made a test broadcast using a five-watt transmitter.
    While little is known about Redgraves experiment, it is believed that the test broadcast made
    from Nichols field (now Villamor Airbase) could be the very first radio station in the Pearl of the Orient.
    First Radio Network
    Henry Hermann, founder of the Electrical Supply Company (Manila) gained permission, possibly
    from local government and the military to operate more than one station. The test broadcasts delivered
    music over the air to wealthy residents who owned radio receivers.
    This network of test broadcasts, however, was summed up into one 100-watt powered AM station
    bearing the call letters KZKZ on 729 kHz.
    Radio Corporation of the Philippines (RCP) later bought KZKZ in October 1924. RCP expanded
    in Cebu putting up KZRC (Radio Cebu) in 1929, which is now DYRC.
    Before KBP
    Radio stations back then were not regulated until the year 1931. The Radio Control Board was
    instigated under the US colonial government. The regulating agency took care of the license applications
    and frequency allocation.
    KBP came only in April 7, 1973.
    Call Letters from K to D
    KZ was used because the Philippines were then a colony of America. All call letters of radio
    stations in the US starter either with K or W.
    Francisco Koko Trinidad, known as the father of Philippine Broadcasting attended the
    International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in 1947, held in Atlantic City in the US.
    Trinidad proposed to use RP instead of KZ. But this was denied by the ITU and gave the letter D
    as a replacement to KZ.
    D Was Originally for German Stations
    Professor Elizabeth Enriquez of UP Manila, on her research, explained why Philippine radio
    station call letters start with D and why it actually meant Deutscheland, or the German name of
    Germany.
    Trinidad remembers insisting on changing the first two call letters of Philippine radio to RP, to
    stand for Republic of the Philippines, in lieu of the American KZ. Koko wanted the world to know about the
    newly independent republic through the radio call letters. The ITU rejected the call letters RP because of
    the amount of trouble it would take to secure the approval of the entire international body, and the
    international changes that might have become necessary for such a change.
    However, the ITU, which decided to punish Germany for using radio for propaganda and to
    advance the cause of Nazism, deprived Germany of its right to use the broadcast airwaves. The ITU then
    gave the Philippines the right to use the call letter D (which had stood for Deutscheland, or the German
    name of Germany)

    Philippine radio signs on


    Radio broadcasting started in 1922 when an American businessman in Manila opened three 50-watt
    radio stations, not for commercial broadcasting but as a demonstration channel for his electrical supply
    business. Two years later, the first commercial radio stations went on the air: station KZKZ owned by the
    Radio Corporation of the Philippines, and KZRQ, owned by the Far Eastern Radio, Inc.
    The oldest existing radio station in the country today is DZRH. It first signed on in 1939 as KZRH. The
    last two letters of the call station stands for Radio Heacock , after H.E. Heacock, the original owner of the
    station and one of the largest chains of department stores in the Pacific Rim.
    Radio programming from the pre-war to the early post-war period was primarily entertainmentoriented and, as expected, "flavoured with colonial productions" including even canned American serials.
    News and public affairs programming, including government programs, were virtually unheard until a few
    years before the end of World War II. Advertising of products other than those of the station owners began
    only in 1939. In 1929, the first provincial radio station, KZRC was established in Cebu City. However, it
    merely relayed programs originally aired over KZRM in Manila. This Manila-centric programming was to
    continue up to today.
    Radio played an important role in keeping the Filipino spirit alive during World War II. The then KZRH
    broadcasted the " Voice of Freedom" from its transmitter physically transferred in Corregidor. Anchored by
    Norman Reyes, its stirring broadcast announcing the fall of Bataan in 1942 is a classic in broadcast
    journalism "Bataan has fallen... But the spirit that made it stand, a beacon to all liberty-loving
    people of the world, cannot fall."
    On September 21, 1972, Martial Law was declared. This was the muzzle that silenced much of
    Philippine media but also ushered in an era of alternative media. However, martial rule, too, brought about
    encouraging concepts as to how Philippine broadcasting should run. For the first time, government control
    on the otherwise freewheeling broadcast industry was instituted with the establishment of the Broadcast
    Media Council (BMC) and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP). The Authoritarian system
    finally made its mark on the media.

    TIMELINE

    American businessmen introduced radio to the Philippines in the 1920s as a commercial


    enterprise that would promote their consumer goods to Filipinos. Following a test broadcast by a
    certain Mrs. Redgrave from Nichols Air Field in 1922, Henry Herman conducted commercial
    experiments from 50-watt stations in Manila, Pasay, and a mobile unit, after the American station
    KDKA launched on air. During that time, the Filipinos readily accepted radio news and
    entertainment programs, and local businessmen, who recognized its profitability, established their
    own radio stations to advertise their products and services.
    Two years into the experiment, Hermann replaced the experimental stations with a 100-watt
    station with the call letters KZKZ.
    In 1924 an American established the first AM radio station named KZKZ.HENRY HERMANN
    ------was the founder of the Electrical Supply Company (Manila). He gained permission, possibly
    from local government and the military to operate more than one station.
    On October 4, 1924, with KZKZ but a few months old, he sold it to the Radio Corporation of the
    Philippines (RCP)
    In 1929, KZRC, Radio Cebu, opened in Cebu and introduced radio broadcasting in the province.
    However, it was closed down because shortwave relay signals were unsuccessful between Cebu
    and Manila. It reopened after a decade and fearlessly went on air with the guerrilla movements.

    At first, sponsors did not directly advertise their products but mentioned only their names as
    sponsor of particular shows, or titled the shows after their product, for example Klim Musical Quiz
    or The Listerine Amateur Hour.
    Radio Control Board was created in 1931The board examined applications for licenses to operate
    radio, allocated band frequencies, and conducted inspections for the office of the Secretary of
    Commerce and Industry
    Originally, as a colony of the USA, four letter call signs beginning with KZ-- were in use. Francisco
    Koko Trinidad, known as the Father of Philippine Broadcasting attended the International
    Telecommunications Union (ITU) in 1947, held in Atlantic City in the US.

    Before the War (Significant Dates)

    In 1924 the first two call letters KZ was assigned to all radio stations in the Philippines in
    accordance with the laws of the United States of America.
    In 1929 KZRC, Radio Cebu, opened in Cebu and introduced radiobroadcasting in the province.
    In 1931 the Radio Control Division was established. It was the regulatory body of the broadcast
    industry.
    During the War
    During the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and when Japanese airplanes bombed Manila, six
    commercial radio stations were established.
    On December 28, 1941 The United States provided a shortwave relay station in the Philippines
    and beamed to the five radio stations in Manila and to the radio station in Cebu.
    January 2, 1942 A similar shortwave relay station was provided for a few more days by the navy
    wireless station but was destroyed when the Japanese forces attack Cavite
    February 6, 1942 Gen Emilio Aguinaldo, in a broadcast over the Japanese controlled KZRH,
    urged General MacArthur to surrender in view of the obvious superiority of Japanese arms.
    October 20 and 23, 1944 A temporary shortwave relay station was established in Manila with the
    call sign PIAM and PIRN during the war.

    After the War

    When World War II was over, KZFM was the first radio station to return on the air. It reopened in
    May1945 and was operated by the US Army Office of WarInformation.
    1947 KZFM, renamed DZFM, became the nucleus of the Philippine Broadcasting System.

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