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    • 1920s – Radio broadcasting was introduced in the Philippines
    • Test radio broadcast attributed to an American known as Mrs. Redgrave whose low-powered broadcast experiments emanated from Nichols Airfield in Pasa
    • Test radio broadcast attributed to an American known as Mrs. Redgrave whose low-powered broadcast experiments emanated from Nichols Airfield in Pasay
    • Henry Hermann started commercial radio broadcasting in the Philippines.
    • Henry Hermann began the test broadcasts of three 50-watt stations which he replaced two years later with a 100-watt station KZKZ
    • KZKZ was initially set up in Sta. Cruz, Manila and later moved it to Pasay
    • KZKZ was initially set up in Sta. Cruz, Manila and later moved it to Pasay
    • KZKZ stopped operations and was replaced by KZRQ
    • The owner of KZIB was Isaac Beck, owner of a department store
    • KZRM (Radio Manila) – The radio station was operated by the Radio Corporation of the Philippines (RCP)
    • J. Amado Araneta bought KZRM, the bigger station, and KZEG, the smaller one, from its American owners.
    • Both radio stations and newspapers were managed under the Far East Broadcasting Company with Carlos P. Romulo as managing director
    • RCP opened the first radio station in the province, particularly in Cebu City, called KZRC (Radio Cebu).
    • The letter ‘K’ was assigned to broadcasting stations in the Philippines in accordance with United States laws’ applicable to the country which was then an American colony.
    • The letter ‘K’ was assigned to broadcasting stations in the Philippines in accordance with United States laws’ applicable to the country which was then an American colony.
    • KZRC was closed down because there was an unsuccessful shortwave relay signals between Cebu and Manila
    • KZRC first station in province
    • KZRC reopened after a decade (10 years), shortly before the World War II
    • Six major commercial radio stations before WWII were: KZRM, KZRF, KZIB, KZEG, KZRH (oldest radio station), KZRC (radio station in the province)
    • kzrh oldest radio station
    • KZND – a government radio station which the Civil Emergency Administration could keep the people posted on war events and helped Filipinos prepared for the war
    • KZND – a government radio station which the Civil Emergency Administration could keep the people posted on war events and helped Filipinos prepared for the war
    • Radio Control Board was put up to implement the radio control law now called as NTC or National telecommunications Channel
    • Radio Control Board was put up to implement the radio control law now called as NTC or National telecommunications Channel
    • broadcast experiments emanated from
      Nichols Airfield in Pasay
    • kzrm was operated by
      radio corporation of the philippines
    • six major commercial station before WWII
      KZRM, KZRF, KZIB, KZEG, KZRH, KZRC
    • what year did people power revolution happen
      1986
    • oldest existing private radio station
      DZRH
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