KZKZ (Philippines)

KZKZ
Radio Corporation of the Philippines
History
First air date	June 1922; 101 years ago (1922-06)
Last air date	September 1925; 98 years ago (1925-09)
Technical information
Power	five-watt transmitter (1922–1924), 100-watt transmitter (1924)

KZKZ (729 kHz

Radio Corporation of the Philippines.^[2] Power was upgraded to 500 watts.^[3]

Radio Corporation of the Philippines merged with the Far Eastern Radio Corporation in September 1925. Far Eastern owned station KZRQ, which survived the merger while KZKZ was shuttered.[3] In 1926, the organization began work on constructing two of the largest radio stations in Asia with the idea of maintaining direct Manila-San Francisco service.^[4]

References

^ "Radio Reaches The Philippines: Rivals Fight for Control of Big Commercial Stations". The Morning Post. Camden, New Jersey. April 8, 1925. p. 13. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Juan De La Cruz tunes in". Philippine Star/The Freeman. September 21, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Lent, John A. (1968). "Philippine Radio: History & Problems" (PDF). Asian Studies. 6 (1): 37–52.
^ "National Affairs: Praise". Time. September 20, 1926. Archived from the original on January 31, 2011.

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Philippine Broadcast History

v t e Radio stations in the Metro Manila market
By AM frequency	DZBR 531¹ DZXL 558 DZBB 594 DWPM 630 DZRH 666 DZAS 702 DZRB 738 DWWW 774 DZRJ 810 DZRV 846 DWIZ 882 DZSR 918 DZEM 954 DZEC 1062 DWAD 1098 DWDD 1134 DWBL 1242 DZRM 1278 DWXI 1314 DZXQ 1350 DZJV 1458¹ DZME 1530 DZUP 1602 DZBF 1674
By FM frequency	DWFO 87.5 87.9³ DWJM 88.3 DWAV 89.1 DWTM 89.9 DWJC 90.3¹ DZMB 90.7 DWKY 91.5 DWFM 92.3 DWRX 93.1 DWKC 93.9 DWLL 94.7 DWDM 95.5 DWSU 95.9¹ DWRK 96.3 DWLS 97.1 DWQZ 97.9 98.3 ⁴ 98.4 (Cavite)¹ DZFE 98.7 DWRT 99.5 99.9⁴ DZRJ 100.3 DWYS 101.1 DWBS 101.5³ DWSM 102.7 DWOW 103.5 DWFT 104.3 DWBM 105.1 DWLA 105.9 DWET 106.7 107.1⁴ DWNU 107.5
Digital radio by frequency and subchannel	90.7-1 91.5-1 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 95.5-1 96.3-1 96.3-2 96.3-3 98.7-1 98.7-2 98.7-3 100.3-1 101.1-1 101.9-1 101.9-2 101.9-3
Internet	Crossover Online FMR Philippines Green Giant FM iDMZ MOR On-Line One FM Manila Radyo Pilipino Radyo Tabloidista Radyo QC Rakista Radio Saved Radio UST Tiger Radio WXB 102
Defunct/Inactive call signs	DZMZ 89.1 ² DWCD 97.9² DZFX 101.1 ² DWST 101.1 ² DWRR 101.9 DWXB 102.7² DWCS 103.5 ² DWKX 103.5 ² DZWI 107.9² DZMM 630² KZKZ 729 DZST 860² DZPI 882 ² DWRT 990² DZIQ 990 DZAR 1026 DZCA 1170 DWAN 1206 DWBC 1422 DWSS 1494 DZHH 1566
¹Transmitting outside Metro Manila. ²Technically still active, but with new call letters and different intellectual property. ³Licensed low-power community station. ⁴Unlicensed (pirate radio). Philippine radio markets Metro Manila Ilocos & CAR Laoag Vigan-Bangued San Fernando-Agoo Baguio Dagupan Cagayan Valley Tuguegarao Cauayan-Santiago Bayombong Central Luzon Cabanatuan Tarlac San Fernando-Angeles Olongapo-Subic Calabarzon Western Laguna Batangas-Lipa Lucena-San Pablo Mimaropa Calapan San Jose Puerto Princesa Bicol Daet Naga-Iriga Legazpi Virac Sorsogon Masbate Western Visayas Kalibo Roxas San Jose Iloilo Bacolod Central Visayas Northeast Negros Dumaguete North Cebu Cebu City Bohol Eastern Visayas Calbayog-Catarman Borongan Catbalogan Tacloban-Ormoc Maasin-Sogod Zamboanga Dipolog Pagadian Ipil-Liloy Zamboanga City Northern Mindanao Ozamiz-Oroquieta Iligan Cagayan de Oro Gingoog Malaybalay-Valencia Davao Davao Malita Mati Southern Mindanao Kidapawan Tacurong-Isulan Koronadal-Surallah General Santos Caraga Surigao City Butuan Tandag San Francisco Bislig-Trento BARMM Cotabato City-Midsayap Sulu and Tawi-Tawi

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