Radyo Bandilyo (DXDB)
Broadcast areaBukidnon and surrounding areas
Frequency594 kHz
BrandingDXDB 594 Radyo Bandilyo
Programming
Language(s)Cebuano, Filipino, English[1]
FormatReligious Radio
AffiliationsCatholic Media Network
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
As DXBB:
May 26, 1971 (test broadcast)
July 1, 1971 (experimental broadcast)
September 11, 1971 (regular broadcast)
As DXDB:
March 22, 1991 (test broadcast)
July 15, 1991 (regular broadcast)
Former call signs
DXBB-AM (1971–1976)
Former frequencies
540 kHz (1971–1976)
Call sign meaning
Dan-ag sa Bukidnon
Technical information
Licensing authority
NTC
Power5,000 watts

DXDB (594 AM) Radyo Bandilyo is a radio station owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malaybalay. The station's main studio is located at the Ground Floor, Communications Media Center Bldg., San Isidro Cathedral, Murillo St. cor. San Isidro St., Brgy. 1, Malaybalay; its alternate studio is located at the Ground Floor, San Agustin Parish Church, Sayre Highway, Valencia; and its transmitter is located at Brgy. Kalasungay, Malaybalay.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

History

As DXBB

DXDB traces its origins to its forerunner DXBB. The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro, where Bukidnon was under its ecclesiastical jurisdiction until 1969, had planned to put up a radio station for the purpose of teaching of Catholicism in the province.[8]

Despite a failed appeal for a grant, the CCD's Communications Media Center of the newly-created Prelature of Malaybalay realized the plan. After a series of test (began May 26, 1971) and later, experimental (began July 1) broadcasts, DXBB, located at Malaybalay and operating at 540 kHz with the power of 2.5 kW,[9] under Bukidnon Broadcasting Corporation, eventually began its full-time broadcasting on September 11. Under the helm of CMC director Fr. Joseph Stoffel and prelate Bishop Francisco Claver, it became the province's pioneer radio station; and tagged as "Bandilyo sa Bukidnon" (town crier), it quickly became the most listened.[8] However, upon declaration of nationwide martial law on September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the takeover and control of all mass media.[8][10][11]

By that time, DXBB aired educational programs by the peasant organization Federation of Free Farmers, incurring annoyance by the local civil government, aside from that by the local military authorities. DXBB though obtained the permit from the government and resumed broadcasting on February 9, 1973; its licensee since then was the Catholic Welfare Organization.[lower-alpha 1] DXBB was able to operate through financial aids until its shutdown on November 18, 1976, though its license was never revoked since then.[8]

The military raid and closure of DXBB, along with another Catholic radio station DXCD of the then Prelature of Tagum, Davao del Norte,[14] were due to allegations that these were used by the Communist Party of the Philippines for ideological training purposes[15] and broadcast coded messages to the New People's Army rebels.[11][16] The military later admitted that charges of rebellion against these stations were baseless.[8][10]

As DXDB

Efforts on reviving the station began after the EDSA People Power Revolution. Through then Bishop Gaudencio Rosales (current Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila), as well as Misereor, a German foundation, and Bethlehemite Mission from Switzerland, DXBB was reopened 1991, this time as DXDB (carrying since then the branding "Dan-ag sa Bukidnon"; Light of Bukidnon), with its test broadcast since March 22.[8] On July 15, DXDB eventually started its regular broadcast at 594 KHz.[1][8][17]

By mid-1990s, the station increased its power to 10 kW,[1] but was later reverted to the originally National Telecommunications Commission-authorized and present-day 5 kW.[18][8]

On January 10, 2003, DXDB was officially registered to Securities and Exchange Commission under the name Catholic Radio Station DXDB-AM of Malaybalay, Inc.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Although Catholic Welfare Organization was renamed Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines in 1968,[8][12] as indicated by a 1992 law on extension of its broadcast franchise,[13] the congressional franchise name was only changed by the National Telecommunications Commission in 2002.[8][9] Therefore, then CWO was recorded as the licensee of DXBB and present-day DXDB, currently under now CBCP.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Provincial Profile: Bukidnon. Philippines: National Statistics Office. 1996. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Diocese of Malaybalay
  3. ↑ School on the Air on Palaycheck System aimed to Increase Rice Productivity
  4. ↑ Regular Zubiri Critic Roy Alimpong Eyes SP Seat
  5. ↑ Bukidnon CCIOs meet in Valencia
  6. ↑ "KUMOSTAHAY 2015: A media-initiated citizens-LGUs dialogue on good governance". Archived from the original on August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Bukidnon KBP Recorgnized". Cyberflashes. MVC Alumni Association: 28. November 29, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Angela Mae Inson; Meshelle Rivera (August 28, 2019). Radio Broadcasting in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon: Its History and Influence (1970–2018). Asia Pacific Society for Public Affairs. pp. 299–314. SSRN 3497237. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Social Science Research Network.
  9. 1 2 The Philippines, a Country Profile. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of State. August 1979. p. 121. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Google Books.
  10. 1 2 Isabel Templo (February 25, 2011). "The truth shall set us free: The role of Church-owned radio stations in the Philippines". cmfr-phil.org. Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  11. 1 2 "The Marcos Regime and the Making of a Subservient Philippine Press: Part I". Human Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission. Government of the Philippines. October 13, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  12. ↑ "V. A missionary Church for Asia and the world". 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines. Knights of Columbus (Philippines). Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Republic Act No. 7530". Supreme Court E-Library. Supreme Court of the Philippines. May 22, 1992. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  14. ↑ Bishop Francisco F. Claver, S.J. (March 3, 2020). The Stones Will Cry Out. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock. pp. 73–75. ISBN 9781725271814. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Google Books.
  15. ↑ Robert Youngblood (1990). Marcos Against the Church. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. pp. 93–100, 115. ISBN 0-8014-2305-8. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Google Books.
  16. ↑ Talitha Espiritu (2017). Passionate Revolutions. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780896804982. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Google Books.
  17. ↑ 1994 Philippine Yearbook. Manila: National Statistics Office. 1995. p. 938. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Google Books.
  18. ↑ Bruce Porter (March 28, 2015). "The Pacific-Asian Log". p. 7, 100. Retrieved December 21, 2023 – via Radio Heritage.

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