DZBB
Profile
DZBB 594 broadcasts programs related to public affairs, films, international news, entertainment and more much more!
Slogan
Ang Himpilan ng Katotohanan!
Contact
Address Super radyo: EDSA Corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1108, Philippines.
Tel.: 632-924-3018
Web: ww.gmanetwork.com/radio/dzbb
Twitter: @gmanetwork
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GMANetwork
GMA Super Radyo DZBB 594 (pronounced DZ-double-B) (594 kHz Metro Manila) is the flagship AM station of Radio GMA Network, Inc. (RGMA, a subsidiary of GMA Network, Inc.) in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City, while its transmitter is located at Barangay Panghulo, Obando, Bulacan. It is a 24-hour operating station except on Mondays where it signs-off at midnight to 4:00 AM, and except Holy Week of each year where it signs-off at midnight of Maundy Thursday until 4:00 AM of Easter Sunday.
At present, Super Radyo DZBB 594 is considered as one of the top stations in the AM band in Metro Manila and is recognized as one of the most awarded radio stations in the Philippines by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas or KBP.
HISTORY
DZBB was established on March 1, 1950 by Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart, in a small office space in Calvo Building, Escolta, Manila with mostly second-hand equipment and an old, surplus radio transmitter. Despite of lack of new broadcasting facilities, the station has scored many milestones with its news, senate and congress coverage, breaking news, exclusives, and blow-by-blow accounts of major national events. It also pioneered on trendsetting shows such as Camay Theater of the Air, Lovingly Yours, Helen, Kahapon Lamang, Tawag ng Tanghalan, Newscoop, Kwentong Kutsero and others. Some of these shows eventually went to television. DZBB was also the first to air several live coverage extended not just to news and public affairs, but also to entertainment and educational programs. In 1957, DZBB moved to...