DWPM

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Radyo 630 (DWPM)
DWPM Radyo Sais Trenta.svg
Broadcast area Mega Manila and surrounding areas
Nationwide (Cable and Digital TV)
Worldwide (Online and The Filipino Channel)
Frequency 630 kHz (C-QUAM AM Stereo)
BrandingRadyo 630
Programming
Language(s) Filipino
Format News, Public affairs, Talk
Affiliations ABS-CBN News
TeleRadyo Serbisyo
Prime TV
Ownership
Owner Philippine Collective Media Corporation
OperatorMedia Serbisyo Production Corporation
(joint venture of Prime Media Holdings/Philippine Collective Media Corporation and ABS-CBN Corporation)
History
First air date
June 26, 2023 (2023-06-26) (test broadcast)
June 30, 2023 (2023-06-30) (soft launch)
July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17) (official launch)
Call sign meaning
Prime Media Holdings
Para sa Mamamayan
(current branding)
Technical information
Licensing authority
 NTC
Class A (clear frequency)
Power 50,000 watts
Links
Webcast Listen live (via TuneIn)

DWPM (630 AM), broadcasting as Radyo 630, is a commercial news/talk radio station owned by Philippine Collective Media Corporation and operated by Media Serbisyo Production Corporation, [1] a joint venture between Prime Media Holdings (through subsidiary Philippine Collective Media Corporation) and ABS-CBN Corporation under an airtime lease agreement. The station's studio is located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, corner of Mother Ignacia St., Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City; its transmitter is located along F. Navarette St., Brgy. Panghulo, Obando, Bulacan. [2] The frequency was previously assigned to DZMM, a radio station owned and operated by ABS-CBN.

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Selected programming is also simulcast on its television counterpart TeleRadyo Serbisyo (on cable and digital TV via Prime TV), and on selected FM Radio stations nationwide.

History

On May 23, 2023, ABS-CBN Corporation announced in its press release that the company will enter into a joint venture agreement with Prime Media Holdings, Inc., owned by House Speaker Representative Martin Romualdez, to produce and supply various programs including news content to broadcasters and third-party entities including the PMHI-owned Philippine Collective Media Corporation, operator of the Favorite Music Radio FM radio network. Among the plans for ABS-CBN and Prime Media's joint venture is the possible revival of DZMM on its frequency 630 kHz. [3] [4]

On June 26, 2023, 630 kHz conducted a test broadcast under the DWPM callsign. [5] [2]

The station made its soft launch on June 30, 2023, as Radyo 630. [6] A day prior to the launch, hosts of several programs from ABS-CBN's Filipino cable news channel TeleRadyo has informed their viewers to tune-in to the new station the next day. Its soft launch coincided with the relaunch of TeleRadyo as TeleRadyo Serbisyo, which is also now handled under the Prime Media/ABS-CBN joint-venture management. [7] It had its official launch on July 17, with the debut of its afternoon and evening programs. [8] [9] On August 5, the station introduced its weekend afternoon and evening programs to the station's programming grid. On March 4, 2024, the station introduced its weekday early morning programming, while it introduced its early morning weekend programs on March 9.

Programming

Notable anchors

See also

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  2. 1 2 Mendoza, Red (June 28, 2023). "ABS-Prime joint venture station holds test broadcasts". The Manila Times . Retrieved June 28, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Goodbye TeleRadyo, but DZMM 630 to rise from the dead". Rappler . May 24, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ "ABS-CBN's Lopez strikes deal with Prime Media to bring back DZMM on the airwaves". Bilyonaryo. May 23, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Former ABS-CBN radio 630 in AM band back on air as DWPM". Rappler . June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 de Castro, Isagani Jr. (June 30, 2023). "The politics of radio: New station DWPM Radyo 630 is born". Rappler . Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  7. ↑ de Castro, Isagani Jr. (June 29, 2023). "'Wag kayo bibitiw,' ABS-CBN show Sakto hosts tell supporters prior to TeleRadyo closure". Rappler. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  8. ↑ Clarin, Alyssa Mae (June 30, 2023). "Employees bid goodbye to TeleRadyo as ABS-CBN's joint venture welcomes new radio". Bulatlat. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  9. ↑ De Castro, Isagani Jr. (July 17, 2023). "Radyo 630 launches whole-day programming". Rappler . Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Bernadette cries as she bids farewell to 'UKG' family". ABS-CBN News. October 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "DWPM 630khz now Teleradyo Serbisyo by tune in Henry Omaga Diaz as ABS-CBN News!".
  12. ↑ "ABS-CBN earns 8 nominations at the 2020 New York Festivals".
  13. ↑ "Angelica bibida sa masalimuot na life story ni Karla Estrada sa MMK" [ Angelica Panganiban stars in Karla Estrada's complicated life story in MMK]. Bandera (in Filipino). Philippine Daily Inquirer. January 12, 2017.
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  15. ↑ Radyo 630 [@Radyo630] (July 17, 2023). "Tara na at makinig sa quality good vibes sharing kasama si Migs Bustos sa SKL, Skare Ko Lang! #ShareKolangWithMigsBustos #dwpm #dwpm630 #radyo630 #TeleRadyoSerbisyo #radyo #radio" (Tweet) (in Filipino). Retrieved July 18, 2023– via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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