Mega Manila

Location of Mega Manila within the Philippines: Red and maroon according to the Philippine Information office, while maroon according to AGB Nielsen and Kantar Media. Malaysia is marked in black.

Mega Manila is the term used for the Philippine regions of Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Metro Manila. It is frequently used in the press, advertising, television, and in radio. The area includes some suburbs with densities exceeding that of cities inside Metro Manila.^{[citation needed]}

Definitions

Mega Manila, as a loose metropolitan area defined by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA),^[1] is divided into the national capital region (Metro Manila) and the suburbs of regions 3 (Central Luzon) and 4 (Calabarzon and Mimaropa). Mega Manila's 2010 population is projected at 35,607,000, or 37.8% of the country's population, and covers roughly half of Luzon, about 50,000 square kilometers, including many rural areas.

TV ratings agency AGB Nielsen Philippines and Kantar Media Philippines consider only Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal as "Mega Manila"^[2] for their TV ratings gathering (area highlighted in maroon on the map), a much stricter definition than the PIA. Using 2010 census projection figures the area has a population of 25,066,000 or about 26.6% of the population in an area roughly the size of Los Angeles County and average density over 2000 people per square kilometer. As a comparison, only the cities of Tokyo, Jakarta, and Mexico City have reached 25 million people, Shanghai may have but there is not enough detail in suburban statistics on it.

Non-continuously-built-up areas scattered in this defined region occupy in total less than a third of the regional land area, and have a negligible population. This area has a higher ownership of televisions per household anywhere in the country due to its relative economic prosperity as compared to other areas in the country. Radio ratings agency Radio Research Council (provided by KBP) also provide measurement of audience ratings.

Continuous suburban sprawl, as can be seen from a clear night sky on an plane, would be closest to the TV ratings' definition but some of the sprawl would also be in Batangas, Pampanga and Zambales. Including this province would push the population (using above source) to about 27.3 million including some non built-up or non-continuously built-up areas.

Broadcast media

These are radio and TV stations that are seen throughout Mega Manila (not just several provinces), hence this is largely restricted to Metro Manila media outlets, and inactive stations are omitted.

FM radio stations in Mega Manila

AM radio stations in Mega Manila

TV stations in Mega Manila

Active Stations

Inactive Stations

See also

• Greater Manila Area
• Lingayen-Lucena corridor, an elections equivalent

References

External links

• Philippine Information Agency

v t e Radio stations in Metro Manila, Philippines By AM frequency DZXL 558 DZBB 594 DZMM 630 DZRH 666 DZAS 702 DZRB 738 DWWW 774 DZRJ 810 DZRV 846 DWIZ 882 DZSR 918 DZEM 954 DZIQ 990 DZAR 1026 DZEC 1062 DWAD 1098 DWDD 1134 DWBL 1242 DZRM 1278 DWXI 1314 DWUN 1350 DWSS 1494 DZME 1530 DZUP 1602 DZBF 1674 By FM frequency DWJM 88.3 DWAV 89.1 DWTM 89.9 DZMB 90.7 DWKY 91.5 DWFM 92.3 DWRX 93.1 DWKC 93.9 DWLL 94.7 DWDM 95.5 DWRK 96.3 DWLS 97.1 DWQZ 97.9 DZFE 98.7 DWRT 99.5 DZRJ 100.3 DWYS 101.1 DWRR 101.9 DWSM 102.7 DWKX 103.5 DWBR 104.3 DWBM 105.1 DWLA 105.9 DWET 106.7 DWNU 107.5 Defunct callsigns DWCD-FM DWCS DWNU DWRT-AM DWST DWXB DZFX DZMZ DZWI KZKZ DZCA 1170 DZTV 1386 DWBC 1422 DZHH 1566 DWGI 1638 DZMC 98.3 DZUR 107.9

v t e Broadcast television in the Mega Manila market VHF channels DWWX 2 (ABS-CBN) DWGT 4 (PTV) DWET 5 (TV5) DZBB 7 (GMA) DZKB 9 (RPN/Solar News Channel) DZOE 11 (GMA News TV) DZTV 13 (IBC) UHF channels DWCP 21 (SBN/ETC) DWAC 23 (ABS-CBN Sports+Action) DZEC 25 (Net 25) DZRJ 29 (RJTV/2nd Avenue) DWKC 31 (BEAM 31/Jack CITY) DZOZ 33 (Light TV) DWAO 37 (UNTV) DWBP 39 (SMNI) DWNB 41 (NBC/AksyonTV) DWVN 45 (3ABN/Hope Channel PHL) DZCE 49 (INC TV) Inactive stations DWDB 27 (Citynet) DWXI 35 (DBS) DWBM 43 (MBN) DWDZ 47 (ABC) DWBC 68 (BCI) Defunct stations DZXL 4/9 (ABS-CBN) DZRH 11 (MBC) DZRU 41 (MTV Philippines)