Radyo Pilipinas Worldwide

DZRP Radyo Pilipinas Worldwide
City Quezon City
Broadcast area International
Branding Radyo Pilipinas (Philippine Radio)
Frequency See list
First air date 1972
Format news/Talk, entertainment
Power 100,000 watts
Callsign meaning Radyo Pilipinas
Former frequencies 920 kHz (1972-1977)
Owner Philippine Broadcasting Service
Webcast DZRP Radyo Pilipinas LIVE Audio
Website http://www.pbs.gov.ph

DZRP - Radyo Pilipinas Worldwide (also known as Voice of the Philippines, then known as Radyo Pagasa) is a short-wave radio station broadcasting outside the Philippines. Owned by the Philippine Broadcasting Service, the station is operated from Mondays to Sundays 11:30pm - 12:00nn PST (15:30-04:00 UTC) on various shortwave frequencies, with internet live streaming across all schedules. It broadcasts in Filipino and English languages. Radyo Pilipinas uses the relay transmitter tower of Voice of America in Tinang, Tarlac for its broadcast purposes.

As PBS's made a rebranding of its flagship network Radyo ng Bayan into Radyo Pilipinas, this shortwave station remains unchanged but added "Worldwide" to its name to avert confusion.

History

During the Martial Law era, the National Media Production Center (NMPC) operated its own station Voice of the Philippines (VOP) on 2 frequencies: 920 KHz on AM, and 9.81 MHz on shortwave.

After EDSA Revolution in 1986, NMPC and Bureau of Broadcasts (BB) were abolished, led to its stations (including VOP) were reassigned to the newly-reinstated PBS. VOP was later rebranded as Radyo Pilipinas under its own callsign DZRP.

Programming

Filipino Service

English Service

Available time and frequencies

Radyo Pilipinas is available at 1:30am - 3:30am PST (17:30 - 19:30 UTC) on 12.120Mhz, 15.190Mhz and 9.910 MHz in Filipino Service and 10:00am - 11:30am PST (02:00 - 03:30 UTC) on 17.820Mhz, 15.640Mhz and 12.010 MHz in English Service.

Radyo Pilipinas coverage areas: Japan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Radyo Pilipinas programs can also be heard via live audio streaming in the internet, just by accessing its website address http://www.pbs.gov.ph/dzrp/, from 11:30pm to 12:00 noon the next day (Manila Time).

See also

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