Broadcast area | Metro Manila and surrounding areas |
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Frequency | 1422 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Silent |
Ownership | |
Owner | ACWS - United Broadcasting Network |
History | |
First air date | 1972 |
Last air date | 1999 |
Former frequencies | 940 kHz (1972 - 1978) 954 kHz (1978 - 1987) [1] |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | NTC |
DWBC (1422 AM) was a radio station owned and operated by ACWS - United Broadcasting Network from 1972 to 1999. [2] [3]
DWBC was established in 1972 by the ACWS - United Broadcasting Network, along with sister station DWRK. In November 1978, it moved to 954 kHz from its original frequency 940 kHz, in response to the adoption of the 9 kHz spacing on AM radio stations in the Philippines under the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975. [1]
In April 1987, it moved to its present frequency 1422 kHz. Its former frequency is currently used by DZEM. [4] In October that year, it was one of the stations closed by the National Telecommunications Commission, through the order of then-president Corazon Aquino, for a few months for airing right-wing commentary programs that were critical of Mrs. Aquino's Administration. On January 1, 1988, it returned on the air. [5]
It went off the air sometime in 1999. The frequency is currently owned by the Advanced Media Broadcasting System. [6]