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32-520: Being in one of Manila's business districts, it served as the home of many businesses and establishments. It was the home of radio station Robert La Rue "Uncle Bob" Stewart's Republic Broadcasting service, a precursor of DZBB-AM and GMA Network . Other business that occupied the building are as follows: During the Japanese occupation , it was used by the Japanese Imperial forces. It was damaged in

64-525: A building or structure in the Philippines is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . DZBB-AM DZBB (pronounced DZ-double-B; 594 AM ) Super Radyo ( transl.  super radio ) is a radio station owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. It serves as the flagship station of the Super Radyo network and one of the assets of GMA Radio and GMA Integrated News . The station's studio

96-484: A channel assignment from Channels 14 to 20. In 2019, the NTC, through a memorandum circular, authorized GMA to operate UHF channel 15 (479.143 MHz) as its secondary channel to expand the usage of channels 14-20 for digital TV broadcasts. Following ZOE Broadcasting Network 's decision not to renew its joint venture ( GMA News TV ) with GMA after June 2019, and a subsequent planned reactivation of DWDB-TV 's analog signal for

128-647: A main news bulletin entitled Super Balita with editions of the news bulletin aired at 7:00 a.m. PST, 11:30 a.m. PST (the weekday editions of its morning and lunchtime newscasts are simulcast to all Super Radyo stations nationwide), 3:30 p.m. PST and 10:00 p.m. PST every Monday to Friday and Bigtime Balita , the flagship evening newscast of the station, anchored by Rene Sta. Cruz aired before the simulcast of 24 Oras from GMA Network . On some occasions, DZBB would also air live and exclusive blow-by-blow boxing coverage, especially during Manny Pacquiao 's fights (alongside Super Radyo stations nationwide). As such, DZBB became

160-404: A programming concept catering to the new audience. The new management acquired new equipment and introduced new programs and a new name, GMA (Greater Manila Area) Radio-Television Arts with its new identity, " Where You Belong " in 1978. In 1983, DZBB-TV broadcast the funeral of Senator Ninoy Aquino . At that time, it was a small item due to immediate censorship. But, the station bravely broadcast

192-462: A surplus transmitter , two old cameras and no lighting equipment and props. The station was always in the red and Stewart was about to give up, when the program "Dancetime with Chito" suddenly became an instant hit and advertising revenues started to pour in. Canned programs from the United States further sustained its success. In 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in

224-651: Is a television station in Metro Manila , Philippines, serving as the flagship of the GMA television network. The digital service is known as DZBB-DTV by only a few people. It is owned and operated by the network's namesake corporate parent alongside GTV flagship DWDB-TV (channel 27). Both stations share studios at the GMA Network Center , EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City , while DZBB-TV's hybrid analog and digital transmitting facilities are located at

256-403: Is located at the 3rd floor of GMA Network Studio Annex , EDSA corner GMA Network Drive, Diliman, Quezon City , while its transmitter is located along Camia St., Brgy. Panghulo, Obando, Bulacan . Cable company Spectrum broadcasts the audio of DZBB along with that of DWLS to the United States as part of its "Filipino Channels" package Super Radyo DZBB is currently held its position as

288-686: The GMA Tower of Power , Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City with SFN relay towers located at the PBCom Tower in Makati City , Zen Towers in Manila , as well as in Antipolo , Angeles City and Cabanatuan . DZBB-TV traces its history to Metro Manila radio station DZBB , owned by Loreto F. de Hemedes, Inc. , later renamed Republic Broadcasting System, Inc. of Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart . After

320-636: The Liberation of Manila in 1945, and was restored in 1946. Today it houses UNO Restaurant, Mercury Drug Store, Tropical Hut and the Escolta Commercial Association. It also contains the one of the country's oldest brass-cage Otis elevator . It is also known to be the only building in prewar Escolta to be recessed from the street, as it was a Tranvia flagstop. It now houses the Calvo Building Museum which contains memorabilia from

352-476: The enhanced community quarantine imposed by former President Rodrigo Duterte due to the COVID-19 pandemic , which replaced them with news updates and hookup to sister station DWLS . The simulcasts of Barangay Love Stories provided to be quite a hit that later in the year DZBB responded with the launch of Super Radyo Nobela , which proved to be a stunning success, not just as the return of scripted radio dramas to

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384-603: The #1 AM radio station in Metro Manila , according to the Nielsen Radio Audience Measurement survey conducted in the month of June 2023. DZBB marked its inaugural broadcast, as the station's static-marred signal was wafted on the air for the first time on March 1, 1950, by Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart , in a small office space in Calvo Building , Escolta , Binondo , Manila , with mostly second-hand equipment and an old, surplus radio transmitter. The station

416-506: The Philippines and the station was forced to shut down, though it only lasted for more than 3 months, and returned on the air in late-December of that year; the station was blocktimed by the National Media Production Center (NMPC) with limited three-month permits. In 1974, RBS, including its TV and radio stations, were sold to a triumvirate composed of Felipe Gozon , Gilberto Duavit Sr., and Menardo Jimenez who introduced

448-417: The area, which it repeated in 2017, 2019, and again from 2020 up to this day. On April 24, 2017, DZBB officially launched its new logo, its first ever jingle for the station and its newly renovated radio booth, as well as the relaunch of Dobol B TV , after almost five years of hiatus on television. In 2020, DZBB temporarily suspended its regular programming, especially during overnight hours, in line with

480-557: The country's specially Manila's prewar commerce and industry, early theater and entertainment, early printing and ephemera, artifacts from the Manila Carnival and other vestiges of the city's storied past. A historical marker was installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines on August 14, 2018. [REDACTED] Media related to Calvo Building at Wikimedia Commons This article about

512-488: The coverage with a limit of 10 seconds on free TV. In response, President Ferdinand Marcos issued a warning to the station or else they will share the same fate of other networks, especially ABS-CBN . When democracy in the Philippines was restored in the People Power Revolution in 1986, other television stations began to air, some with their original owners. The political instability of the country also added to

544-502: The current 120 kilowatt capacity. On November 7, 1988, DZBB officially inaugurated a new 100,000 watt transmitter in Quezon City. Known as the " Tower of Power ", which initially operated on a 50 kilowatt transmitting output from 1988 to 1998, the 777 ft (236.8 m) transmitter helped improve the channel's reception in Luzon, and was also the tallest man-made structure in the country at

576-490: The first radio station to do so (from 2007 until 2019, and again in 2021). As of 2020, DZBB also live streams select programs on its official Facebook page. On January 23, 2023, DZBB added a simulcast of the showbiz-oriented talk show Fast Talk with Boy Abunda , also from GMA Network . On May 7, 2023, DZBB added a simulcast of the investigative public-service show Resibo: Walang Lusot ang May Atraso , also from GMA Network . DZBB-TV DZBB-TV (channel 7)

608-556: The launch of GMA News TV . The block originally included the radio station's top-rated programs such as Saksi sa Dobol B and Super Balita sa Umaga Nationwide . It ended its simulcast on September 7, 2012. In 2014, DZBB kept its winning streak in Mega Manila as it continued to lead rival stations in ratings, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. DZBB grabbed the lead in Mega Manila in June 2014 and has since sustained leadership in

640-409: The name of public service. Two children named James and Jesus asked for help to find their missing parents named Pascual and Norma Bantillan from Bohol on a rival program on DZMM Aksyon Ngayon Global Patrol and were eventually reunited through DZBB's program Aksyon Oro Mismo . On February 28, 2011, DZBB began its simulcast on television with the launch of Dobol B sa News TV block, coinciding with

672-750: The personalities of the Bisig Bayan years. On January 1, 1990, DZBB reformatted into a 24-hour round-the-clock broadcasting service, in order to keep up with the pace of delivering news to its listeners, subsequently releasing Kape at Balita , a morning news/commentary/talk show hosted by Bobby Guanzon and then GMA News reporter Jessica Soho in 1991, which expanded to television the same year. In January 1995, Mike Enriquez , then-Vice President for FM Radio Operations of Radio Mindanao Network transferred to GMA Network as an anchor and station manager of DZBB (later promoted as consultant for radio operations of GMA and president of RGMA Network, Inc.) and he became one of

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704-771: The present frequency of 594 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 . The station was rebranded as "Bisig Bayan" from July 17, 1989, to January 3, 1999; and completely changed its format to news and public service. Their new identity made the station more popular to radio listeners in Metro Manila. Rafael "Paeng" Yabut, Bobby Guanzon , Lito Villarosa, Rene Jose, Rey Pacheco, Raul Virtudazo, Jimmy Gil , Arman Roque, Rose "Manang Rose" Clores, German Moreno , Inday Badiday , Helen Vela , Augusto Victa, Manolo Favis, and Pol Caguiat were

736-543: The prominent anchors who served the station for 27 years until his medical leave in 2022. Enriquez died on August 29, 2023. On January 4, 1999, the station was once again rebranded as "Super Radyo DZBB 594". Much of their programming focuses on news and current events, and it still simulcasts GMA programs such as 24 Oras and Saksi . In 2010, for the first time in Philippine radio history, DZBB and its rival station DZMM of ABS-CBN made history as they joined forces in

768-476: The rest of the GNTV's analog broadcast run, third-party sources reported that the station's digital signal will move to the assigned channel 15 frequency after channel 11's blocktime deal with GMA expires. On May 15, 2019, GMA Network began to transmit its digital test broadcast on UHF Channel 15 (479.143 MHz) as its permanent frequency assigned by National Telecommunications Commission. Starting 27 February 2023,

800-410: The station's burden, when soldiers stormed into its studios for two days as part of a coup attempt to topple then President Corazon Aquino . In July 1987, GMA introduced its new dimension in television broadcasting as the network was transmitted in full stereo, dubbed as GMA StereoVision, and became the first Philippine TV station to broadcast programs in full stereo until 1998 when it switched to

832-568: The station's upgraded signal transmission covered the areas of Metro Manila , Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan and parts of Pampanga, Bataan, Nueva Ecija and Batangas. In 2018, National Telecommunications Commission released implementing rules and regulations on the re-allocation of the UHF Channels 14-20 (470–512 Megahertz (MHz) band) for digital terrestrial television broadcasting (DTTB) service. All operating and duly authorized Mega Manila VHF (very high frequency) television networks are entitled to

864-674: The station, but also as the first radio drama program to be aired live on Facebook. On February 8, 2021, the studios of DZBB, as well as the programs simulcast over Dobol B sa News TV (later renamed to Dobol B TV with the launch of GTV ), and its sister station DWLS, have permanently moved to its new radio booth at the GMA Network Annex Building. DZBB's programs are mostly news, current issues, and news analysis produced by GMA Integrated News . Their morning radio shows are anchored mostly by news anchors and personalities from television. The station also has two kinds of newscasts:

896-587: The success of its radio station, the company ventured into television. On October 29, 1961, RBS Channel 7, the fourth television station in the Philippines (after ABS Channel 3 and CBN Channel 9, which were owned by ABS-CBN Corporation which used to operate Channel 2 in Mega Manila , and IBC Channel 13 by the Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation ). The television network started its operations with just 25 employees (other stations had 200),

928-478: The time. By 1998, DZBB upgraded its transmission to 120,000 watt using its new solid state transmitter from Harris. DZBB-TV's digital signal operates on UHF channel 15 (479.143 MHz) and broadcasts on the following subchannels: In February 2013, GMA Network conduct a digital test broadcast with the ISDB-Tb standard via its UHF channel 27 (551.143 MHz) frequency. According to a December 2017 press release,

960-412: The triumvirate of Gilberto Duavit Sr., Menardo Jimenez and Felipe Gozon . At the same time, DZBB returned to the airwaves — through the efforts of the station's new management — under its new branding "Dobol B", which would later be rebranded to simply DZBB 594 kHz; it became a music-personality radio station and it also covered major news stories in the 1970s and 1980s. In November 1978, DZBB moved to

992-687: Was also the first to air live coverage of not only news and public affairs, but also entertainment and educational programmes. In 1957, DZBB moved to its new and current home at EDSA, Quezon City . Due to the success of DZBB, Stewart ventured into television on October 29, 1961, as DZBB-TV Channel 7 with the branding of RBS-7 (now known as GMA-7 Manila ). The station was seized and closed in September 1972 due to Martial Law pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 . Two years later, due to changes in media ownership laws, Channel 7, DZBB and their other sister provincial radio and television stations were eventually sold to

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1024-620: Was then broadcasting on the frequency of 580  kHz , with the power of 10,000 watts. Despite the scarcity of new broadcasting facilities, the station has scored many milestones with its news , Congressional coverage, breaking news, exclusives, and blow-by-blow accounts of major national events. It was also a pioneer with trendsetting shows such as Camay Theater of the Air , Cathay Broadcasting , Lovingly Yours, Helen , Kahapon Lamang , Tawag ng Tanghalan , Newscoop , and Kwentong Kutsero . Some of these shows eventually became television shows. DZBB

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