DZRJ-AM
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| Broadcast area | Metro Manila |
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| Frequency | 810 kHz |
| Branding | Radyo Bandido |
| Programming | |
| Format | News, Public Affairs, Entertainment, Religious, Music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Rajah Broadcasting Network, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1963 |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 10,000 watts |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.rjplanet.com |
DZRJ-AM (810 kHz Metro Manila) is an AM station of the Rajah Broadcasting Network, Inc. in Manila, Philippines, owned by guitarist-singer-businessman Ramon Jacinto. The station's studio location was originally at the penthouse and tower of the J&T Building along Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard (the street is otherwise known as "Sta.Mesa"). Its present location is at the Ventures Building-1, 7849 General Luna Street, Makati City, Its radio transmitter is located at Km. 21, Quirino Highway, Brgy. Pasong Putik, Novaliches, Quezon City.
Boss Radio
DZRJ-AM was originally found in the broadcast frequency of 780 kilohertz on the AM band. It figured prominently in Manila's youthful rock scene for its versatile format and innovative musical content. It carried the tagline, "DzRJ: Boss Radio", which later evolved into "DzRJ, The Rock of Manila" as it hosted a daily show (at 6PM-6:30PM, later extended up to 7PM) called "Pinoy Rock 'n' Rhythm", conceived by DzRJ's original station manager, Alan Austria ("Double-A") and its program director, Emil Quinto ("Charlie Brown"); later shortened to Pinoy Rock, and which fostered a socio-cultural movement, and inevitably became a musical genre.
Pinoy Rock 'n' Rhythm
The Pinoy Rock 'n' Rhythm show, which was hosted by Bob Posas ("Bob Magoo") and, later, by Dante David ("Howlin' Dave"), originally featured the early vinyl releases of pioneering rock groups such as RJ and the Riots, the Juan Dela Cruz Band and Anakbayan, as well as submissions (on cassette tapes) of recordings from unsigned bands and independent artists. The earliest contributions were from groups such as Maria Cafra ("Kamusta Mga Kaibigan"), Petrified Anthem ("Drinking Wine"), Destiny ("A Taste Of Honey"), and the yet-unsigned Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society. Later, a mobile recording studio was set up by Alan Austria, utilizing the station's 4-track Studer tape recorder and mixing board, which was put to good use for "live-in-the-booth" recordings to facilitate the entries of contestants for RC Cola's First National Battle of the Bands (produced by Cesare Syjuco). More than 200 new songs were recorded for the Pinoy Rock 'n' Rhythm show, which paved the way for seminal recording artists such as Florante, Banyuhay, Hourglass, Destiny, and many others. DzRJ's headquarters, the J&T Building, also became the site for many concerts which were organized by the station; first on the building's roofdeck, and later in its open-air parking lot. The emergence of Pinoy Rock as a popular genre became the springboard for musical icons to emerge, and their key recordings to reach the mass market: Juan Dela Cruz Band ("Himig Natin"), Sampaguita ("Bonggahan"), Mike Hanopol ("Laki Sa Layaw"), and even Eddie Munji III ("Pinoy Jazz"), and of course, Ramon Jacinto ("Muli") .
The Rock 'n' Roll Machine
DzRJ also became noteworthy for a cross-genre, album-oriented midnight show, called "The Rock 'n' Roll Machine", hosted by Hoagy Pardo ("Cousin Hoagy"), which provided late night listeners to entire sides of advance copies of LPs from the United States and England. Its early morning program opened to a drumbeat from a Ventures song with Howlin' Dave saying "Gising na, RJ na". It also aired the packaged US chart show, Casey Kasem's American Top 40. Prominent names in DzRJ's roster of trailblazing disc jockeys (the "RockJocks") include: Bernie Evangelista ("Steel Banana"), Jake Taylor ("Brother Jake"), Mike Llamas ("Stoney Burke"), Alfred Gonzalez ("The Madman"), Ronnie de Asis ("Baby John"), Wayne Enage ("Brother Wayne"), Sonny Peckson ("Little Rock"), Pancho Lapuz ("Captain Hook"), Larry Martinez ("Larry Mann"), Becky Zarrate ("Brother Becky"), Bobby Mayuga ("The Unicorn"), Mon Zialcita ("The Doctor"), and many others.
Radyo Bandido
In 1986, during the Philippines' historic People Power Revolution that ousted the iron rule of President Ferdinand Marcos, it was in DzRJ's radio station facility --hastily christened "Radyo Bandido"-- that the newscaster, June Keithley, had sought refuge after her employer's radio network, the Catholic Church owned Radio Veritas, was destroyed by the incumbent's military forces. To acknowledge the patrimony of DzRJ's key role in the victorious and bloodless revolution, the original DzRJ on the AM dial has henceforth been recast in a public service format for its new identity as Radyo Bandido DzRJ-AM; even as two other trendsetting DzRJ music stations have been set up to flourish in the FM radio-band: DzRJ-FM and DzRJ-UR105.9
Radyo Bandido Stations
| Branding | Callsign | Frequency | Power (kW) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radyo Bandido DZRJ-AM 810 | DZRJ-AM | 810 kHz | 10 kW | Metro Manila |
| Radyo Bandido DXJR Cagayan De Oro | DXJR | 1575 kHz | 10 kW | Cagayan De Oro |
| Radyo Bandido DXRJ-AM Iligan | DXRJ | 1476 kHz | 10 kW | Iligan |
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