Brigada Group

Brigada Mass Media Corporation

Company type	Private
Industry	Mass media
Founded	October 18, 2005
Headquarters	Brigada Complex NLSA Road, Brgy. San Isidro, General Santos, Philippines National Broadcast Center One San Miguel Avenue Bldg., San Miguel Avenue corner Shaw Boulevard, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines
Key people	Elmer Catulpos (Chairman and CEO, Brigada Group of Companies)
Subsidiaries	Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation Brigada Healthline Dynamic Force Security Agency Brigada Pharmacy
Website	http://brigada.ph

BrigadaTV

Type	Broadcast television network
Country	Philippines
Broadcast area	Philippines
Owner	Brigada Group of Companies
Launch date	October 18, 2012
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV) 16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Language	Filipino (main) English (secondary)

The Brigada Group of Companies is a Filipino conglomerate, with interests in entertainment and consumer goods. editions in Mindanao, a network of FM stations across the Philippines, one TV station, distribution of herbal food supplements, medicines, cosmetics and engine care products, a drug pharmacy, a garden resort and two private security agencies.^{[ citation needed ]} Its subsidiary, Brigada Mass Media Corporation (BMMC) is a newspaper company and media network in the Philippines.

History

Brigada was founded by former Bombo Radyo General Santos anchor; independent news publisher; and now Brigada News Philippines President and Chief-Executive Officer Elmer Catulpos.

Its main office is in General Santos, but the company also has offices in Davao and Cagayan de Oro, with its own edition each. It has a combined daily circulation of 21,000 copies sold, practically covering the entire Mindanao region. As of October 18, 2023, the newspaper has stopped its circulation.

In April 2007, 2 years after the birth of Brigada News Philippines, Brigada Healthline Marketing was established as distributor of health products that the company advertised in its daily newspaper and block time radio programs. ^[1]

Since February 2013, Brigada News FM has expanded to 25 cities and municipalities in the Philippines through its subsequent acquisition and 100% takeover of Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation, its owned and operated stations and other smaller radio networks. ^[2]

In April 2014, Brigada News FM National Offices in Makati was inaugurated and relocated Brigada News FM Batangas to become Brigada News FM National, which later moved to Mareco-owned 105.1 in July 2023, and completing the three broadcast centers of the network, Manila, Cebu and General Santos. ^[3]

Brigada News FM

Brigada News FM

Type	Broadcast FM radio network (News/Talk, Contemporary MOR, OPM)
Country	Philippines
Availability	National
Founded	October 2009
Motto	Brigada, In The Heart of Changing Lives The Music and News Authority
Official website	www.brigadanews.ph

Overview

Brigada News FM stations are collectively known as Brigada News FM Philippines. Currently, Brigada News FM has more than 50 owned and operated FM stations across the country, the most number of stations for a news-formatted radio network compared to their other networks in AM radio and more are planned to be opened. ^{[4] [5]}

Stations

Branding	Callsign	Frequency	Location
Brigada News FM General Santos	DXYM	89.5 MHz	General Santos
Brigada News FM Manila	DWBM	105.1 MHz	Mega Manila
	DZBM		Baguio
	DWCL	92.7 MHz	San Fernando, Pampanga
Brigada News FM Tuguegarao	DWVX	92.5 MHz	Tuguegarao
Brigada News FM Cauayan	DWVA	92.9 MHz	Cauayan
Brigada News FM Olongapo	DWTY	93.5 MHz	Olongapo
	DZBB	107.3 MHz	Palauig
	DWBD	99.9 MHz	Iba
Brigada News FM Batangas	DWEY	104.7 MHz	Batangas City
Brigada News FM Lucena	DWKL	92.7 MHz	Lucena
Brigada News FM Mindoro	DWBY	93.3 MHz	Roxas, Oriental Mindoro
Brigada News FM Daet	DWYD	102.9 MHz	Daet
Brigada News FM Naga	DWKM	103.1 MHz	Naga
		87.7 MHz	Goa
Brigada News FM Legazpi	DWED	91.5 MHz	Legazpi
Brigada News FM Sorsogon	DWLH	101.5 MHz	Sorsogon City
Brigada News FM Puerto Princesa	DWYO	103.1 MHz	Puerto Princesa
Brigada News FM Narra	DZBI	96.5 MHz	Narra
Brigada News FM Brooke's Point	DWBP	103.7 MHz	Brooke's Point
Brigada News FM Quezon	DWYB	98.3 MHz	Quezon
Brigada News FM Coron	—	101.3 MHz	Coron
Brigada News FM Roxas, Palawan	DWBJ	100.5 MHz	Roxas, Palawan
Brigada News FM Cebu	DYAC	90.7 MHz	Cebu City
Brigada News FM Toledo	DYBD	88.5 MHz	Toledo
Brigada News FM Bogo	DYMM	90.9 MHz	Bogo
Brigada News FM Kalibo	DYYQ	89.3 MHz	Kalibo
Brigada News FM Antique	—	104.5 MHz	San Jose
Brigada News FM Roxas	DYYB	95.7 MHz	Roxas, Capiz
Brigada News FM Bacolod	DYMG	103.1 MHz	Bacolod
Brigada News FM Kabankalan	—	99.7 MHz	Kabankalan
Brigada News FM San Carlos	DYBA	89.3 MHz	San Carlos
Brigada News FM Dumaguete	DYKZ	89.5 MHz	Dumaguete
Brigada News FM Tacloban	DYTY	93.5 MHz	Tacloban
	DYCZ	93.5 MHz	Ormoc
Brigada News FM Cagayan de Oro	DXMM	102.5 MHz	Cagayan de Oro
Brigada News FM Davao	DXAC	93.1 MHz	Davao City
	DXGJ	90.3 MHz	Digos
Brigada News FM Koronadal	DXCE	95.7 MHz	Koronadal
Brigada News FM Mati	DXBW	103.1 MHz	Mati
Brigada News FM Tagum	DXBY	97.5 MHz	Tagum
Brigada News FM Cotabato	DXZA	89.3 MHz	Cotabato City
Brigada News FM Valencia	DXBX	105.7 MHz	Valencia
Brigada News FM Iligan	DXZD	95.1 MHz	Iligan
Brigada News FM Oroquieta	DXBK	95.3 MHz	Oroquieta
Brigada News FM Butuan	DXVA	96.7 MHz	Butuan
Brigada News FM Kidapawan	DXZC	97.5 MHz	Kidapawan
Brigada News FM Agusan	DXYD	105.5 MHz	Trento
Brigada News FM Surigao	—	105.5 MHz	Surigao City
Brigada News FM Lebak	DXBI	91.3 MHz	Lebak
Brigada News FM Dipolog	DXID	107.7 MHz	Dipolog
Brigada News FM Pagadian	DXVV	105.7 MHz	Pagadian
Brigada News FM Zamboanga	DXZB	89.9 MHz	Zamboanga City

A majority of BMMC's stations ware acquired from Baycomms (prior to the merger in 2013), hence becoming Brigada's official broadcast licensee, except the following stations that are either acquired or operated under airtime lease agreements:

• DWBM Manila, DZBM Baguio, DYAC Cebu, and DXAC Davao: Owned by Mareco Broadcasting Network.
• DWKM Naga, DWED Legazpi: Owned by Century Broadcasting Network.
• DWLH Sorsogon: Acquired from Hypersonic Broadcasting Center.
• DYMG Bacolod: Acquired from Armed Forces of the Philippines.
• DWCL Pampanga: Owned by UBC Media Ministries.
• Brigada News FM Zamboanga first utilized 93.1 FM under airtime lease from Audiovisual Communicators Inc. in 2013 before moving to Baycomms-owned 89.9 FM in 2015.

Brigada TV

Analog Free TV

Branding	Callsign	Channel	Power (kW)	Type	Location
Brigada TV	DXBC-TV	TV-39	10 kW	Originating	General Santos

Digital Free TV

Branding	Callsign	Ch. #	Frequency	Power	Type	Area of Coverage
Brigada TV	DXBC-DTV	37	611.143 MHz	500 watts	Originating	General Santos

Cable TV

Cable/Satellite Provider	Channel	Location
Marbel Cable	21	Koronadal
Sky Cable Gensan	35	General Santos
JVL Star Cable	15	Koronadal
Sky Cable Polomolok	15	Polomolok
Sky Cable Maguindanao	44	Maguindanao/Cotabato

Other Products

Unlike other media entities, Brigada Mass Media does not rely on any third-party advertisements from major companies. Brigada News FM and TV stations acts as a sales and marketing arm of these Healthline products under the Brigada Healthline Corporation. Brigada Healthline products are also aired as an early morning blocktimer on 91.5 Win Radio Manila as of 2017. ^[6]

Others

• Brigada DigiTV, its own digital set-top-box introduced and launched on February 2024 and currently available in General Santos and surrounding areas. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. Healthline
2. Brigada News FM Stations
3. Brigada News FM National
4. "History". Brigada.ph. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
5. "NTC FM Stations (as of June 2022) via FOI website" (PDF). foi.gov.ph. February 14, 2023.
6. "A Mindanao reporter's magical success". MindaNews. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
7. KaBrigada, gusto mo ba na mas malinaw na ang signal ng TV mo? Gusto mo ba ng libreng Brigada DIGITV?

External links

• Brigada Website