Rajah Broadcasting Network

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Rajah Broadcasting Network (RJ Broadcasting Group)
Company typePrivately held company
Industry Broadcast television and radio network
Founded1963 (radio broadcasts)
May 3, 1993 (1993-05-03) (television broadcasts)
Founder Ramon "RJ" Jacinto
HeadquartersVentures I Bldg., Makati Ave. cor. Gen. Luna St., Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Area served
Nationwide
Key people
Ramon "RJ" Jacinto (Chairman Emeritus)
Erlinda Legaspi (Vice President)
Beatriz "Bea" Jacinto-Colamonici (Senior Vice President)
Nadine Jacinto (Executive Producer For RJ Productions)
Parent RJ Broadcasting Group
Website www.rjplanet.com
RJTV
Type Broadcast television network
BrandingRJ DigiTV
Country
HeadquartersVentures I Bldg., Makati Ave. cor. Gen. Luna St., Makati, Metro Manila
Broadcast area
Nationwide
OwnerRajah Broadcasting Network
Launch date
May 3, 1993 (1993-05-03)
Picture format
NTSC 4:3 (480i SDTV)
Official website
www.rjplanet.com
LanguageEnglish
Filipino

Rajah Broadcasting Network, Inc. (which stands for RAmon JAcinto Holdings) is a Philippine television and radio network owned by guitarist-singer-businessman Ramon "RJ" Jacinto. The network's studio headquarters located at Ventures I Bldg., Makati Avenue cor. Gen. Luna Street, Makati, Metro Manila.

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About

The RJ Group was founded by Ramon “RJ” Jacinto 50 years ago in the Philippines. Ramon Jacinto was born on June 3, 1945, in Pasay, Philippines. His grandfather, Dr. Nicanor Jacinto, founded the Philippine Bank of Commerce, which was the first Filipino-owned private bank, and RJ's father, Don Fernando P. Jacinto founded the steel industry in the country—Jacinto Steel and Iligan Integrated Steel Mills, which are now known as National Steel.

At the age of 15, RJ Enterprises pioneered in multi-track recording in the Philippines, utilizing the first three multi-track Ampex in Southeast Asia.

After the EDSA People Power Revolution on February 25, 1986, RJ came home from exile on March 5, 1986, and the new democratic regime returned the family properties and his radio stations. Those assets were seized and operated by the military for 14.5 years.

RJ's radio station, DZRJ, became the voice of the democratic revolution, known as Radyo Bandido, and was the recipient of freedom awards after that.

RJ immediately expanded his radio stations and started many businesses after that, making up for lost time.

Today, the RJ Group is composed of broadcasting, entertainment, and music store enterprises.

This includes a nationwide network of 11 total FM and AM radio stations and a TV station, RJ DigiTV, which is carried nationwide by the cable networks, and in Metro Manila via Digital Terrestrial Television. The RJ broadcasting group is known to be the prime movers of locally produced music, discovering many talents from the 60s on, who have become name-brand entertainers in the Philippine music scene.

RJ FM 100.3, the flagship radio station of the group, plays the greatest and the latest hits from five decades, packaging it as three songs in a row. Following the same format, it is the most successful radio station whose musical playlist is defined not by genre, but by sound. Its programming format has been popularly lauded as a groundbreaking formula and is streamed 24 hours a day via Facebook, on the web and through the radio. Its primary markets are the movers and shakers, decision makers, and upwardly mobile youth. RJ FM DJs, namely Steve O’Neal and Renen de Guia, owner of Ovation Productions, have become major producers and promoters of the biggest and hottest concerts in the Philippines.

Franchise renewal

On October 9, 2018, in accordance with current constitutional rules, it was granted a 25-year legislative franchise under Republic Act (R.A.) 8104 was approved by the House of Representatives and by the Senate of the Philippines. On August 31, 2019, which renewed Rajah Broadcasting Network, Inc.'s franchise to construct, install, operate and maintain commercial radio and TV broadcasting stations signed by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte under Republic Act No. 11414.

RBN stations

RJTV owned and operated stations

RJTV's upcoming expansion of digital terrestrial television will be announced soon as possible in other bigger key cities nationwide. [1] [2]

Digital

BrandingCallsignCh. #FrequencyPower kW (ERP)Station TypeArea of Coverage
RJTV Manila DZRJ-DTV 29563.143 MHz2.5 kWOriginating Metro Manila

Analog

BrandingCallsignCh. #Power (kW)Station TypeTransmitter Site (Coverage)
RJTV TuguegaraoDWRJ-TV95 kWRelay Tuguegarao (Northern Luzon)
RJTV Cagayan de Oro DXRJ-TV 315 kWRelay Cagayan de Oro (Northern Mindanao)
RJTV Davao DXRS-TV 235 kWRelay Davao (Davao Region)

RJTV via cable and satellite television

Cable/Satellite ProviderCh. #Coverage
Cablelink 2 Metro Manila
Destiny Cable 30 Metro Manila
Sky Cable 19 Metro Manila
Cignal 28Nationwide
G Sat 70Nationwide
SatLite 29Nationwide
LeyteNet18Tacloban City, Leyte (former)

Radio stations

List of radio stations. [3] [4]

RJAM stations

BrandingCallsignFrequencyPower (kW)Coverage
Radyo Bandido DZRJ-AM 810 kHz50 kW Mega Manila

RJFM stations

BrandingCallsignFrequencyPower (kW)Station TypeLocation
RJFM Manila DZRJ-FM 100.3 MHz25 kWOriginating Metro Manila
RJFM BaguioDWDJ-FM91.1 MHz5 kWRelay Baguio
RJFM TuguegaraoDWRJ-FM96.5 MHz5 kWRelay Tuguegarao
RJFM PalawanDZJR-FM99.1 MHz5 kWRelay Puerto Princesa
RJFM Iloilo DYNJ-FM 98.3 MHz5 kWRelay Iloilo City
RJFM Bacolod DYFJ-FM 99.9 MHz5 kWRelay Bacolod
RJFM Cebu DYRJ-FM 100.3 MHz20 kWRelay Cebu City
RJFM Cagayan de Oro DXRJ-FM 88.5 MHz10 kWRelay Cagayan de Oro
RJFM IliganDXQJ-FM88.7 MHz5 kWRelay Iligan
RJFM Davao DXDJ-FM 100.3 MHz20 kWRelay Davao City

Inactive stations

CallsignFrequencyLocationNotes
DYRJ-AM 1152 kHz Iloilo City Migrated to FM in 1980.
DXRJ-AM 1476 kHz Iligan Went off the air in 2013. Migrated to FM in 2015.
99.9 MHz General Santos Went off the air in the late 90s.
100.3 MHz Zamboanga City

Cable/DTV channels

Radyo Bandido TV

Radyo Bandido TV is a Tagalog-language news/talk channel of Rajah Broadcasting Network. The channel predominantly airs simulcasts of DZRJ 810 AM programs. The channel launched on September 16, 2019. Radyo Bandido TV started its official broadcasting on October 15, 2019.

RJ Rock TV

RJ Rock TV is a music and entertainment cable/terrestrial television channel operated by Rajah Broadcasting Network. It was launched on September 1, 2019.

Other assets

Divisions

Films and studios

Other properties

Productions and affiliates

Defunct

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