Radio was unregulated until 1931 when the Radio Control Board was established under the Insular Government. Most shows resembled American shows, even copying sponsorship. This was the American Colonial Era in the Philippines. Įarly on, all radio programs were in English. It is now DYRC owned by the Manila Broadcasting Company. In 1929, RCP launched KZRC in Cebu broadcasting with a 100-watt transmitter, but was later sold to store owner Isaac Beck. After Philippine independence, it changed its callsign to DWKZ, but changed in 1960 to DZCA. In 1926 the company began to work on constructing two of the largest radio stations in Asia with the idea of maintaining direct Manila-San Francisco service. On October 4, 1924, Henry Herman transferred KZKZ's ownership to the Radio Corporation of the Philippines (RCP), which he himself organized. In 1924, it boosted its power to 100 watts. Henry Herman's station originally broadcast using a 5-watt transmitter. This test is possibly the first radio broadcast in Asia. Redgrave used a five-watt transmitter for a test broadcast from Nichols Field (now Villamor Airbase). Archives suggest that in 1922, an American woman named Mrs. ![]() ![]() He stayed in the Philippines after he was discharged. Henry Herman was an American and a former soldier who came to the Philippines to fight in the Philippine–American War. Radio in the Philippines started in 1924 with the establishment of KZKZ (AM) in Manila, Philippines by Henry Herman Sr., owner of the Electrical Supply Company in Manila.
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