DZLB
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Radyo DZLB is a radio station
located in Los Baños, Laguna
in the Philippines
. It owned and operated by the University of the Philippines Los Baños - College of Development Communication
. Its studio is located the DZLB Broadcast Studio, 2nd Floor College of Development Communication Building, UP Los Baños, College, Laguna. It is being used as an experimental radio station of the Department of Community Broadcasting. Its programming includes music programs and request shows, informative segments and talk shows and School-on-air programs.
. The station originally broadcast at 1200 kHz with a power of 250 watts
. In 1978, the frequency was changed to 1116 kHz.
DZLB won a KBP Golden Dove Award for Best AM Station in 1994 and a Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Educational Radio Program in 2010.
In 2005, the station went inactive due To lack of equipment. Three years after, On October 2008, the station went back on-air with a more powerful transmitter & equipment. On December 1, 2008, the programming will start from 6:00AM-12:00NN Mondays-Sundays
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
located in Los Baños, Laguna
Los Baños, Laguna
The Nature and Science City of Los Baños is a 1st class urban city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 98,631 inhabitants in 17,030 households...
in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It owned and operated by the University of the Philippines Los Baños - College of Development Communication
UPLB College of Development Communication
The College of Development Communication is the ninth college established under the University of the Philippines Los Baños . It is recognized worldwide as a pioneer of Development Communication as an academic field. It offered the Philippines' first communication course in 1960, as a major...
. Its studio is located the DZLB Broadcast Studio, 2nd Floor College of Development Communication Building, UP Los Baños, College, Laguna. It is being used as an experimental radio station of the Department of Community Broadcasting. Its programming includes music programs and request shows, informative segments and talk shows and School-on-air programs.
History
Radyo DZLB was established in 1964 by the University of the Philippines Los Baños to provide educational programming to rural communities surrounding Los BañosLos Baños, Laguna
The Nature and Science City of Los Baños is a 1st class urban city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 98,631 inhabitants in 17,030 households...
. The station originally broadcast at 1200 kHz with a power of 250 watts
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
. In 1978, the frequency was changed to 1116 kHz.
DZLB won a KBP Golden Dove Award for Best AM Station in 1994 and a Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Educational Radio Program in 2010.
In 2005, the station went inactive due To lack of equipment. Three years after, On October 2008, the station went back on-air with a more powerful transmitter & equipment. On December 1, 2008, the programming will start from 6:00AM-12:00NN Mondays-Sundays