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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
Introduced by Representative JOSE MANUEL F. ALBA 
AN ACT 
RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE 
GRANTED TO THE CAGAYAN DE ORO COLLEGE, INC. UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
8740, CURRENTLY KNOWN AS CAGAYAN DE ORO MEDIA CORPORATION, TO 
CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND 
TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Cagayan de Oro Media Corporation (CMC) is a registered radio and television 
broadcasting company based in Northern Mindanao.  Presently, it is the holder of Radio 
Station License to operate the FM Frequency 92.7 in Cagayan de Oro City.   
On September 18, 1998, the Cagayan de Oro College, Inc. has been granted a 
franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain for educational, 
instructional, as well as commercial purposes and in the public interest, radio and/or 
television broadcasting stations in Cagayan de Oro City and anywhere else in the 
Philippines under Republic Act No. 8740.  Pursuant to Concurrent Resolution No. 20 of 
the Thirteenth Congress adopted by the House of Representatives and Senate of the 
Philippines on January 31, 2007 and January 24, 2007, respectively, the Congress 
approved the transfer/sale of the franchise to the CMC.  The said franchise will expire on 
September 18, 2023. 
This bill seeks to grant a new franchise for the CMC for a term of another twenty-
five (25) years.  This will allow them to continuously deliver news and public affairs, 
health, education, and music and entertainment programs which serve as platforms not 
only for public service, but also for listeners to voice their stories and points of view. 
JOSE MANUEL F. ALBA 
May 30, 2023
12:52 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. _______ 
Introduced by Representative JOSE MANUEL F. ALBA 
AN ACT 
RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE 
GRANTED TO THE CAGAYAN DE ORO COLLEGE, INC. UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 
8740, CURRENTLY KNOWN AS CAGAYAN DE ORO MEDIA CORPORATION, TO 
CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND 
TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines 
in Congress assembled: 
Section 1. Nature and Scope of Franchise. - Subject to the provisions of the Constitution 
and applicable laws, rules and regulations, the franchise granted to the Cagayan de Oro 
College, Inc. under Republic Act No. 8740, currently known as the Cagayan de Oro Media 
Corporation by virtue of Concurrent Resolution No. 20 of the Thirteenth Congress, 
hereunder referred to as the grantee, its successors or assigns, respectively, to construct, 
install, establish, operate and maintain for educational, instructional, as well as 
commercial purposes and in the public interest, radio and/or television broadcasting 
stations in Cagayan de Oro City and anywhere else in the Philippines, where frequencies 
and/or channels are still available for radio and/or television broadcasting, with the 
corresponding technological auxiliaries or facilities, special broadcast and other program 
and distribution services and relay stations, is hereby renewed for another twenty-five 
(25) years from the effectivity of this Act.
Section 2. Manner of Operations of Stations or Facilities. - The stations or facilities of 
the grantee shall be constructed and operated in a manner as will, at most, result only in 
the minimum interference on the wavelengths or frequencies of existing stations or other 
stations which may be established by law, without in any way diminishing its own right 
to use its selected wavelengths or frequencies and the quality of transmission or reception 
thereon as should maximize rendition of the grantee's services or the availability thereof. 
Section 3. Prior Approval of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). - The 
grantee shall secure from the NTC the appropriate permits and licenses for the 
construction and operation of its stations and facilities and shall not use any frequency in 
the radio/television spectrum without having been authorized by the NTC. The NTC, 
however, shall not unreasonably withhold or delay the grant of any such authority. 
Section 4. Responsibility to the Public. - The grantee shall provide adequate public 
service time to enable the government, through the said broadcasting stations or 
facilities, to reach the population on important public issues; provide at all times sound 
and balanced programming; assist in the functions of public information and education; 
conform to the ethics of honest enterprise; and not use its stations or facilities for the 
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broadcasting of obscene and indecent language, speech, act or scene, or for the 
dissemination of deliberately false information or willful misrepresentation, to the 
detriment of the public interest, or to incite, encourage or assist in subversive or 
treasonable acts. 
 
Section 5. Right of the Government. - A special right is hereby reserved to the President 
of the Philippines, in times of war, rebellion, public peril, calamity, emergency, disaster 
or disturbance of peace and order, to temporarily take over and operate the stations or 
facilities of the grantee, to temporarily suspend the operation of any station or facility in 
the interest of public safety, security and public welfare, or to authorize the temporary 
use and operation thereof by any agency of the government, upon due compensation to 
the grantee, for the use of said stations or facilities during the period when they shall be 
so operated. 
 
The radio spectrum is a finite resource that is a part of the national patrimony and the 
use thereof is a privilege conferred upon the grantee by the State and may be withdrawn 
anytime, after due process. 
 
Section 6. Term of Franchise. - This franchise shall be in effect for a period of twenty-
five (25) years from the effectivity of this Act, unless sooner revoked or cancelled. This 
franchise shall be deemed ipso facto revoked in the event the grantee fails to operate 
continuously for two (2) years. 
 
Section 7. Self-regulation by and Undertaking of Grantee. - The grantee shall not require 
any previous censorship of any speech, play, act or scene, or other matter to be broadcast 
from its stations: Provided, That the grantee, during any broadcast, shall cut off from the 
air the speech, play, act or scene, or other matter being broadcast if the tendency thereof 
is to propose and/or incite treason, rebellion or sedition; or the language used therein or 
the theme thereof is indecent or immoral; and willful failure, to do so shall constitute a 
valid cause for the cancellation of this franchise. 
 
Section 8. Warranty in Favor of the National and Local Governments. - The grantee shall 
hold the national, provincial and municipal governments of the Philippines harmless from 
all claims, accounts, demands or actions arising out of accidents or injuries, whether to 
property or to persons, caused by the construction or operation of the stations of the 
grantee. 
 
Section 9. Commitment to Provide and Promote the Creation of Employment 
Opportunities. - The grantee shall create employment opportunities and shall allow on-
the-job trainings in their franchise operation: Provided, That priority shall be accorded to 
the residents of the place where their principal office is located: Provided, further, That 
the grantee shall follow the applicable labor standards and allowance entitlement under 
existing labor laws, rules and regulations and similar issuances. 
 
Section 10. Sale, Lease, Transfer, Usufruct, etc. - The grantee shall not lease, transfer, 
grant the usufruct of, sell nor assign this franchise or the rights and privileges acquired 
thereunder to any person, firm, company, corporation or other commercial or legal entity, 
nor merge with any other corporation or entity, nor shall the controlling interest of the 
grantee be transferred, whether as a whole or in parts and whether simultaneously or 
contemporaneously, to any such person, firm, company, corporation or entity without the 
prior approval of the Congress of the Philippines. Any person or entity to which this 
franchise is sold, transferred or assigned shall be subject to the same conditions, terms, 
restrictions and limitations of this Act. 
 
Section 11. Dispersal of Ownership. - In accordance with constitutional provisions to 
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percent (30%) of its outstanding capital stock or a higher percentage that may hereafter 
be provided by law in any securities exchange in the Philippines within five (5) years from 
the time it has achieved the status of a national broadcasting network. A "national 
broadcasting network" is hereby defined as one that operates three or more radio and/or 
television stations. Noncompliance therewith shall render the franchise ipso facto 
revoked. 
 
Section 12. Reportorial Requirements.  - The grantee shall submit an annual report to 
the Congress of the Philippines, through the Committee on Legislative Franchise of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Public Services of the Senate, on its 
compliance with the terms and conditions of the franchise and on its operations on or 
before April 30 of every year during the term of its franchise. 
 
The annual report shall include an update on the roll-out development, operation and/or 
expansion of business; audited financial statements; and certification of the NTC on the 
status of its permits and operations. 
 
The reportorial compliance certificate issued by the Congress shall be required before any 
application for permit or certificate is accepted by NTC. 
 
Section 13. Fine. - Failure of the grantee to submit the requisite annual report to the 
Congress shall be penalized with a fine of Five Hundred Pesos (PhP500.00) per working 
day of noncompliance. The fine shall be collected by the NTC from the delinquent 
franchise grantee separate from the reportorial penalties imposed by the NTC and the 
same shall be remitted to the Bureau of the Treasury. 
 
Section 14. Equality Clause.- Any advantage, favor, privilege, exemption, or immunity 
granted under existing franchises, or which may hereafter be granted for radio and/or 
television broadcasting, upon prior review and approval of the Congress, shall become 
part of this franchise and shall be accorded immediately and unconditionally to the herein 
grantee: Provided, That the foregoing shall neither apply to nor affect the provisions of 
broadcasting franchises concerning territorial coverage, the term, or the type of service 
authorized by the franchise. 
 
Section 15. Repealability and Nonexclusivity Clause. - This franchise shall be subject to 
amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Philippines when the public 
interest so requires and shall not be interpreted as an exclusive grant of the privilege 
herein provided for.  
 
Section 16. Separability Clause. - If any of the sections or provisions of this Act is held 
invalid, all other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid. 
 
Section 17. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, resolutions, instructions, rules 
and regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. 
 
Section 18.  Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication 
in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.   
 
Approved. 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
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