Philippine Collective Media Corporation

**Philippine Collective Media Corporation** (**PCMC**; officially known in their documents as **Philippine CollectiveMedia Corporation**) is a Philippine broadcast media company. Its headquarters are located in Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City, with offices in Makati City and in Tacloban. It owns a number of radio stations across the country under the **FM Radio Philippines** (Favorite Music Radio) network and AM radio station Radyo 630, as well as television stations PRTV Prime Media and **PRTV Tacloban**.

## History

PCMC was founded on May 21, 2008. It was signed into law under Republic Act 9773 in 2009, initially its broadcast operations only limited covering the Eastern Visayas region. In April 25, 2011, PCMC launched 3 stations in Tacloban: AM station DYBR (discontinued in 2013 following the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan), FM station DYDR, and the first local independent TV station PRTV.

The company's legislative franchise was later amended in 2020 under Republic Act 11508, allowing PCMC to operate national broadcast albeit without President Rodrigo Duterte's signature as the bill lapsed into law after 30 days of inaction. PCMC launched its own FM network Favorite Music Radio (or FMR, based on the owner's initials), with its flagship station DYDR in Tacloban was relaunched under the said brand. PCMC is expected to expand the FMR network into 35 radio stations nationwide.

In May 2021, PCMC and Prime Media Holdings, Inc. (PMHI/PRIM), a publicly-traded investment firm involving real estate and hospitality, signed a share-for-share swap agreement through a backdoor listing. Under the deal, PCMC shareholders will exchange their shares of common stock to take majority control of PRIM, which will acquire PCMC and will become the latter's subsidiary.

With the expansion of its radio and television operations, the company is expected to launch a national TV network with its plans to collaborate with several content providers (among them is ABS-CBN Corporation).

On September 20, 2021, PCMC was signed by ZOE Broadcasting Network an affiliation deal to air A2Z's programming on PRTV Tacloban, As a result, PRTV Tacloban became a network-affiliated station for the first time in its history.

In 2022, Prime Media's memorandum was later revised following PCMC's shareholders created a holding firm Golden Peregrine Holdings (GPHI) which was already acquired PCMC, therefore GPHI became a direct subsidiary of PMHI with PCMC as its indirect subsidiary.

On May 6, 2024, ABS-CBN's flagship newscast _TV Patrol_ begin airing on all Favorite Music Radio stations nationwide.

On May 27, 2024, PCMC and Prime Media formally launched its own national TV channel Prime TV, which serves as an expansion of the PRTV brand.

In October 2024, it was reported by news website Bilyonaryo that PCMC/Prime Media has signed an agreement with MediaQuest Holdings to acquire the radio assets of Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), which houses Radyo5 operated by NBC's sister company TV5 Network. As part of its sale/transfer agreement (subject to regulatory approvals), PCMC will lease NBC radio station in 92.3 Manila, 95.9 Naga and 101.9 Davao, Advanced Media Broadcasting System radio station in 106.3 General Santos and Reliance Broadcasting Unlimited, Inc. 105.5 Pampanga with the new FM Radio Philippines originating stations.

#### PRTV

- Digital
|Branding|Callsign|Ch. #|Frequency|Power|class="unsortable"|Area of Coverage|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|PRTV|DYPR-TV|50|689.143 MHz|2 kW|Tacloban||

UHF Channel 50 (689.143 MHz)
|Channel|Video|Aspect|Short name|Programming|Note||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|27.01|rowspan="3"|480i|rowspan="3"|4:3|**PRTV**|PRTV Tacloban <small>(Main **DYPR-TV** programming)</small>|rowspan="3"|Test broadcast/Configuration testing|
|27.02|**A2Z**|A2Z (ZOE TV)|||||||
|27.03|**Reserve**|Test Feed|||||||
- Digital affiliate stations
|Branding|Callsign|Ch. #|Frequency|Power|class="unsortable"|Area of Coverage|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|PSUB||50|689.143 MHz|1 kW|Nabua, Camarines Sur||

#### PRTV Prime Media

|Short Name|Programming|Ch. # (LCN)|Frequency|Owner|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|PRTV PRIME|PRTV Prime Media|xx.1||Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media|

#### AM stations

|Branding|Callsign|Frequency|Location|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Radyo 630|DZMM|630 KHz|Metro Manila|Operated conjointly with ABS-CBN Corporation under Media Serbisyo Production Corporation.|

#### FM stations

Source:
|Branding|Callsign|Frequency|Location||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|FM Radio Manila|DWFM|92.3 MHz|Metro Manila|
||Cignal Channel 317|Nationwide|||
|rowspan="6"|FM Radio Tacloban|DYDR|100.7 MHz|Tacloban|
|DYPD|100.7 MHz|Ormoc|||
|DYPA|101.7 MHz|Borongan|||
|DYPC|88.5 MHz|Calbayog|||
|DYPF|106.9 MHz|Catbalogan|||
|rowspan="1"|91.7 MHz|Catarman|||
|FM Radio Baguio|DWEE|94.3 MHz|Baguio||
|FM Radio Tuguegarao|DWEX|94.9 MHz|Tuguegarao||
|FM Radio Nueva Vizcaya|rowspan="1"|93.3 MHz|Solano||
|FM Radio Pampanga|DWDU|105.5 MHz|San Fernando, Pampanga||
|FM Radio Quezon|rowspan="2"|94.3 MHz|Sariaya||
|FM Radio Palawan|90.3 MHz|Puerto Princesa|||
|FM Radio Camarines Sur|DZRP|94.5 MHz|Goa||
|FM Radio Naga|DZRB|95.9 MHz|Naga||
|University FM|DWBT|94.3 MHz|Nabua||
|FM Radio Daet|rowspan="8"|94.3 MHz|Daet||
|FM Radio Catanduanes|97.5 MHz|Virac|||
|FM Radio Albay|90.5 MHz|Ligao|||
|FM Radio Sorsogon|90.3 MHz|Sorsogon|||
|FM Radio Antique|105.3 MHz|San Jose, Antique|||
|FM Radio Iloilo|90.1 MHz|Iloilo City|||
|FM Radio Bacolod|91.1 MHz|Bacolod|||
|FM Radio Bohol|104.7 MHz|Tagbilaran|||
|FM Radio Cebu|DYWF|93.1 MHz|Cebu||
|FM Radio Maasin|DYAE|96.5 MHz|Maasin||
|FM Radio Bukidnon|rowspan="7"|105.1 MHz|Malaybalay||
|FM Radio Camiguin|98.3 MHz|Mambajao|||
|FM Radio Cagayan de Oro|107.1 MHz|Cagayan de Oro|||
|Babe Radio|106.1 MHz|Dipolog|||
|FM Radio Sibugay|99.3 MHz|Ipil|||
|FM Radio Pagadian|93.5 MHz|Pagadian|||
|FM Radio Zamboanga|107.5 MHz|Zamboanga City|||
|FM Radio Davao de Oro|DXPG|96.7 MHz|Nabunturan||
|FM Radio DavNor|DXTU|89.5 MHz|Tagum||
|FM Radio Davao|DXFM|101.9 MHz|Davao City||
|FM Radio Digos||89.5 MHz|Digos||
|Sky Radio|DXJF|96.1 MHz|Hagonoy||
|FM Radio General Santos|DXKM|106.3 MHz|General Santos||
|FM Radio Butuan|rowspan="3"|101.5 MHz|Butuan||
|FM Radio Bagtik|89.3 MHz|Surigao|||
|Friends Radio|96.7 MHz|Iligan|||

- Affiliates
|Branding|Callsign|Frequency|Location|Owner|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Happy Radio|DZJD|102.5 MHz|Tumauini|90 Degrees North, Inc.|
|YK FM|rowspan=3|107.3 MHz|Montevista|YK Broadcasting Service|
|Radyo Asenso|95.7 MHz|Monkayo|Municipal Government of Monkayo||
|Radio Ignacia|87.9 MHz|Cotabato|Notre Dame – RVM College of Cotabato||

- Notes

### Former/inactive stations

|Branding|Callsign|Frequency|Location|Note/s|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Apple Radio|DYBR-AM|711 KHz|Tacloban|Inactive; transmission destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.|

## Infobox (company)

- **name**: Philippine Collective Media Corporation
- **logo**: PCMC Philippines.png
- **logo size**: 250px
- **type**: Private company, Private
- **industry**: Mass media, broadcasting digital media
- **location**: 6th Floor, Universal RE Building, 106 Paseo de Roxas Avenue cor. Perea Street, Legazpi Village, Makati.
- **key people**: Sofonias Gabonada Jr. <small> (President) </small>
- **owner**: Michelle Ayangco and Hermogene Real (each owning 50％)
- **parent**: Martin Romualdez


## Infobox (television channel)

- **name**: PRTV
- **type**: Free-to-air regional TV channel
- **area**: Eastern Visayas
- **headquarters**: Tacloban
- **language**: Waray language, Waray, Filipino language, Filipino
- **terr serv 1**: Digital
- **terr chan 1**: DYPR-TV, Channel 50


## Infobox (radio network)

- **network name**: FM Radio Philippines (Favorite Music Radio)
- **logo**: FMRadio Philippines.png
- **logo size**: 200px
- **language**: English language, English, Languages of the Philippines, Various Philippine languages
- **network type**: Terrestrial radio, FM radio network
- **format**: Contemporary MOR, All-news radio, News, Talk radio, Talk
- **available**: Nationwide (radio; also available on Cignal)
- **broadcast area**: Philippines
- **webcast**: [https://mytuner-radio.com/radio/fm-radio-philippines-507113/ Listen Live]