Radio in the Philippines
Radio in the Philippines Article Talk Language Download PDF Watch Radio in the Philippines refers to radio programs, radio stations, and radio broadcasting organizations in the country. Estimates on the number or radio stations range from 1,200 to 1,500.[1] Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon speaking into a microphone from radio station KZRM at his first inauguration on November 15, 1935. 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. Henry Herman was an American and a former soldier who came to the Philippines to fight in the Philippine–American War.[2] He stayed in the Philippines after he was discharged.[2] This was not the first test however. Archives suggest that in 1922, an American woman named Mrs. Redgrave used a five-watt transmitter for a test broadcast from Nichols Field (now Villamor Airbase).[3][4] This test is possibly the first ra