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Catholic Media Network
(CMN)
Formerly	Philippine Federation of Catholic Broadcasters (PFCB)
Company type	Private
Industry	Radio broadcasting
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Unit 201 Sunrise Condominium, #226 Ortigas Ave., North Greenhills, San Juan City, Philippines
Key people	Fr. Francis Lucas (President)
Owner	Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)
Website	www.catholicmedianetwork.com

Catholic Media Network, also known as CMN, is a Catholic radio network in the Philippines.^[1] CMN serves as the broadcasting arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.^[2]

History edit

CMN was known as the Philippine Federation of Catholic Broadcasters (PFCB), a radio network founded through the efforts of Fr. James Reuter, SJ and Fr. George Dion, OMI in 1966.^[3] The radio network was owned and operated by different Catholic broadcast media corporations.^[1]

In 1997, the name was changed to the Catholic Media Network to suit the network's mission and also the new slogan "The Spirit of The Philippines".

In October 2017, the House of Representatives threatened not to renew the 25-year franchise of the CBCP's broadcast radio operations (including some of the CMN member stations), citing criticism on the Duterte administration over war on drugs. However, CMN's de facto flagship station DZRV, was not part of it as it is operated by CBCP's affiliate Global Broadcasting System, which its franchise was already renewed by the Aquino administration a year earlier.

Eventually, in July 2019, CBCP broadcast franchise was renewed for 25 years after its respective bill was lapsed into law as President Rodrigo Duterte did not signed it within the period set by the Constitution.^[4]

Content edit

CMN content varies depending on the station from which it is being broadcast. Stations broadcast news, sports, radio drama, and other programs. As a network, CMN's mission statement is to use community-based broadcasting to promote New Evangelization and human development.^[1] Content is anti-abortion, catholic, and community oriented.^[1]

Stations edit

CMN has 54 radio stations across the Philippines and its broadcasts reach 11 regions and 35 provinces. It is the largest broadcaster in the Philippines, in terms of total number of stations and transmitting power per station.^[1]^[5]^[6]

Most of its stations are operated by their respective dioceses either through CBCP or their dioceses' own media arms. These stations, along with its diocesan licensees and affiliates, form the network chain and these individual stations credit their promotions as "members of" and not "owned by" CMN.

AM stations edit

CMN's AM stations are grouped as Radyo Totoo, with the exception of DWAL in Batangas. Several provincial stations have their own local branding other than Radyo Totoo.

Branding	Callsign	Frequency	Power	Location	Owner
Veritas 846^[a]	DZRV	846 kHz	50 kW	Mega Manila	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila
Radyo Totoo Abra	DZPA	873 kHz	5 kW	Bangued	Abra Community Broadcasting Corporation
Radyo Totoo Laoag	DZEA	909 kHz	10 kW	Laoag	Roman Catholic Diocese of Laoag
Radyo Totoo Vigan	DZNS	963 kHz	5 kW	Vigan	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia
Radyo Totoo Baguio	DZWT	540 kHz	10 kW	Baguio	Mountain Province Broadcasting Corporation
Radyo Totoo Alaminos	DZWM	864 kHz	10 kW	Alaminos	Alaminos Community Broadcasting Corporation
Radyo Veritas Nueva Vizcaya^[a]	DWRV	1233 kHz	10 kW	Bayombong	Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayombong
Radyo Totoo Mindoro	DZVT	1395 kHz	5 kW	San Jose	Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro
Radyo Veritas Legazpi	DWBS	1008 kHz	10 kW	Legaspi	Diocesan Multi-Media Services, Inc.
Radio Fuerza	DYRF	1215 kHz	10 kW	Cebu	Word Broadcasting Corporation
Radyo Diwa	DYDW	531 kHz	5 kW	Tacloban	Word Broadcasting Corporation
DYVW	DYVW	1386 kHz	10 kW	Borongan	Voice of the Word Media Network
Ang Dios Gugma Radio	DYDA	1053 kHz	10 kW	Iloilo City	Ang Dios Gugma Catholic Ministries
Radyo Totoo Antique	DYKA	801 kHz	10 kW	San Jose	Kauswagan Broadcasting Corporation
Radyo Veritas Bacolod	DYAF	1143 kHz	10 kW	Bacolod	Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod
DYDM	DYDM	1548 kHz	5 kW	Maasin	Roman Catholic Diocese of Maasin
Radyo Verdadero Zamboanga	DXVP	1467 kHz	10 kW	Zamboanga	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zamboanga
Heart of Mary	DXHM	549 kHz	10 kW	Mati	Roman Catholic Diocese of Mati
Radyo Totoo Malaybalay	DXDB	594 kHz	5 kW	Malaybalay	Roman Catholic Diocese of Malaybalay
Radyo Kampana	DXDD	657 kHz	10 kW	Ozamiz	Dan-ag sa Dakbayan Broadcasting Network
Radyo Magbalantay	DXSN	1017 kHz	5 kW	Surigao	Silangan Broadcasting Corporation
Radyo Bida Cotabato	DXMS	882 kHz	10 kW	Cotabato	Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation
Radyo Bida Kidapawan	DXND	747 kHz	5 kW	Kidapawan
Radyo Bida Koronadal	DXOM	963 kHz	5 kW	Koronadal
Radyo Totoo General Santos	DXCP	585 kHz	10 kW	General Santos	South Cotabato Communications Corporation
Radyo Totoo Jolo	DXMM	927 kHz	5 kW	Jolo	Sulu Tawi-Tawi Broadcasting Foundation
Radyo Totoo Tawi-Tawi	DXGD	549 kHz	5 kW	Bongao	Sulu Tawi-Tawi Broadcasting Foundation

FM stations edit

CMN's FM stations are grouped as Spirit FM. Prior to 1997, these stations had their unique local branding. Majority of these stations carry a hybrid of masa & religious formats while some carry their own music formats (whether religious, Top 40 or country) and even a few function as an overflow station of their AM sister. Similar to its sister AM network, a few stations still operate under their own local branding other than Spirit FM.

Branding	Callsign	Frequency	Power	Location	Owner
Spirit FM Abra	DWWM	96.9 MHz	5 kW	Bangued	Abra Community Broadcasting Corporation
Spirit FM Alaminos	DWTJ	99.3 MHz	10 kW	Alaminos	Alaminos Community Broadcasting Corporation
99.9 Country	DZWR	99.9 MHz	10 kW	Baguio	Mountain Province Broadcasting Corporation
Manaoag Dominican Radio	—	102.7 MHz	500 W	Manaoag	Manaoag Dominican Broadcasting
Spirit FM Bayombong^[a]	DZRV	90.1 MHz	5 kW	Bayombong	Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayombong
Bright FM	DWBL	91.9 MHz	1 kW	San Fernando	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando
Radio Maria	DZRM	99.7 MHz	10 kW	Tarlac City	Radio Maria Philippines Network
	DZRD	101.5 MHz	5 kW	Tuguegarao
	DZRC	102.1 MHz	5 kW	Santiago
	DWCX	95.9 MHz	5 kW	Olongapo
Spirit FM Baler	DZJO	101.7 MHz	5 kW	Baler	Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Infanta
Spirit FM Infanta	DWJO	92.7 MHz	1 kW	Infanta	Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Infanta
Spirit FM Occidental Mindoro	DZVT	93.7 MHz	5 kW	San Jose	Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Mindoro
Spirit FM Calapan	DZSB	104.1 MHz	10 kW	Calapan	Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan
Spirit FM Gumaca	DWDG	91.7 MHz	1 kW	Gumaca	Roman Catholic Diocese of Gumaca
Spirit FM Lucena	DWVM	103.9 MHz	10 kW	Lucena	Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucena
Spirit FM Batangas	DWAM	99.1 MHz	5 kW	Batangas	Radyo Bayanihan System
Radyo Totoo Batangas	DWAL	95.9 MHz	1.5 kW	Batangas	Radyo Bayanihan System
Radio Caritas Mariae^[a]	DWRV	98.3 MHz	5 kW	Naga	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cáceres
Spirit FM Legazpi	DWCZ	94.7 MHz	5 kW	Legazpi	Diocesan Multi-Media Services, Inc.
Spirit FM Sorsogon	DZGN	102.3 MHz	10 kW	Sorsogon City	Good News Sorsogon Foundation
Spirit FM Masbate	DZIM	98.3 MHz	5 kW	Masbate City	Roman Catholic Diocese of Masbate
XFM Iloilo^[b]	DYOZ	100.7 MHz	10 kW	Iloilo	Ang Dios Gugma Ministries
Spirit FM Calinog^[a]	DYMI	94.7 MHz	5 kW	Calinog	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro
Spirit FM Antique	DYKA	94.1 MHz	5 kW	San Jose	Kauswagan Broadcasting Corporation
Spirit FM Roxas	DYCW	88.1 MHz	5 kW	Roxas City	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capiz
Power 89.1 Cebu	DYDW	89.1 MHz	10 kW	Cebu City	Word Broadcasting Corporation
Power 90.3 Ormoc	DYAJ	90.3 MHz	5 kW	Ormoc	Word Broadcasting Corporation
Spirit FM Davao	DXGN	89.9 MHz	10 kW	Davao City	Davao Verbum Dei Media Foundation, Inc.
Cool Radio	DXDD	100.7 MHz	5 kW	Ozamiz	Dan-ag sa Dakbayan Broadcasting Network
Marian Radio	DXFO	103.9 MHz	10 kW	Cagayan de Oro	Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro
Spirit FM Mati	DXDV	97.5 MHz	5 kW	Mati	Roman Catholic Diocese of Mati
Happy FM Cotabato	DXOL	92.7 MHz	5 kW	Cotabato City	Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation
Happy FM Koronadal	DXOM	91.7 MHz	5 kW	Koronadal
Happy FM Kidapawan	DXDM	88.7 MHz	5 kW	Kidapawan

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Owned by Global Broadcasting System.
^ Operated by Yes2Health Advertising.

CMN Radio edit

Notable diocesan/regional licensees and affiliates edit

Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation (Cotabato/Oblates of Mary Immaculate)
Word Broadcasting Corporation (Cebu/Society of the Divine Word)
Global Broadcasting System (Manila/Archdiocese of Manila)
Radio Maria Philippines (Northern Luzon/Radio Maria)

International affiliations edit

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "The Official Website of The Catholic Media Network". Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
^ KBP Members (see Mabuhay Broadcasting System profile) Accessed on July 10, 2019
^ Kismadi, Gloria C. (November 15, 2017). "A Brief Biography". In Aquino, Cherry Castro (ed.). Remembering James B. Reuter, SJ. Mandaluyong: Anvil Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9786214201150. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
^ "TV5, CBCP franchise extension bills lapse into law —Malacañang │ GMA News Online".
^ "NTC AM Radio Stations via FOI website" (PDF). foi.gov.ph. August 23, 2022.
^ "NTC FM Stations (as of June 2022) via FOI website" (PDF). foi.gov.ph. February 14, 2023.