Word Broadcasting Corporation

Word Broadcasting Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryBroadcast
FoundedMarch 24, 1968
FounderJulio Rosales
HeadquartersCebu City, Philippines
Key people
  • Engineer Ruben Virtucio
    General Manager
OwnerSociety of the Divine Word - Philippine Southern Province
Websitehttps://www.svdphs.ph/Word-Broadcasting-Corporation https://www.wordbroadcastingcorporation.org/

Word Broadcasting Corporation (also known as Filipinas Broadcasting Association, Inc.)[1] is a Philippine radio network. Its corporate office is located at University of San Carlos, Downtown Campus, Corner. P. del Rosario St. Cebu City.[2][3]

Originally founded by the local division of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, it is operated by the Society of the Divine Word's Philippine Southern Province division since 1979. It is currently an affiliate of Catholic Media Network.[4]

In 2025, its FM stations in Cebu and Ormoc entered an airtime lease agreement with RSV Broadcasting Network and both rebranded as Juander Radyo.

Stations

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AM stations

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Branding Call-Sign Frequency Power kW Location
Radio Fuerza DYRF-AM 1215 kHz 10 kW Cebu

FM stations

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Branding Call-Sign Frequency Power kW Location Operator
Juander Radyo Cebu DYDW-FM 89.1 MHz 1 kW Cebu RSV Broadcasting Network
Juander Radyo Ormoc DYAJ-FM 90.3 MHz 10 kW Ormoc

Defunct/inactive stations

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Branding Call-Sign Frequency Power kW Location Reason
Radyo Diwa DYDW-AM 531 kHz 5 kW Tacloban Currently inactive as of November 8, 2013, due to effects from Super Typhoon Yolanda.

References

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  1. ^ "R.A. No. 7485". The Corpus Juris. May 5, 1992.
  2. ^ "R.A. No. 11001". The Corpus Juris. March 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "Senate renews franchises for 8 radio, TV networks". BusinessWorld. August 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "KBP Members". Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas.