Bantay Radyo

Bantay Radyo
Type	Radio network
Country	Philippines
Availability	Philippines
Owner	SIAM Broadcasting Network
Launch date	1991
Official website	http://bantayradyo.page.tl/

Bantay Radyo (or El Nuevo Bantay Radyo, "The New Guardian Radio") is a Philippine radio network in the Visayas and Mindanao region owned by SIAM Broadcasting Network. Its main headquarters are located in Matina, Davao City.

Bantay Radyo's logo is a dog (called bantay (guardian) in the Philippines, hence the name Bantay Radyo) wearing a headset and a media ID.^[1]

History & Background

Bantay Radyo is a network of AM radio stations each with a power of 10,000 kilowatts and strategically located in Cebu and in Negros Oriental. The network is owned by CDO-based SIAM (Sarraga Integrating and Management) Broadcasting Network, with the leadership of provincial Board Member Gigi Sanchez of the province of Cebu, as Chief Executive Officer. It was managed by PAFI Techno Resources Corporation from 2002 until mid-2015, when PAFI's contract with SIAM expired.

The management of Bantay radyo, composed of the following radio personalities, Yody A. Sanchez, the Barangay Captain of Barangay Busay, as Vice-President for Operation, Jun Carrillo, as Station Manager, Jess Villarba, Assistant manager and News director, Emie Mates as News Editor and Cesar Cajes, Chief Technician.

The main broadcast emanates from the Studio of DYDD 1260 kHz, located along Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City. The Broadcast is originating radio stations: DYHH 1044 kHz in Bogo City, Northern part of Cebu, DYZZ 1458 kHz in Bacolod City, DXOR 729 kHz Cagayan de Oro City and DXIP 900 kHz in Davao City.

Demise

Last 2009, Bantay Radyo Davao went off the air for unknown reasons.

On August 1, 2015, Bantay Radyo stations temporarily went off the air due to management issues. Representatives from SIAM confiscated their transmitter equipments. SIAM decided to let CFI Community Cooperative take over the operations of Bantay Radyo once PAFI's contract expired.^[2]

Radio stations

Branding	Callsign	Frequency	Power	Location
Bantay Radyo Cebu	DYDD	1260 kHz	10 kW	Cebu City
Bantay Radyo Guihulngan	DYZZ	1458 kHz	10 kW	Bacolod
Bantay Radyo Bogo	DYHH	1044 kHz	10 kW	Bogo City, Cebu
Bantay Radyo Davao	DXIP	900 kHz	10 kW	Davao

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
↑ Bantay Radyo off the air after equipment seized

Radio networks in the Philippines

Major networks	Aliw DWIZ 882 97.9 Home Radio Bombo Radyo ABS-CBN DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 MOR 101.9 Brigada News FM RGMA Network Barangay LS 97.1 Super Radyo DZBB 594 MBC DZRH Love Radio Cebu(Easy Rock) Pacific(Aksyon Radyo and Yes FM) MBSI PBC(UNTV) UNTV Radio La Verdad 1350 Wish 107.5 Quest RBN RJ 100.3 DZRJ 810 AM RMN DZXL 558 93.9 iFM RPN SBN TV5 92.3 News FM UBSI

State-owned networks	PBS Radyo ng Bayan 738 IBC

Minor networks	EBC DZEC Radyo Agila 1062 Pinas FM 95.5 MBNI

Religious networks	CMN Radio Veritas 846 CEBSI INC Radio 954 DBS FEBC Philippines NDBC SMNI DZAR 1026 Sonshine Radio UCB Philippines(The Edge Radio) ZOE Broadcasting Network DZJV

Regional networks	ABS-CBN My Only Radio Radyo Patrol Apollo Pampanga CLBC Pampanga RGMA Network Super Radyo Barangay FM MBC Hot FM Radyo Natin MBI PBC Palawan PBN Bicol RadioCorp RPN Radyo Ronda SBC Zambales TV5 Radyo5 Viva/Ultimate Oomph! Radio

Campus radio networks	Adamson University Falcon Radio Station Ateneo de Manila University Magis Radio De La Salle University DWSU Green FM Silliman University Silliman NetRadio University of the Philippines DZUP DZLB DYUP UP-FM Radio University of Santo Tomas UST Tiger Radio

Internet networks	Campus Radio Online Dream FM Network MBC Aksyon Radyo U.S. My Only Radio Live Streaming Radio Pilipinas Sutton Radio

Shortwave	Radio Veritas Radyo Pilipinas

HD Radio	iFM 93.9-2 FM Top 40 Hits iFM 93.9-3 FM Classic Hits MOR 101.9-2 Hits MOR 101.9-3 Easy Listening

DTH satellite	TFC Direct! DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 MOR 101.9

Defunct	Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation

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