Presidential Broadcast Service

Presidential Broadcast Service - Bureau of Broadcast Services (PBS-BBS)
FormerlyPhilippine Broadcasting Service (1947–2023)
Company typeState agency
IndustryPublic broadcasting
PredecessorBureau of Broadcasts (1972–1986)
FoundedSeptember 12, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-09-12) (radio broadcasts)
June 15, 1961; 63 years ago (1961-06-15) (television broadcasts)
HeadquartersQuezon City, Philippines
Key people
  • Cesar Chavez (Secretary, Presidential Communications Office)
  • Fernando "Dindo" Amparo Sanga (Director General)
OwnerGovernment of the Philippines
(Presidential Communications Office)
Number of employees
530
Websitepbs.gov.ph
Radyo Pilipinas
TypeBroadcast radio network
Broadcast area
Philippines
Programming
Language(s)Filipino
English
FormatNews, Public Affairs, Talk, Government Radio
AffiliationsPTV
History
Launch dateInternational: 1995
National: June 5, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-06-05)
ReplacedRadyo ng Bayan (1995–2017)
Coverage
AvailabilityNationwide (AM/FM, affiliate stations, and G Sat)
Worldwide (shortwave)
StationsSee list
Links
Websiteradyopilipinas.ph
Republika
TypeFM radio network
Broadcast area
Philippines
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatAdult Top 40, OPM
History
Launch dateNovember 1, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-11-01)
Former names
FM1
(2017–2020)
Coverage
AvailabilityNationwide
Links
Websitepbs-fm.com
The Capital
TypeFM radio network
Broadcast area
Philippines
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatAdult Contemporary, OPM
History
Launch dateFebruary 2, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-02)
Former names
FM2
(2017–2020)
Coverage
AvailabilityNationwide
Links
Websitepbs-fm.com

The Presidential Broadcast Service - Bureau of Broadcast Services (PBS-BBS) (Filipino: Pampanguluhang Serbisyong Pambrodkast - Kawanihan ng mga Serbisyong Pambrodkast[1]), is a state radio network owned by the Philippine government under the Presidential Communications Office (PCO).

PBS operates national radio brands: Radyo Pilipinas - Radyo Publiko, Radyo Pilipinas - Sports Radio, Radyo Pilipinas - Radyo Magasin, Republika and The Capital, as well as international shortwave station Radyo Pilipinas World Service. PBS, along with its television network counterparts People's Television Network and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, which forms the media arm of the PCO.

As one of the attached agencies of the OPS, the PBS-BBS receives funding from the General Appropriations Act (Annual National Budget) and sales from blocktimers and advertisers, among others.

  1. ^ Direktoryo ng mga Ahensiya at Opisyal ng Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas (PDF) (in Filipino). Department of Budget and Management. 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

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