I can’t help but compare WROCK 96.3 and 102.7 Easy Rock Cebu. They both sport similar format, but there are times when WRock goes upbeat, especially in the morning. I still like the variety of WRock than Easy. Easy is more youthful. Nothing still beats the original.
NU107 Cebu, Home of New Rock and The Outpost bring you the Indie Days Year 2 – The best of Cebu Indie Music on Independence Day.
Two nights of rock out celebration, on June 11, greet the Independence Day with bands like Cattski, Chisca, Zara Smith, Undercover Grasshoppers, Cuarenta, LUi, Juress, Frontline, Lowela, Pandora, Outerlid Break Off and Sefyla, Broke.
On June 12, shout freedom with Shuffled, Skunky Muggles, Santing Scalawags, Skankin’ Brews, Mungkanghan, Zafra, Purple Helmets, Bethany, Who’s Next, Fervent, God Save Me, Rescue A Hero, Aggressive Audio, Uno, PG-18, Missing Filemon, The Line Divides, Still, Happy Days, Powerspoonz, Smooth Friction, The Insects and Sheila.
Show up at The Outpost Lahug before 7 pm. No tickets necessary, entrance is free, dude! This event is sponsored by Soundballoon.
This 2 night event aims to pay tribute to Filipino bands who have given awesome contribution to the local music industry, a salute to bands like E-heads, Rivermaya, and more.
Indie Days Promo produced by Mikey Bond
www.RadyoBisdak.com is another Eureka for me, I just found out about it this month. Kudos to Mr Rolly Wagas for putting up this station.
Everything about this station is in Bisaya language (Cebuano). In fact the station logo – Radyo Bisdak is a contraction of the words “bisaya” and “dako” (big). “Bisdak” is a Cebuano slang used to refer to someone who is a native of Visayas or Mindanao or someone who speaks Cebuano.
From its website, the station clearly states it plays all Cebuano novelty songs. It sports programs like “Labyog Labyog”, “Kusina sa RB”, “Gugmang Gia***” (I bleeped that for its profanity) and “Tubaan”. You will hear songs from Max Subran and Yoyo Villame.
The copy and text of the site are in “nosebleedingly” Cebuano. And I learned from this site that the Cebuano translation of cyberspace is “dagitwanang”. Now I know!
I also learned that the operator of this site Rolly Wagas is a Cebuano novelty artist, his album is available in Ayala Cebu, which I am planning to buy.
Check out www.RadyoBisdak.com! It truly is an interesting yet noteworthy station. Especially that most of the Pinoy operated stations air foreign songs. This one is something I really commend and definitely will become my favorite bookmark.
BEHRINGER, the world’s leading provider of audio equipment, joins a benefit marathon organized by Pilipino Star Ngayon to aid school rebuilding damaged by 2009 typhoons. 20 plus staff of Behringer Manila Office sprinted 3K, 4K, and 10K.
This is a breath of fresh air for us Filipinos, who are now sick of hearing unsettled disputes from the recent elections. The race for government seats is over, now we must race for another marathon here, a run to unite the country, heal the wounds, and rebuild the nation.
My love for radio goes beyond the music and the DJs. The sounds in between these are ear candies to me. Whatever format it is, Top 40, Jazz, AC or Rock, these elements I fondly call radio IDs are works of art.
Imaging Rock Radio has always been interesting. Usually it involves loud and noisy production, deep and thundering voiceover and funny / witty copy most of the time.
NU 107 – The Home of New Rock the most enduring rock format in the country is known for their classic and outrageously catchy liners. Some of these, I have posted here. Thanks for Agent Mikey Bond of NU Cebu for the audio files.
97.9 Love Radio and NU 107 Home New Rock are two stations now streaming video via UStream.tv. With the advent of online video streaming apps such UStream, radio stations are now able to broadcast not just audio but live video feed as well.
Here are the links to their video streaming:
97.9 Love Radio Cebu
Click here to listenNU 107 Cebu
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nu107cebu
Ustream.tv is just one of the many tools, you can try:
Stickam.com
Justin.tv
Livestream.com
Livevideo.com
You may also listen to other Philippine stations streaming video here http://wp.me/P4okL-9Z
Eminem has always been explicit and self-centered in most of his songs. Self-centered in a good way that is, his songs are a like a window to the private life of this Grammy Award winning rap artist.
His latest hit song “Not Afraid”, lifted from the upcoming Recovery album did come as a shocker when it landed no. 1 on its Billboard Hot 100 debut. It’s 1 of only 2 rap songs that had hit number 1 on its release.
With the same feat that Eminem achieved, I can’t help but associate this song to our country’s recent policitical scene. After the Elections, the first automated that is, I have felt such a great deal of pride, a sense of victory, yet somehow there are hints of hesitation.
With the almost all of the returns already tallied , many of the young voters, whose bets weren’t doing well in the canvassing, demurred to the idea that a former President’s son is closing proclamation.
Many Presidential candidates have conceded, a good example to voters to settle down and except reality. The battle is not yet won, in fact, it hasn’t even gone half way. This is just the beginning.
I’m not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We’ll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you’re not alone
Holla if you feel that you’ve been down the same road
Listen to Eminem’s New Song “Not Afraid”
Eminem – Not Afraid (Produced by Boi-1da) by Hypetrak
The two Philippine TV Network mammoths, ABS-CBN and GMA have recently showed their latest facility and technology to be used for their coverage on the Philippine Elections come May 10, 2010.
Large LED and LCD screens, multi live feed and touch screen systems, new OB Vans, satellite transreceivers, video cameras, and even iPads, are among the latest tools that both networks boast.
The Kapamilya Network, during TV Patrol last Friday, showed televiewers a sneak peek to its ‘War Room’ — the command center for their election coverage.
GMA 7, on other hand, showed off their high end coverage set, beefed up by its partnership with PLDT and SMART Telecommunications.
In the midst of this sophisticated setting, both networks, for the first time in Philippine TV, will be using augmented reality technology or AR. AR enhances the real and live video feed with 3D graphics that seem to interact with the real environment. AR makes the 3D graphics to move around as the camera switches angles, making it look like the 3D images are physically present.
AR has been used by major TV networks in the US like CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX. But the use of advanced tools and non-traditional methods in election coverage is said to have been benchmarked by CNN, when it introduced hologram in the 2008 US Elections.
Hologram is a technology that beams images of a remote video feed by using complex light and camera technology. This is however different since the news anchor actually sees the holograph (beamed image) as opposed to AR.
ABS-CBN promises that the use of this new technology will bring new perspective in news delivery.
“The main idea here is to make our viewers look at things at a new light. 75 percent of what they remember is going to be the video that they see. And if it is presented to them in a way that peaks their interest, they’ll remember it”, explains Maria Ressa, ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs Head.
GMA 7 also stressed that above using top of the line tools, factual, straightforward, and unbiased news delivery is still their top priority.
“Talaga namang pinaghandaan at pinagkagastuhan namin ito. But more than anything else, kagaya nang nakagawian natin sa mga nakalipas na election coverage, ihahatid natin ang pinakapatas at walang kinikilingang pagbabalita”, assures Atty. Felipe Gozon, CEO, GMA Network, Inc.
Radio networks from the two giant broadcast firms have also amped their coverage activities by adopting citizen journalism. While radio continues to use basic technology, radio stations across the country have found cell phones to be the only high tech gadget they can employ.
TV Networks may have invested hugely in state-of-the-art broadcast technology, but in the end it is still the content that matters.
It’s less than a week to go before the elections, I am a TV junkie, and whenever big events take place, I would always turn on the TV at all times to keep abreast of the latest development. But for most us who will be on the streets to vote, there is little chance to sneak into TV coverage.
Radio will be my best resort. Despite visual absence, radio is powerful a medium in covering events like the elections. Unlike TV, where only limited areas can be covered, due to limitations on equipment such as camera, outside broadcast vans, radio can accommodate more reporters which translates to more areas covered, more reports, and more information for the people.
I will be voting in Mindanao, where I am registered, so it is important for me to know what is happening. Portability is another edge radio has. While you need to be stationary to watch elections coverage on TV, you can listen to radio while you are on the go using your cell phone or a media gadget.
The best thing about radio is that it’s local. Local content means relevant information to the listeners. I can’t think of a better medium that could help me keep in the loop on Monday.
As for its role in the elections, radio just needs to be straightforward, fair, and factual. We as listeners need to be vigilant though. Let’s be mindful of any bias exposure of candidates during the day of the elections. The COMELEC has been commissioned to supervise and neutralize media usage. But it cannot handle everything by itself. (Republic Act No. 9006 Section 6.4- 6.5)
We can also participate in providing content to radio entities. In all radio networks across the archipelago, there have been volunteers commissioned to scoop, gather and deliver news reports. I have been privileged to participate in the 2004 coverage by a large broadcast network and experienced first hand feeding live situational report to the radio station.
With citizen journalism slowly becoming familiar to many Filipinos, in such recognizable programs on TV as Boto Mo iPatrol Mo and YouScoop, everyone can be a news agent.
Keep in handy a list of contact numbers of your local radio stations, just so, you have somewhere to call or go to in the event something breaking takes place.
On Monday, you cannot just be silent and deaf. If you what you see and what you hear is something of national significance and interest, let every one know.
Republic Act No. 9006 Section 6.4- 6.5
6.4. No franchise or permit to operate a radio or television station shall be granted or issued, suspended or cancelled during the election period.
In all instances, the COMELEC shall supervise the use and employment of press, radio and television facilities insofar as the placement of political advertisements is concerned to ensure that candidates are given equal opportunities under equal circumstances to make known their qualifications and their stand on public issues within the limits set forth in the Omnibus Election Code and Republic Act No. 7l66 on election spending.
The COMELEC shall ensure that radio or television or cable television broadcasting entities shall not allow the scheduling of any program or permit any sponsor to manifestly favor or oppose any candidate or political party by unduly or repeatedly referring to or including said candidate and/or political party in such program respecting, however, in all instances the right of said broadcast entities to air accounts of significant news or news worthy events and views on matters of public interest.
6.5. All members of media, television, radio or print, shall scrupulously report and interpret the news, taking care not to suppress essential facts nor to distort the truth by omission or improper emphasis.
They shall recognize the duty to air the other side and the duty to correct substantive errors promptly.
6.6. Any mass media columnist, commentator, announcer, reporter, on-air correspondent or personality who is a candidate for any elective public office or is a campaign volunteer for or employed or retained in any capacity by any candidate or political party shall be deemed resigned, if so required by their employer, or shall take a leave of absence from his/her work as such during the campaign period: Provided, That any media practitioner who is an official of a political party or a member of the campaign staff of a candidate or political party shall not use his/her time or space to favor any candidate or political party.
180 Minutes! Is it enough?
Radio airtime quota for nat’l candidates is as long as the ’05 King Kong Movie
Why do national candidates pour out a lot of money on radio ad campaigns? Radio, though, is second to TV, in terms of mass reach. But execution of strategies is limited, no visuals, no fancy graphics, no charm or “pa-cute” approach by celebrity endorsers, unless of course if the endorser’s voice is THAT recognizable.
But why bank on a medium where there is little to make?
As most giant brands are doing, putting ads on radio is as serious as putting 30 seconders on TV. Radio ads are a good follow up to TV campaigns. Radio is everywhere; people listen to radio while on a jeepney, inside a department store or at work.
According to a report by Geovisual Solutions Inc, NRS 2007, radio reaches 90.1% of the listening population aged 13 to 65 years old. In fact, each day of the week, we Filipinos listen more to radio than we do watch TV. On average, listeners tune in to radio for more than an hour and three quarters ( 1 ¾ hours). Filipinos watch TV at an average of 45 minutes each day of the week only.
No question on the viability of radio as advertising medium. However, Resolution No. 8758 on the Fair Elections Act states that presidentiables, particularly, are allowed only 180 minutes total of radio air time usage, for their political campaigns, covering the campaign period from February 9 to May 8, 2010 (3 months).
180 minutes is just like watching the 2005 King Kong remake, if that length was summed up into a movie. But this is radio, we’re talking about audio here. And that 180 minutes is chopped down into spots. 1 spot is equivalent to 1 length or run of a radio ad material, it can be 15 seconds long, 30 seconds, or 60 seconds.
you should be hearing 4 spots per day for every presidentiable
How effective, let alone cost effective, is 180 minutes?
180 minutes = 10,800 seconds of air time
10,800 seconds = 360 thirty-second long radio spots
360 thirty-second spots divided by 3 months = 120 thirty-second spots per month120 thirty second spots per month divided by 30 days = 4 thirty-second spots per day
With the calculations above, you should be hearing 4 spots per day for every presidentiable, assuming that it’s all 30 seconders and assuming that they are all using up their 180-minute quota.
Is that frequency enough? All 9 presidentiables are competing for that precious one hour and three quarters each day.
They should be doing more than the 180-minute allocation. In fact, some candidates have devised a strategy by including themselves in their senators’ ads.
In the 2004 elections, Ping Lacson paid a radio network in Northern Mindanao to help in his campaign
How about paid radio interviews? Are they not counted as a radio ad campaign? A candidate is using radio airtime and is paying for it. Radio networks are not refusing payment for interviewing candidates, that’s money. Why should you turn your back on money?
Radio airtime is a public property. Radio stations do not own it. In fact, they pay the government to use OUR airwaves to make money. And nothing can be more harassing, than while you are listening to your favorite radio drama, suddenly a paid interview for a presidentiable cuts it off.
Politicians can also hire radio people. In fact, a candidate can pay a radio network, and use all its man power for his benefit. In the 2004 elections, Ping Lacson paid a radio network in Northern Mindanao to help in his campaign.
For a campaign strategy that only grabs the ear, politicians will do everything they can to grab not only your ear but your vote as well. Only a few of the presidentiables right now have the fiscal power to implement a campaign strategy that goes way beyond reaching you through radio. So always be aware of what your ears might be hearing.
Inasmuchas we don’t want to pollute our sight with ugly and misplaced political posters, let’s be responsible in using and lending our precious airtime.
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