The Edge 95.9 is now streaming via Ustream, you can check out their page. The station is also called Your iPod Radio. Edge has received positive feedback from the locals in Iligan, a city in Northern Mindanao, Philippines, since it’s the only English speaking, Top 40 format in the market.
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Ryan Seacrest of 102.7 KIIS FM Los Angeles is a big fan of Justin Bieber, he and many other millions of fans of the YouTube superstar makes life of another Justin Bieber painful. He is a 35 year old private individual who lives a quite life in Jacksonville until his life was never the same when the web teen sensation made worldwide phenomenon.
The cons? He couldn’t sleep well since phone constantly rings. Receives unsolicited mails and sometimes hate mails. The PROs? Finally people got to say his name right. Before, people would call him Justib Bye-ber!
Ryan Seacrest shared this news on his show on KIIS FM and on his website at http://www.ryanseacrest.com
103.5 Max FM returns but this time streams worldwide as a new brand – Global Max Dance Radio. The station is test streaming at Global Max Radio Website.
It’s website http://www.sayawmanila.com will launch on October 1, 2010.
iFM 93.9 is utilizing social media to discover the next big radio star. The competition dubbed Komikero Ka Ba? Maging iFM DJ calls for aspiring radio DJs to submit their credentials and how do they do it? Here are the details:
1. Upload a 2 minute video on YouTube
2. The video must showcase the applicant’s comical skills.
3. He must throw a kick-ass, funny, and witty punchline effortlessly, without the use of make up, facial expressions, or costumes.
4. Post the video link to http://www.facebook.com/magingifmdj
5. Listen to 93.9 iFM, “Siguradong Enjoy Ka” (You Will Surely Enjoy!)
Here’s one of the entries submitted by a listener:
Cebu’s only dance music station – Club Radio 93.1 is now streaming video on UStream.TV. You can tune in to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/club-radio-93-1-cebu-live
Club Radio 93.1 used to be Smash Radio 93.1 with rock and alternative format. Club Radio is also announcing its opening for a disc jockey position. Submit resume to work4cr931@yahoo.com. Radio interns are welcome.
In the Philippines, revival of foreign songs or songs recorded in the US mostly, is rampant. OPM Artist (Original Pilipino Music) Nonoy Zuniga, in an interview with ABS-CBN, appeals to local composers here to find ways to make royalty fees attractive so that recording companies will be encouraged to revive classic Filipino music.
It is estimated that 60 percent of the music produced locally now are remakes of foreign music, songs like “Too Much Love Will Kill You by Queen” revived by Jovit Baldovino.
In an effort to revive the local industry, the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas and Filipino Composers Development Cooperative (FILCOMDEC) joined to form ClickMusic.com.ph. ClickMusic’s business model works like iTunes, where music fans can buy songs individually, instead of an entire album.
Its website http://www.clickmusic.com.ph will be launched in September this year.
ClickMusic will also be launching the first KBP Pop Music Festival, with the aim of discovering new talents.
In the meantime, President Aquino pushes a directive that will strengthen mandatory airplay of OPM music on every radio station.
The KBP Code, under Music sections, item number 1, states that:
All stations shall actively promote the growth and development of Filipino music. Radio stations are encouraged to schedule OPM’s in accordance with existing provision of law and the KBP rules and regulations (4 OPM’s every clockhour).
Home Radio 97.9 reminds of a station in the US called Jack FM. Not to compare, but the imaging approach of the station works just the same as the Jack FM format. Jackie obviously is a rip off of Jack. The Jack FM format is we-play-what-you-want. Their imaging consists of a voice guy named Jack, who does all the station liners and talking. Home Radio originally was a no-DJ format, meaning there were no DJs talking, apart from the announcer whose name is Jackie.
Jackie’s personality is very much like Jack, happy go lucky, careless, witty, funny, and sometimes sarcastic. Not everyone loves her, in fact, I learned some listeners get irritated with Jackie, but apparently a lot of listeners love the Home Radio format. In Manila, Home Radio is an adult contemporary radio station. In Cebu, the franchise sports a CHR format.
Home Radio 97.9 is operated by Aliw Broadcasting Corporation.
Here is an aircheck of the station.
It’s easy to find radio anoraks these days. Blogs, social networks, Facebook, Twitter, but before these social platforms ever became a hit, there were web platforms called forums that held and still holds till today some of the most intelligent discussions in radio. Here are radio forum websites to visit.
JingleMad.com
BroadcastingWorld.net
RadioDaddy.com
RadioBanter.com
Radio-Info.com
DigitalSpy.co.uk
AudioMastersForum.net
Internet-Radio.org.uk
Finally, 103.5 Wow FM has taken off. The new format sports the slogan Love It or “Lahveet”. Mr. Fu, who is known for his catchphrases “May Ganun” (Such A Thing) and “Dahil Diyan, Close Na Tayo” (Because of that, we’re close), is said to have formulated the slogan.
Mr. Fu in an article by PEP revealed that he will be using his famous “May Ganun” liner but will come up with a new one. DJ Laila Chikadora is still sporting her signature stutter adlib “La-la-la-la” in the way she beams “Ah-lalalalalahveet!”, with tongue stuck out.
After 15 years, and 4 format flips, 103.5 gets another facelift, this time it’s nose diving as a Hot AC “pang-masa” brand – “Wow FM”. Frontlining the new format is Mr. Fu of Energy FM and Laila Chikadora of Tambayan 101.9. This is The Radio Partner, Inc’s first radio format targeting the C-D-E market.
When it launches on August 23, it will be Metro Manila’s 8th “masa” radio station. Listener’s response, especially those from avid Max FM followers, is diverse. There are some that don’t like reformat since it will only add to the ‘over saturation’ of masa stations in MM. Currently there are 24 commercial stations operating in the Metro, 7 of them are masa stations.
There are also those who are highly anticipating the launch. With Mr. Fu and Laila Chikadora, it will be a promising station to make. And of course, no one could be more excited than the owner. Masa stations undoubtedly are big selling formats. I humbly believe TRPI also chose 103.5 to flip format strategically. It will increase the cluster of masa stations since it is neighbor to other barriotic stations – Yes FM 101.1, Tambayan 101.9, and 102.7 Star FM.
The Wow FM brand isn’t so exciting. In the provinces, there are stations that carry “Wow” in their monickers, like RGMA’s “Wow Nindota Ah” in Davao City and Iligan City. Wow FM is a good brand, though, to compete with established names like Love Radio and Energy FM.
Not all, format flips are successful. It takes a good blend of music, a slate of talented, out of whack, original, funny, tolerable on air personalities, top notch production, imaging and programming, and of course, ratings, to pull of a successful masa station.
Good luck to Wow FM. May the listeners be Wowed.
103.5 Max FM Scoped Aircheck June 6, 2010
Wow FM 103.5 Lahveet is online. Visit their website here
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