According to a report by Rappler, DWPM Radyo 630 — a joint project between ABS-CBN and House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s Prime Media Holdings Incorporated, started broadcasting nearly all-day programming from July 17.
The two companies had announced a joint venture in May, where ABS-CBN would provide content while Prime Media controls the distribution and broadcasting.
DWPM Radyo 630 TeleRadyo Serbisyo Para sa Mamamayan (TeleRadyo Service For the People) signals ABS-CBN’s return on free radio, more than three years after it lost its free-to-air channels.
Radyo 630 had a soft launch for two weeks, from June 30 to July 16, with half-day programming from 6 am to 12:30 pm, and the hook-up of ABS-CBN’s flagship news program, TV Patrol, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm on 630 kilohertz (kHz) on the AM band. It started its YouTube streaming on July 3.
It features ABS-CBN anchors, reporters and former DZMM TeleRadyo talents filling up the afternoon to evening slots.
ABS-CBN sports news anchor Migs Bustos hosts Share Ko Lang, a program on “inspiring and trending” stories from 1 pm to 2 pm.
From 2 pm to 3:30 pm, a free legal advice show, Hello Attorney, airs with lawyer Noel del Prado and ABS-CBN reporter Lyza Aquino.
The KarTon tandem of ABS-CBN anchors Karmina Constantino and Tony Velasquez moves from the morning to the afternoon with Isyu Spotted, from 4 pm to 5 pm, from Mondays to Fridays. They used to anchor, On the Spot (OTS), on TeleRadyo, from 9 am to 10:30 am.
Peter Musngi, also known as the voice of ABS-CBN, returns to the afternoon with ABS-CBN news anchor, Rica Lazo, on Pasada from 5 pm to 6:30 pm.
ABS-CBN’s chief of reporters, Jeff Canoy, caps Radyo 630’s whole-day programming with Amy Perez from 8 pm to 10 pm on Kasalo.
Prior to the closure of TeleRadyo, the Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report 2023 had ABS-CBN’s TeleRadyo and GMA’s Radyo DZBB as the leading stations with a 13% share each in weekly use.
This story first appeared on RadioInfo.asia