That association gave RMN at the forefront of broadcast journalism and public service. RMN joined forces with the Philippine Herald and Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation to form the powerful first tri-media organization. "The Sound of the City" concept was born with the establishment of DZHP in the Greater Manila Area. of San Miguel Corporation who eventually bought the majority shares of RMN and brought the radio network to Manila, the first provincial station to do so. In 1961, RMN's approach to broadcasting drew the interest of another visionary business leader, the late Andres Soriano Sr. And so the string of community stations became Radio Mindanao Network (RMN). By 1957, the station with a coconut tree for an antenna had given birth to four others. The success of its broadcasting concept enabled DXCC to expand broadcast areas in 1953 stations to Iligan, then to Butuan and Davao where born. He came back with the blueprint for DXCC, which is entertainment, information and most of all education to the public. Its broadcast fare was peppered with farm prices, market and road conditions, weather warnings and personal messages. Instead of going to the giant networks and other big cities, he opted to be taken to a small town of Greeley, Colorado, and he came upon a station that was doing exactly what DXCC was already trying to do in Mindanao. Canoy visited the United States under an observation grant. The Radio signal was able to reach Del Monte Pacific plantation in Bukidnon 30 kilometres (19 mi) away and as far as Australia through ham radio operations which managed to call back. The stations first live broadcast coincides with its opening and the program involves the airing of a 3-hour “Anejo Rum” show from Plaza Divisoria, a central park in downtown Cagayan de Oro, for which Canoy billed La Tondena executive Hugo Chan Hong the sum of P500 as payment for the radio coverage. Listeners anticipated the first words they would hear on radio and were greeted the station ID and the following words: “You are tuned to Station DXCC, broadcasting with a power of 500 watts on 1560 kHz from Cagayan de Oro’s Gateway to Mindanao!” and every hour thereafter. It officially started broadcasting on August 28, 1952, also coinciding with the town fiesta of San Agustin, the patron saint of Cagayan de Oro archdiocese. On July 4, 1952, it went on air for test broadcast the second time coinciding with the birthday of his mother. The Radio Control Office (RCO) headed by Mr Jose Viado, assigned the station a broadcast frequency of 1560 kHz. While their first “transmitter building” was financed with a P5,000 “duck farm” loan from the Philippine National Bank. With only a telescopic steel pole as antenna borrowed from the Bureau of Telecom, the improvised horizontal radio antenna was mounted by the team which include Ongkoy Padero, former vice president for engineering of CEPALCO, attaching one end of a copper wire to the pole and the other end to a 30 meters coconut tree a block away. The transmitter was transported to Mindanao aboard the boat MV Snug Hitch. Using the Radio Amateur's Handbook as their guide and also with surplus parts bought from Raon in Quiapo, Manila, they built their own 500-watt AM transmitter with the assistance from Far East Broadcasting Company engineers, American Dick Rowland and Byrd Bruneimer. on 23 June 1952 he was granted a permit to maintain and operate the radio broadcasting station. In 1951, he set up the fledgling station in partnership with Robin Cui, Max Suniel, Oscar Neri and Andres Bacal as equity partners with P10,000 in capital. Canoy, decided to establish a more powerful radio station and applied for a congressional franchise in Manila to support its lawful operation. In 1950 Canoy, at the insistence of his brother, lawyer Reuben R. Because the broadcast was not authorized by the Radio Control Office (RCO), it did not contain call letters. Henry Canoy broke the airwaves as a Pirate radio station in 1949, declaring "This is Cagayan de Oro calling.". The group managed to assemble a 30-Watt radio transmitter from surplus parts bought at Raon Street in Quiapo, Manila. Eventually, the friends were all convinced to build a radio transmitter of their own. Canoy and friends ended up listening to radio broadcasts at night when reception was better. Canoy, together with Robin Cui and Vicente Rivera, set up two home-built tube radio receivers bought from Fideng Palacio of Puntod and placed them in an abandoned chicken poultry house situated at the corner of Velez and del Pilar streets in Cagayan de Oro for the purpose of listening to radio broadcasts from Manila. 4 Chronomology of Radio Stations in Mindanao.2 RMN AM stations (RMN: Radyo Mo Nationwide!).
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