Broadcast Media

       Broadcast Media technology is relatively new compared to print media. Initially, radio was invented as a means of military and marine communication, especially over the Atlantic Ocean. Its commercial use began through the efforts of Harold Power, who set up the American Radio and Research Company. From the Tufts University campus in Massachusetts, USA, Power initiated the first commercial broadcast on March 8, 1916. The broadcast lasted three (3) hours and consisted of dance music, a professor’s lecture, a weather report, and bedtime stories.

          1922 – Philippine radio began

 -         Herman set up 3 experimental 50- watt AM stations in Manila and Pasay

1926 – Herman consolidates this into 100 -  watt AM stations

1946 – James L. build BEC, aim to set  the first television station in the country.

1950-1970 – Radio was promoting long-distance education

1952 – Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC) change its name to ABS

1957 – ABS merged it with radio network, CBN. ABS-CBN became the first radio-network

1960 – Bob Stewart started DZBB- TV Channel 7

1986 – Maharlika Broadcasting Network change its name to PTV 4

2010 – TV 5 was established