radio memories...

[sirloin_steak]

pa-up lang uli...

[salbakuta02]

up ko lang itong thread

[cha2_b]

Their initial jingles prior to the infringement rights concerns also included: "Light Rock With A Kick, 103.5 K-Lite!"

The stinger, "It's the right kind of lite..." was a spinoff from the Jeremy Jordan pop single "It's The Right Kind of Love." Because of their problems with WRock, they had to employ a local group who does jingles to beef up their merchandising. I'm not sure but I believe they utilized The CompaNy in making their local jingles.

JPM,

In relation to this, didn't 103.5 also use the start (for lack of a better term) of Toto's "Stop Loving You" as an intro for their jingle as well?

[James Ty III]

alam kong marami sa atin dito ang tulad kong lumaking nakikinig sa radyo day-in and day-out...and with that, i'm also pretty sure that a lot of stuff from your favorite on-air moments, radio station jingles/station IDs, even commercials (whether good or bad) have stuck in your heads...

share 'nyo naman dito sa thread na ito! hopefully, marami tayong mapapagkuwentuhan, at maraming memories ang muling "mabubuhay" sa 'ting isipan...

i'll start with a few...

* rey langit and joe taruc used to be a classic morning tandem for DZRH back in the '80s and early '90s (hanggang lumipat si "pareng rey" sa radyo veritas, and later, sa DWIZ)...sila noon ang anchors ng "balitang bayan numero uno" (which is still on air, and still anchored by joe taruc with a lot of co-anchors through the years like andy vital, jay sonza and ali sotto, among others)...

* speaking of DZRH and "balitang bayan numero uno", anyone remember "lola sela, bungangera" and "atty. no case"? para sa akin, they're among one of the best commentary-comedy segments on AM radio. :P

* si vice president noli de castro at ang radio show niya sa DZMM na nagpasikat sa kanya: "KABAYAN" (kapangyarihan ng mamamayan, balita at talakayan)...as i was to learn later on, that radio show had been carried over from the time when the 630khz frequency was occupied by DWWW (yung AM station noon ng RPN when marcos was still president)...the frequency, of course, was turned over to ABS-CBN after EDSA '86...

* 'yung mga malalaking radio raffle promos of the '90s, led by "star-vaganza na, bombo-nanza pa!" (star fm/bombo radyo), the MBC raffles and "radyo milyonaryo nationwide" (RMN)...i joined the RMN promo when i was an avid listener of the old WKC...

* the time when what is now known as yes fm 101.1 was still "the country's showbiz tsismis and music station", DWST...basta may showbiz tsismis na bago, lagi noong may live reports a la AM radio...haha! :P

'yun lang muna for now...kayo naman, mga PExers!

Here are my comments. Feel ko lang dahil holiday ngayon.

* Manong Joe Taruc already has younger people helping him out in DZRH. Let's not forget that Ruth Abao has also emerged as the female anchor par excellance for this station.

* Atty. No Case is now on DWIZ -- where Rey Langit is the boss.

* Vice-President Noli is still with DZMM but because of the demands of his job, his program is aired on Saturdays, 8-10 am, over DZMM pa rin. The title of his radio show is Para Sa Iyo, Bayan and Cheryl Cosim (Salamat Dok) is his co-host.

* RMN DZXL already has a lot of former ABS-CBN standouts as its announcers -- Ira Panganiban (also the station manager of XL), Jake Maderazo, Ogie Diaz, Erwin Tulfo, Doris Bigornia and former Radyo Patrol reporter Willie Delgado Jr. All of them were the victims of Maria Ressa's takeover of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs.

* DWST is now YES FM. Its format is the same as Love Radio because they have the same owner -- MBC.

[James Ty III]

yup...89.1 was launched originally as DMZ (dance music zone)...the FM station of channel 13 (wc had dwkw on AM)

DMZ even had an anniversary show at the Cuneta Astrodome. Patricia Javier (she's married now) was one of the guest performers. Too bad IBC sold that frequency to Wave/Quest.

[James Ty III]

Their initial jingles prior to the infringement rights concerns also included: "Light Rock With A Kick, 103.5 K-Lite!"

The stinger, "It's the right kind of lite..." was a spinoff from the Jeremy Jordan pop single "It's The Right Kind of Love." Because of their problems with WRock, they had to employ a local group who does jingles to beef up their merchandising. I'm not sure but I believe they utilized The CompaNy in making their local jingles.

Casey Kasem's American Top 20 was the main reason why I listened to K-Lite. Too bad the station's management could no longer afford to pay for it after Little David left.

[James Ty III]

*yung sa dzrh, we used to listen sa kanila pag umaga noong bata pa ako, do you know the "bubwit" haha. tsaka my nanay love the radio dramas! may drama nga sila na pambata rin before. dati kasi after the rosing typhoon nawalan kami ng kuryente for a month so madalas kami makinig sa transistor radio noon. Yup naalala ko nga si lolang bungangera

* sa dzmm, before cristy and jobert polluted the afternoon showbiz slot kay Inday Badiday yun then when she left ogie diaz and Ms. M ang pumalit. i love Ms. M and nakakatawa si ogie diaz.

* isa pa sa dzmm na gusto ko si Joey Galvez and his alter ego si MARIE BUBOT

* speaking of Ms. M, I used to listen to her sa 12 midnight to 2 am slot nya sa DZMM and she was very popular, marami naintriga sa tunay nyang katauhan. ako i knew her na before kasi she used to handle HEART TO HEART sa WRR under the name JERRI.

* I love countdowns sobra haha. KOOL 106 has two countdowns the top20 opm which is on 11am-12noon and top20 international 8-9pm. DM 95.5 naman has the daily top 15 and of course the legendary top20 at 12 sa LS

* syempre my fav station nung bata pa ako eh WKC "WE ARE FAMILY". I love the COUNT,GROVER, CAPTAIN TURK,RUDOLPH RIVERA, VINCE GARUCHO,VILMA SAYA,MICHAEL BABY, HIL BILLY WILLY et al. I love the joke portion and pag sunday they have 4 DIFFERENT COUNTDOWNS, the opm,mellow, the crazy countdown [where the the top20 songs are played not in order] and the regular top 20.

marami pa akong memories, will be back later hehe gather ko lang thoughts ko

* Miss M has a radio show on DZMM, Saturdays at 3 pm. I forgot the title pero it's a campus debate show similar to ANC's Square Off. Ogie Diaz is now with DZXL with Miss F after Cristy and Jobert kicked them out of MM. Joey Galvez, I believe, is semi-retired.

[James Ty III]

^^ I like Neil Ocampo din pala and his gabinete

5-7 am na si Pareng Neil Ocampo. And yes, nandoon pa rin ang mga alter egos niya. Pero sa Teleradyo, you won't see his face.

[James Ty III]

sirloin steak - i still perfectly remember the rx tunes of before. nami-miss ko ren yung monster's riot which used to be on a sunday - monday schedule. i avoided rx after mgmt (or some smart brained person) decided to make sundays a hip-hop day instead of the usual 70's - late 90's stuff.

In fairness, I like RX playing hip-hop tunes every Sunday. 'Yun nga lang, they get played over and over again. I also like Hazel (the former UAAP courtside reporter turned DJ although mataba na siya ngayon).

If I remember right, it was Boom Gonzales who conceptualized Hip 26 during his RX days.

[sirloin_steak]

5-7 am na si Pareng Neil Ocampo. And yes, nandoon pa rin ang mga alter egos niya. Pero sa Teleradyo, you won't see his face.

ba't kaya 'di pinapakita 'yung mukha niya sa TV, ano?

[James Ty III]

Dagdag lang po ako..... mejo oldie ha....

I also previously tuned in to 103.5 KLite in the mornings (3-4 yrs ago?) while driving to work and listen to Vito and a female DJ. Later on found out that Vito was an old classmate and schoolmate of mine from Prep to Highschool.

Sayang at wala na si Vitto sa radio. He's more into doing marketing work for Solar Sports now, lalo na malapit na ang Olympics with Solar as official Philippine broadcaster.

Vitto also hosts House of Hoops on ABC, which is produced by Solar.

[James Ty III]

ba't kaya 'di pinapakita 'yung mukha niya sa TV, ano?

Ayaw yata ni Peter Musngi na mabuking kung sino talaga si pareng Neil.

[sirloin_steak]

* RMN DZXL already has a lot of former ABS-CBN standouts as its announcers -- Ira Panganiban (also the station manager of XL), Jake Maderazo, Ogie Diaz, Erwin Tulfo, Doris Bigornia and former Radyo Patrol reporter Willie Delgado Jr. All of them were the victims of Maria Ressa's takeover of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs.

- speaking of ira "black" panganiban (what julius babao called him once on "alas singko y medya"), he and julius started as reporters for GMA's DZBB some 15 years ago or so...

[nikobatallones]

Up for the thread!

I wasn't joining kasi wala naman akong maikukuwento... my actual serious radio listening only started with KCFM when Chico and Delamar moved there (because my parents were listeners). Hahaha.

Dan, I was listening to the MP3s you posted on the WRocK thread and realized that this package was used both by K-Lite and WRocK... some rivalry, I must say!

[sirloin_steak]

hey, niko!

well, you're never too young or too old to remember...hehe!

i have mentioned a lot of my fondest memories of the old KCFM here...i forgot to add that my first--and so far, only--radio station sticker happens to be from KCFM, when the guys covered the ateneo freshie night back in 2001...i think i've mentioned this already, na the DJs who were there were dylan thomas, peachy (later known as alex on 99.5RT) and john (formerly seahorse back in their "we are family!" days)...pero unlike what the old LS and the quest stations do na live remote broadcast via microwave ang setup ng coverage, the KC guys who covered our freshie night only did updates by phone patch (as in, nagdala talaga sila ng landline na telepono doon), and didn't air the event live...

about the jingles i posted on the wrock thread...just for clarification, as far as i can remember kasi, iba yung pagkakakanta ng calls na "103.5 k-lite" sa pagkakanta ng calls ng wrock...so i don't think metro manila's k-lite didn't use the same jingle packages as wrock...

it just so happened na yung biniling jingle packages ng wrock were used for a US station also called k-lite--k-lite kasi, i believe, is pretty much a common name for light rock stations in the US...

jay had also explained a little earlier in this thread yung ilan sa mga jingles na ginamit ng k-lite natin sa 'pinas noon...for one thing, i get a sudden surge of recall for one of the jingles every weekend on campus fm (whenever ANY of the jocks play "the right kind of love"--the opening strains of that song, as already mentioned here, were also used in one of the k-lite manila jingles)...

[j5bata]

"Hello Metro Manila. We're keeping you in touch...
With the City's BIG MIX...KOOL 106!"

I have very limited knowledge regarding radio then during my childhod years in the 90s although I still remember that there was this station on FM which used to air this jingle "We are family!". on AM, I'm pretty much grew up listening to DZMM where they had this morning show anchored by Daniel Razon called "Gising Pilipinas" with a very catchy jingle. They aired this on Ch. 2 before Alas Singko Y Media.

Of course I cant forget LS FM's Top 20 @ 12 which is sort of like a fixture on our radio whenever my yaya would turn it on. Though it took sometime before I got myself listening to it again years later.

LS and RR have the most promotions on TV because of their owners GMA and ABS respectively so I still remember 7 airing plugs of LS around 1999 (A big circle with the GMA logo on top with 97.1 Campus Radio below it) as well as ABS for WRR around 2000 (yung may nakadisplay "WRR 101.9 For Life!" na may pa-iba iba background sa likod nito).
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I actually listened to DWBR every weekday morning for their morning show "The Morning Bureau"(?). During commercial breaks they air this short program that has a TV version on UNTV then, where the host would often make commentaries ranging from about political icons to everyday stuff. I remember that he has his own share of Erap and FPJ jokes at the height EDSA Dos and the 2004 elections respectively. Too bad, those shows were gone since last year pa.

[nikobatallones]

Dan,

I remember the old K-Lite jingles kasi, and they were sung that way (at least the "K-Lite" part - they're still in use at the K-Lite stations in Baguio and Ologapo). I think hindi ginamit yung longer sung parts, and instead, they had ramps with the "K-Lite" part in the end.

(Sobrang geek mode: indeed it was 93.7 K-Lite in Houston, which doesn't exist now... it's currently a classic rock station.)

j5bata,

I believe DWBR's morning show - at least now, after their simulcast of One Morning - is called Broadcaster's Bureau. The commentaries from Larry Henares are still on the radio station (around 9ish and repeated at night yata) but are now mostly readings of articles he stumbles upon - sign of the times, perhaps?

As for whether Make My Day is still shown on UNTV, I can't recall...

[sirloin_steak]

I have very limited knowledge regarding radio then during my childhod years in the 90s although I still remember that there was this station on FM which used to air this jingle "We are family!".

this was the last iteration of 93.9 WKC in the masa format before they briefly went CHR/top 40 in the early '00s...looking back, i believe no other station now can EVER duplicate how the original WKC successfully blended music and humor on the air--and the station's predominant language was still english pa, not tagalog...

I actually listened to DWBR every weekday morning for their morning show "The Morning Bureau"(?). During commercial breaks they air this short program that has a TV version on UNTV then, where the host would often make commentaries ranging from about political icons to everyday stuff. I remember that he has his own share of Erap and FPJ jokes at the height EDSA Dos and the 2004 elections respectively. Too bad, those shows were gone since last year pa.

that's "make my day" with larry henares, taken after his newspaper column (sa inquirer dati...i'm not sure if he still writes until now) of the same title...

[sirloin_steak]

Dan,

I remember the old K-Lite jingles kasi, and they were sung that way (at least the "K-Lite" part - they're still in use at the K-Lite stations in Baguio and Ologapo). I think hindi ginamit yung longer sung parts, and instead, they had ramps with the "K-Lite" part in the end.

oh, yeah...i remember that, too, during those times na nasa baguio ako...their k-lite is on 96.7...when i first heard it a few years back, medyo nagulat ako, kasi the "k-lite" ramp at the end sounded so much like the wrock ramp...after visiting the jonesTM website years later, i understood why.

same thing goes for the old sing-song WLS-FM jingles...i'm pretty sure that the GMA radio bossmen from about two decades ago bought the same jingle package created for that great chicago AM station, WLS 890khz (it was formerly a music station, also nicknamed "the great AM89"; talk station na siya ngayon), and had it recreated specifically for WLS-FM back home...

[nikobatallones]

oh, yeah...i remember that, too, during those times na nasa baguio ako...their k-lite is on 96.7...when i first heard it a few years back, medyo nagulat ako, kasi the "k-lite" ramp at the end sounded so much like the wrock ramp...after visiting the jonesTM website years later, i understood why.

same thing goes for the old sing-song WLS-FM jingles...i'm pretty sure that the GMA radio bossmen from about two decades ago bought the same jingle package created for that great chicago AM station, WLS 890khz (it was formerly a music station, also nicknamed "the great AM89"; talk station na siya ngayon), and had it recreated specifically for WLS-FM back home...

And plugged it in with the Top 20 at 12 shout from Kiss FM!

Oh, those times... that's why I listen to a lot of old American airchecks.