DWPM
 Logo used since May 29, 2025 | |
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Broadcast area | Mega Manila and surrounding areas |
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| Frequency | 630 kHz |
| Branding | DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 |
| Programming | |
| Language | Filipino |
| Format | News, talk, drama |
| Affiliations | ABS-CBN News DZMM TeleRadyo Favorite Music Radio PRTV Prime Media |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Philippine Collective Media Corporation |
| Operator | Media Serbisyo Production Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | June 30, 2023 |
Former names | Radyo 630 (2023–2025) |
Call sign meaning | Prime Media Holdings |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | NTC |
| Class | A (clear frequency) |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Links | |
| Webcast |
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| Website | pcmc |
| Media Serbisyo Production Corporation | |
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| Type | Private joint venture |
| Industry | Broadcasting, digital media |
| Founded | May 23, 2023 |
| Headquarters | Unit 5A Hollywood Square Building 33 West Avenue Penthouse Nayong Kanluran, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Key people | Dennis P. Manalo (Chairman) Marah Capuyan (President) |
| Owner | Philippine Collective Media Corporation (51%) ABS-CBN Corporation (49%) |
DWPM[1] (630 AM, "DZMM Radyo Patrol 630") is a radio station in Quezon City, Philippines. Owned by Philippine Collective Media Corporation and operated by Media Serbisyo Production Corporation—a joint venture with ABS-CBN Corporation, the station broadcasts a talk radio format. The station's studio is located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, while its transmitter is located along F. Navarette Street in Obando, Bulacan.
DWPM was established in June 2023 after PCMC was awarded a license for a new station on the 630 kHz frequency; ABS-CBN had held the frequency as DZMM from 1953 to 2020, when it was stripped of its broadcasting licenses by the Filipino government. The station initially launched as Radyo 630, with PCMC and parent company Prime Media Holdings entering into an agreement with ABS-CBN (which had continued DZMM's news/talk programming on other platforms as TeleRadyo) to co-produce programming for the new station. In May 2025, DWPM revived the DZMM Radyo Patrol branding, and began to integrate some of its previous programs into its lineup.
Some of the station's programs are simulcast on television by DZMM TeleRadyo, which is distributed on terrestrial television via PRTV Prime Media, and on selected Favorite Music Radio (FMR) stations.
History
[edit]2023–25: Radyo 630
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On May 23, 2023, ABS-CBN Corporation announced that it would launch a joint venture with Prime Media Holdings, owned by then House Speaker Representative Martin Romualdez, to produce and supply programs—including news content—to broadcasters and third-party entities, including the PMHI-owned Philippine Collective Media Corporation, operator of the Favorite Music Radio FM radio network. Among the plans was the possible revival of ABS-CBN's former talk radio station DZMM, after PCMC was awarded a license for a new station on its former frequency of 630 kHz.[2][3]
On June 26, 2023, 630 kHz conducted a test broadcast under the DWPM callsign.[4][5] The station soft launched on June 30, 2023, as Radyo 630, broadcasting only in the morning hours. Concurrent with the launch, TeleRadyo—a cable channel that previously served as a television simulcast of DZMM before ABS-CBN was stripped of its broadcasting licenses in 2020—was taken over by the Prime/ABS-CBN joint venture Media Serbisyo Production Corporation—and relaunched as TeleRadyo Serbisyo.[6][7] The station officially launched on July 17, 2023, adding afternoon and evening programming featuring a mix of ABS-CBN and TeleRadyo personalities as hosts.[8][9]
The station soft launched on June 30, 2023, as Radyo 630.[10] A day prior to the launch, hosts of several programs from ABS-CBN's Filipino cable news channel TeleRadyo (formerly DZMM TeleRadyo) has informed their viewers to tune-in to the new station the next day. Its soft launch coincided with the relaunch of TeleRadyo as TeleRadyo Serbisyo, which is also now handled under the Prime Media/ABS-CBN joint-venture management.[11] It had its official launch on July 17, with the debut of its afternoon and evening programs.[12][13] In March 2024, the station added early-morning programmes, and expanded back to a 24-hour schedule on July 1, 2024.[citation needed]
In May 2025, it was reported that Media Serbisyo Production Corporation was seeking new funding, after suffering PHP25.9 million in losses over the previous year.[14]
2025–present: The return of DZMM
[edit]On May 29, 2025, DWPM relaunched as DZMM Radyo Patrol 630, reviving the branding and format of its predecessor. The relaunch came ahead of a programming overhaul on June 2, which included the reinstatement of former DZMM programs such as Radyo Patrol Balita, Aksyon Ngayon, and its radio drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya sa DZMM.[15][16][17]
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The return of MMK, alongside the Friday afternoon segment of Ako 'To Si Tyang Amy called Tyang Amy Presents, marked the return of radio dramas to 630 for the first time since 2020.
Beginning in September, DZMM slowly revived the dual production setup for both itself and DZMM TeleRadyo, with ABS-CBN's support per its obligations with MSPC. By the time of the relaunch, the regular DZMM audio service was carrying Arangkada Balita, a PCMC/PRTV Prime Media co-production with the station and ABS-CBN News, which airs at 5:30 p.m. weekdays as a radio counterpart to TV Patrol Express - this being the same timeslot as Isyu Spotted, by then an exclusive broadcast only on DZMM TeleRadyo, the former later being livestreamed on PRTV Prime Media's official YouTube. Today, select TeleRadyo-only productions aired from its radio booth in Quezon City are aired as DZMM TeleRadyo exclusives, as was the case before 2020, as well as DZMM-only productions, with some also simulcast on PRTV Prime Media and its YouTube page.[citation needed][clarification needed]
Programming
[edit]Notable on-air personalities
[edit]Current
[edit]Former
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "List of Authorized Broadcast Stations (AM) - June 2025" (PDF). National Telecommunications Commission. July 29, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ↑ "Goodbye TeleRadyo, but DZMM 630 to rise from the dead". Rappler. May 24, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ↑ "ABS-CBN's Lopez strikes deal with Prime Media to bring back DZMM on the airwaves". Bilyonaryo. May 23, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ↑ "Former ABS-CBN radio 630 in AM band back on air as DWPM". Rappler. June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ↑ Mendoza, Red (June 28, 2023). "ABS-Prime joint venture station holds test broadcasts". The Manila Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ↑ de Castro, Isagani Jr. (June 29, 2023). "'Wag kayo bibitiw,' ABS-CBN show Sakto hosts tell supporters prior to TeleRadyo closure". Rappler. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ↑ de Castro, Isagani Jr. (June 30, 2023). "The politics of radio: New station DWPM Radyo 630 is born". Rappler. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ↑ Clarin, Alyssa Mae (June 30, 2023). "Employees bid goodbye to TeleRadyo as ABS-CBN's joint venture welcomes new radio". Bulatlat. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ↑ De Castro, Isagani Jr. (July 17, 2023). "Radyo 630 launches whole-day programming". Rappler. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ↑ de Castro, Isagani Jr. (June 30, 2023). "The politics of radio: New station DWPM Radyo 630 is born". Rappler. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ↑ de Castro, Isagani Jr. (June 29, 2023). "'Wag kayo bibitiw,' ABS-CBN show Sakto hosts tell supporters prior to TeleRadyo closure". Rappler. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ↑ Clarin, Alyssa Mae (June 30, 2023). "Employees bid goodbye to TeleRadyo as ABS-CBN's joint venture welcomes new radio". Bulatlat. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ↑ De Castro, Isagani Jr. (July 17, 2023). "Radyo 630 launches whole-day programming". Rappler. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ↑ Camus, Miguel R. (May 3, 2025). "ABS-CBN, Prime Media plan funding boost for TeleRadyo Serbisyo after P51M loss". InsiderPH. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ↑ Baizas, Gaby (May 29, 2025). "DZMM, Teleradyo return after 2 years". RAPPLER. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
- ↑ Krishnan, Ganiel (May 29, 2025). "DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 returns on air". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
- ↑ Camus, Miguel R. (May 30, 2025). "Trusted DZMM brand makes nostalgic return to stem losses". InsiderPH. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ↑ Radyo 630 [@Radyo630] (July 17, 2023). "Hindi tayo iiwan nina Amy Perez at Jeff Canoy ngayong gabi dahil 'kasalo' tayo sa kanilang talakayan!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "'Kabayan' Noli de Castro returns to free radio on Radyo 630". Rappler. July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ↑ "DWPM 630khz now Teleradyo Serbisyo by tune in Henry Omaga Diaz as ABS-CBN News!". YouTube. June 30, 2023.
- 1 2 Reyes, Dempsey (December 23, 2025). "Herbosa, 2 other DOH execs face admin, criminal raps over radio stints". Inquirer.net. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
