DZRJ 810 AM

DZRJ-AM (810 kHz Metro Manila), also known by its tagline The Voice of the Philippines, is an AM radio station of the Rajah Broadcasting Network, Inc. in the Philippines. The station was located on the roofdeck and tower of the J&T Building along Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard (a street is otherwise known as “Sta.Mesa”). Its present location is at the Ventures Building-1, General Luna Street,Makati City, while its radio transmitter is located along Quirino Highway, Novaliches, Quezon City. DZRJ is a 24-hour operating station except on Saturdays where it signs-off at midnight and Sundays from 5:00 am to Midnight, and except Holy Week of each year where it signs-off at 5:00 am of Maundy Thursday and lasts until 5:00 am of Black Saturday.

To acknowledge the patrimony of its key role in the victorious and bloodless revolution, DZRJ AM rebranded as Radyo Bandido with a public service format. Meanwhile, the music format revived in FM as RJ 100.3 and later, RJ Underground Radio 105.9; as well as their flagship TV network RJTV 29. DZRJ-AM has also a role on the EDSA DOS. DZRJ is known for some veteran broadcasters such as Johnny Midnight, Art Borjal & Zaldy Lenon. Since 2004, it began bringing news from BBC & VOA. The PBA Games on Radio was moved to DZRJ-AM fromDZSR in 2009. UAAP on Radio started on DZRJ-AM in 2010.

With Radyo Bandido’s popularity waning during the recent years, the management decided to launch a unique brand in June 2010. Last July 19, it upgraded its transmitter facilities to 50,000 watts. Radyo Bandido signed off for the last time on August 22.

On August 25, 2010, DZRJ launched its English broadcasting with the slogan The Voice of the Philippines as a test broadcast, although it officially launched on October 4, 2010.^[1]DZRJ is the only English-language AM station in Mega Manila. Its format consisted of English News from Philippine Star, VOA and BBC, Lifestyle, Sports and Public Service.