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DXMS (Radyo Bida Cotabato)
Broadcast areaMaguindanao, parts of Cotabato and Lanao del Sur
Frequency882 kHz
BrandingDXMS Radyo Bida 882
Programming
Language(s)Filipino, Maguindanaon
FormatNews, Public Affairs, Talk, Religious Radio
NetworkRadyo Bida
Ownership
OwnerNotre Dame Broadcasting Corporation
92.7 Happy FM
History
First air date
1957
Call sign meaning
Mamamayang Sumasampalataya
(former branding) or MiSsionary
Technical information
Licensing authority
NTC
Power5,000 watts

DXMS (882 AM) Radyo Bida is a radio station owned and operated by Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation, the media arm of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Its studio is located at the newly conglomerated Oblate Media Center, Sinsuat Ave., Cotabato City, and its transmitter is located at Notre Dame Village, Cotabato City.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

DXMS is the oldest Catholic radio station in the country. It broadcasts programs relevant to the lives of the people of Mindanao as it regards the tri-people of Mindanao made up of Christians, Muslims and Lumads very important in achieving peace and development in the highly complicated Mindanao island of southern Philippines.

History[edit]

DXMS was established by prelate Gerard Mongeau, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the old Cotabato province,[8] in February 1957 as the first radio station of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate,[9] and also the first in the once-undivided province (which now covers the Soccksargen region and the Maguindanao provinces).[10] It became a tool, primarily for evangelization, in the then Diocese of Cotabato.[9]

The station was briefly closed upon declaration of nationwide martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972. Its sister station, DXND-AM, was later used to be a mouthpiece against the administration.[9]

In the late 1970s, the station, then having a 10-kilowatt power, had its frequency moved from 880 kHz[11] to the present-day 882 kHz.[12]

The station became known for the broadcast of an annual quiz contest.[10]

Incidents[edit]

2000 attacks[edit]

Radio Kalimudan, a nightly blocktime[13] news and cultural affairs program[14] hosted by religious commentator and engineer Datu Zamzamin Ampatuan,[15][16] was said merely aimed at teaching the Muslims in Central Mindanao to preserve their traditions,[15] and was used to criticize the Islamic extremism, particularly the separatist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)[14] for their involvement in violence while pushing the separatism of Mindanao as an Islamic state.[15] Ampatuan later received several death threats,[14] especially from MILF[17] which had strongly objected the airing of the program;[13] the program became the subject of numerous attacks involving the station in 2000.[17][15]

On February 27, an explosion occurred near the station's gates,[18][19] at the start of the program.[18][20] Seven individuals were seriously injured, among them the broadcaster's two escorts and the station's security guard;[18][19] while only the announcer's van, which was just entered the compound at the time of the incident, was damaged.[18] It was reportedly the third attack against Ampatuan, who had blamed the MILF for a deadly Ozamiz ferry bombing two days earlier.[19] The explosive, a homemade mortar bomb,[18] was reportedly similar to the one used in Ozamiz.[19]

On March 27, Ampatuan was wounded in an assassination attempt when he was ambushed by around 14 armed men while returning home after the program, killing one of his military escorts, and injuring five more as well. Some of the assailants were identified as MILF members.[14]

In early December, the station was assaulted twice.[15][13] The first was when armed men fired a rocket grenade at the same compound, wounding four bystanders.[15]

On the early morning of December 11, suspected MILF rebels fired an 81 mm mortar on the NDBC relay base,[15] seriously injuring a radio technician[15] and network's business manager,[13] and damaging a storage house and the network's outside broadcast van.[13] The attack was believed to be aimed at the station's transmission tower.[15] A day prior, an anonymous telephone caller warned the employees of bomb attacks[15] unless the DXMS management would drop the program.[13]

The MILF denied responsibility for some of the attacks.[20][13][15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Archdiocese of Cotabato
  2. ^ 14 injured in Cotabato City blast, 5 in Libungan
  3. ^ 19 wounded in Mindanao explosions
  4. ^ SOA on Rice Production in Region XII, Making Waves
  5. ^ KuMuNet launch Radio Programs
  6. ^ Mga pagpamomba sa Cotabato gikondena ni Mayor Guiani-Sayadi
  7. ^ "Broadcaster in Cotabato City receives death threat". Archived from the original on 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  8. ^ Mercado, Jun (September 28, 2009). "Opinion: 'The Magnificent Seven' of the OMI". GMA News. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Sarmiento, Bong (October 26, 2018). "Church's radio franchise in Mindanao renewed for 25 years". UCA News. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  10. ^ a b Buhay Rodil, Rudy (October 11, 2022). "Angay-angay Lang: Eighty years old na ako (part 3)". MindaNews. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  11. ^ The Philippines, a Country Profile. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of State. August 1979. p. 126. Retrieved May 4, 2024 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Philippine Yearbook 1979. Manila: National Economic and Development Authority; National Census and Statistics Office. 1979. p. 816. Retrieved May 4, 2024 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Edwin Fernandez; et al. (December 12, 2000). "Another bomb hits Cotabato; radio station manager injured". Philippine Daily Inquirer. p. A5. Retrieved May 6, 2024 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ a b c d "Philippines: Radio host survives assassination attempt". Committee to Protect Journalists. April 5, 2000. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Unson, John (December 12, 2000). "2nd attack in 6 days: Rebs fire mortar at Cotabato radio station". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  16. ^ "Radyo Kalimudan". oocities.org. n.d. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  17. ^ a b Committee to Protect Journalists (February 2001). "Attacks on the Press in 2000 - Philippines". Refworld. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  18. ^ a b c d e Mindanao Bureau; Martin Marfil; Agence France-Presse (February 29, 2000). "Radio station blast blamed at MILF". Philippine Daily Inquirer. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved July 9, 2019 – via Google News Archive.
  19. ^ a b c d Unson, John (February 29, 2000). "Seven hurt in bomb blast at Cotabato radio station". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Philippines: Catholic radio station bombed in Mindanao". Committee to Protect Journalists. March 3, 2000. Retrieved May 12, 2024.


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