DXYZ-AM

{{short description|Radio station in Zamboanga City, Philippines}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = Sonshine Radio Zamboanga

| callsign = DXYZ

| logo =

| city = Zamboanga City

| area = Zamboanga City, Basilan and surrounding areas

| branding = DXYZ Sonshine Radio

| airdate = 1963 (NBC DXYZ 963)
1998 (as DXYZ Angel Radyo)
2005 (as DXYZ Sonshine Radio)

| last_airdate = December 2023 (NTC suspension order)

| frequency = 963 kHz

| former_frequencies = 970 kHz (1963–1978){{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QOJ6lmxfHkC|last=Henderson|first=Faye|title=The Philippines: A Country Profile|pages=120|date=1979|publisher=The Office|accessdate=June 24, 2020|via=Google Books}}

| format = Silent

| language = Chavacano, Filipino

| licensing_authority = NTC

| power = 15,000 watts

| erp =

| class =

| callsign_meaning = Yabut Zamboanga
Last 3 letters of the alphabet

| network = Sonshine Radio

| owner = Sonshine Media Network International

| sister_stations =

| website = [http://www.sonshineradio.com/ www.sonshineradio.com]

}}

DXYZ (963 AM) Sonshine Radio was a radio station owned and operated by Sonshine Media Network International. The station's studio is located at the 4th floor, MindPro Building, La Purisima St., Zamboanga City.{{cite web|url=https://www.zamboanga.com/arts_and_culture/arts_and_culture.htm|title=Zamboanga Arts & Culture|website=Zamboanga.com|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPY9CgHW6b0C|title=Profile Report on Zamboanga City|pages=22|date=1968|publisher=Task Force|accessdate=June 24, 2020|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xQLAQAAMAAJ|last=Maslog|first=Crispin|title=Philippine Communication Today|pages=108|date=2007|publisher=New Day Publishers|isbn=9789711011673|accessdate=June 24, 2020|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://zamboangajournal.blogspot.com/2009/01/zamboanga-veteran-journalist-david.html|last=Erasga|first=David|title=Zamboanga veteran journalist David Erasga writes 30|website=Mindanao Examiner|date=January 6, 2009|accessdate=June 24, 2020}}

History

Established on July 12, 1963, DXYZ was the first station of Nation Broadcasting Corporation under the helm of Abelardo L. Yabut Sr. It is also {{Clarify|date=June 2022|reason=A Manila Standard supplement says that DXYZ "was the second station to rise [in the city by 1963]". However, there are more than one AM radio station that had been operating prior to this station's broadcast. (See DXRZ, DXXX-AM and DXLL-AM) |text=the second |pre-text= |post-text= }} in Zamboanga City. Its offices and studios were located then in the third floor of Evangelista Building, the tallest in the city by that time. It transmitted then on a 1-kilowatt surplus transmitter from Deeco Electronics through its tower on the building rooftop. Eddie Rodriguez, who later on became the city councilor, was the station's first manager by later part of that year."(Supplement) Nation Broadcasting Corporation: 25 years of service to the nation" [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19880712&printsec=frontpage&hl=en (July 12, 1988)] Manila Standard, pp. 12–15. Retrieved June 20, 2022.

It was known as NBC DXYZ Radyo 963 and later on Angel Radyo 963. In 1998, PLDT media subsidiary MediaQuest Holdings bought NBC from the consortium led by the Yabut family and real estate magnate Manny Villar. In 2005, The Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) leader, pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy purchased all of NBC AM radio stations, including DXYZ, and rebranded them as Sonshine Radio.

On mid-December 2023, the station, along with the rest of the network, had its operations suspended by the National Telecommunications Commission for 30 days, through an order dated December 19 but was publicized two days later, in response to a House of Representatives resolution, in relation to the alleged franchise violations.{{cite news |last=Daanoy |first=Sonny |title=NTC slaps SMNI with 30-day suspension |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/12/21/ntc-slaps-smni-with-30-day-suspension |date=December 21, 2023 |newspaper=Manila Bulletin |access-date=December 21, 2023}}

References

Category:Radio stations in Zamboanga City

Category:Radio stations established in 1963

Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2023

Category:Sonshine Media Network International

Category:News and talk radio stations in the Philippines

Category:1963 establishments in the Philippines