DZLB-AM
{{Infobox radio station
| name = DZLB
| logo =
| city = Los Baños
| area = Laguna and surrounding areas
| branding = Radyo DZLB 1116
| frequency = 1116 kHz
| former_frequencies = 1200 kHz (1964–1978)
| airdate = 1964{{cite web|last=Flor |first=Alexander G. |url=http://www.upou.org/books/2005FAOCOL.pdf |title=ODL for Agricultural Development and Rural Poverty Reduction |publisher=University of the Philippines |format=PDF |access-date=2008-02-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013154113/http://www.upou.org/books/2005FAOCOL.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2006 }} (First Airing date)
2008 (Relaunch date)
| format = College Radio
| language = Filipino, English
| licensing_authority = NTC
| power = 5,000 watts
| erp =
| callsign_meaning = Los Baños
| owner = UPLB College of Development Communication
| sister_stations = DZLB-FM
| webcast =
| website =
}}
DZLB (1116 AM) is a college radio station owned and operated by the University of the Philippines Los Baños through its College of Development Communication. Its studio is located at the DZLB Broadcast Studio, 2nd Floor, College of Development Communication Building, UP Los Baños, Laguna.{{cite book |last=Jamias |first=Juan F. |title=Readings in Development Communication |year=1975 |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |oclc=3021503 |pages=94}}{{cite book |last=Lund-Johansen |first=Oluf |title=World Radio and TV Handbook |publisher=Cardfont Publishing |year=1978 |oclc=1585571 |pages=352}}
It is being used as an experimental radio station of the Department of Development Broadcasting and Telecommunication. Its programming includes music programs and request shows, informative segments and talk shows and School-on-air programs.
History
Radyo DZLB was established in 1964 by the University of the Philippines Los Baños to provide educational programming to rural communities surrounding Los Baños. The station originally broadcast at 1200 kHz with a power of 250 watts. In 1978, the frequency was changed to 1116 kHz.
DZLB won a KBP Golden Dove Award for Best AM Station in 1994{{cite web | url = http://www.upou.edu.ph/books/2005FAOCOL.pdf | title = ODL for Agri Development | publisher = University of the Philippines Open University | access-date = 2010-09-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101130025216/http://upou.edu.ph/books/2005FAOCOL.pdf | archive-date = 2010-11-30 | url-status = dead }} and a Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Educational Radio Program in 2010.{{cite web | url = http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20101017-298237/The-Envelope-CMMA-2010-winners | title = The Envelope: CMMA 2010 Winners | publisher = Inquirer.net | access-date = 2010-10-18 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101019062652/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20101017-298237/The-Envelope-CMMA-2010-winners | archive-date = 2010-10-19 }}
In 2005, the station went inactive due to lack of equipment. Three years after, in October 2008, the station went back on-air with a more powerful transmitter & equipment. Since December 1 of the same year, DZLB broadcasts from 6:00AM to 12:00NN, Mondays to Sundays.
Near the end of the first semester of Academic Year 2011-2012, construction for the station's new antenna tower began, causing the station to go off-air. On April 9, 2012, it went back on the air.
See also
References
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Category:College radio stations in the Philippines
Category:Community radio stations in the Philippines
Category:Radio stations established in 1964
Category:University of the Philippines Los Baños
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