Philippine Radio Blog Club

Man you really brighten my day and thank you a million times for giving me a chance to listen again to the radios that you hosted.I was amazed for your prompt action. You’re great, no wonder your company is growing and growing because you personally monitored and take action for all your visitors woes.

This is the only way where I can be updated with the current events in our country. I’m presently residing here in Spring, Texas USA (Houston Metropolis) and because of your webcast portal as if I’m just a block away from most radio stations in Metro-Manila. I hope someday you can visit us here in Houston so that we can personally thank you for sharing us the webcasts from your web portals. Thanks and best regards. — Ding Tajonera

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The monthly winner of the hotvideoke challenge will go home with cash and prizes worth 12,500 from the sponsors including FlySeair, Villa Jireh, Bitstop, Cebuanna Lhullier, Tupperware Beauty Control, Audio Electronics and Francis Portraits.

The contest will be on this saturday, January 27, 2007 at HOTFM radio station from 1pm onwards (gmt+8). For more details, please visit the website at hotvideokechallenge.prepys.com

I have received numerous valuable feedback about the sound quality of our streams. I suspect this is due to bandwidth congestion on the internet, brought about by the recent Taiwan earthquake. Latest news indicate that the repair is going to be delayed by another week.

Since we do have several servers (locations) that you can choose from, i suggest that you try to connect to different servers and find the one that is closest to you, or the one that gives you a better audio quality.

The list of the radio stations with different relay servers (digitel, infocom, globe, bayantel, eastern and USbased) are found in www.dagupan.com/radio. Do let us know which one works best for you, okay?

VALENTINE’S DAY FACTOIDS

It is a great delight to find all these interesting facts about Valentine’s Day. It gives us an idea of how Valentine’s practices came to be thus deepening the significance of this special day. So, whatever means you choose to celebrate this special day, remember that it’s all about being romantic - coming forward to your loved one and expressing your innermost feelings of love and admiration. After all, LOVE is all that matters.

DID YOU KNOW?

• The first Valentine’s Day box of chocolates was introduced by Richard Cadbury in 1868.
• Love birds and doves are the most endearing symbols of Valentine’s Day. Its origin stemmed from old beliefs that love birds find their mates on Feb 14. On the other hand, doves signify love and loyalty between couples. Unlike other animals, doves stay with a single partner all through their lives.
• CUPID, the childlike winged deity is the son of  Venus, the Roman goddess of love. In Roman mythology, Cupid is known as EROS, the son of Aphrodite.
• Valentine’s Day is primarily a lovers holiday. The ultimate flower icon are RED ROSES symbolizing romantic love and enduring passion.
• About 15% of women in the USA send THEMSELVES flowers on Valentine’s Day (interesting huh?).
• The first Valentine’s card is believed to have been sent by Charles Duc d’Orleans in 1415 to his wife while a prisoner in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt.The greeting is now a part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London.
• The first commercial Valentine’s Day greeting cards were created by Esther A. Howland in the 1840s using real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures. She is known as the Mother of Valentine’s Day.
• On Valentine’s Day, there is NO CHARGE to get married in the Empire State Building’s Chapel in New York City.

• PHILIPPINES - LET THE LOVE BEGIN, a romantic film released by GMA Films, became the first Filipino film that topped the box office charts during its opening week ahead of foreign films. It was shown on Feb 14, 2005 and starred Richard Gutierrez, Mark Herras, Angel Locsin and Jennylyn Mercado.
• Tragically on Feb 14, 2005, a series of bombings by suspected militants occurred in Makati and two Southern Philippine cities killing at least six people and over 90 others were wounded.
• The Philippine Heart Center was inaugurated on Feb 14, 1975 and was graced by renowned cardiovascular experts such as Dr. Christiaan Barnard, Dr. Denton Cooley, Dr. Donald Effler and Dr. Charles Bailey. Its original name was the Philippine Heart Center for Asia and was changed to its current form in 1975. It was established by the former Pres. Ferdinand Marcos.
• On Feb 14, 2004, 5,122 Philippine couples gathered together at midnight and locked lips. This kissathon beat the previous wold record of 4,445 couples set in January in Chile.

KISSES TRIVIA

• You burn 26 calories with a minute of kissing.
• The first kiss ever shown in a movie was in 1896. The title of the movie is “THE KISS”.
• Fifty percent of all people had their ‘first kiss’ before the age of 14.
• Hershey’s chocolate KISSES got the name because the machine that makes it looks like its kissing the conveyor’s belt.

Hi,

Just wanted to let you know that it has been a month since there have been any signal or audio from RX 93.1. I listen to them regularly on the net. Is this caused by the earthquake?

Hi there,

I,m was always listening to this station but since a few weeks its difficult to connect to
the station when i try to connect i only get the message “will returning after the following message” but no way its only repeating this message over and over again.

pls help

nicky

Music is like food for the heart and soul. Men or women, old and young alike, it’s a passion like no other. Feel the beat, stomp your feet, enjoy OPM at its best. Listen to FILIPINO LIVE RADIO 24-7 as we play great  music to satisfy your passion.

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PINOY RHYTHMS isn’t just about music to its creators; it’s a breathe of fresh air to Filipinos especially those that have settled in other parts of the world. Unfortunately, for Filipinos abroad, there’s limited access to Filipino music daily except for a few internet radios and CDs they might have brought along.

After a few hours at the think tank, it was there that we got inspired with the idea of a ready source of Filipino music that would be easily accessible for everyone. And how else to achieve that - but to use the worldwide web to reach people globally. Hence, Pinoy Rhythms was created.

We wanted to give the Filipinos all over the world a format that they would enjoy listening to and would make them feel as close to the Philippines as possible, even just in spirit. We will strive to bring laughter and joy to the hearts of Filipinos away from home. Our programming will highlight the best Filipino music, current news, cultural info, light humor and entertainment for the entire family.

When you listen to OPM (original Pilipino music), it’s you who feels every mood, every sentiment, it’s you who remembers the memories related to the song. It’s you who feels every word, every bit of emotion that the singer tries to convey. That’s why music is so vital to Filipinos – it’s more than just songs, it’s a way of life.

At the same token, since we believe that people from all walks of life, not limited to only Filipinos, would come across the site, we decided to use it to share to the world our rich culture but not limited to our delectable cuisine, beautiful travel spots, history that’s a unique blend of East and West, and age-old traditions.

Join us at www.pinoyrhythms.com!

Mr Rey Ayento sent in this email:

“I hope you can find ways to help our group raise funds to complete our instruments. God Bless you and your family Sir.”
Mangatarem National High School (MNHS) has always been a haven of musical ensembles.  In the 1970s, there was the MNHS Rondalla composed of talented students under the leadership of then principal, Mr. Andres Seril.  The 1980s proved to be a musically-filled decade through the MNHS Faculty Band that conquered Pangasinan and some parts of Luzon with their beautiful combo music that catered to both young and old alike.  This was under the management of Mrs. Juliana B. Laoag.

Today, MNHS boasts of “Aniweng na Kwerdas” the newly formed Rondalla composed of students of the Special Program in the Arts who are inclined to playing stringed instruments.  Under the direction of a multi-talented music master, Mr. Reynan N. Ayento, this musical ensemble is a collaborative effort of handful creative musical enthusiasts among the faculty members and generous spirits who upholds the joy the music brings.

Notwithstanding, its lack of instruments, for example, laud, octavina, bajo de arco and drum set, the group engages into different performances as it hopes to bring back the discriminating musical inclination and love for playing stringed instruments of the townspeople of Mangatarem.  It also aspires to grow and be renowned as it showcases the incomparable music and culture of the Province of Pangasinan.

The MNHS Rondalla then is up to spreading cheer and happiness through its beautiful music.