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Re: [IRCA] Radio Pinoy
Do you still have that peice somewhere? I'd be interested in reading it..
Paul
On 4/3/07, Charles A Taylor <MWDXer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> Group:
>
> "Pinoy" is the "pet name" or nickname for a Filipino; "Pinay," for a
> Filipina.
> Pronounced (more-or-less), [pee-noy] and [pee-nigh]. More or less like
> "Yankee,"
> but with a positive connotation.
>
> As for RMN of WRMN, RMN = Radio Mindanao Network. It started with DXCC-780
> (now
> 828) Cagayan de Oro City, on Mindanao Island. Expanded to include
> Philippine Herald newspaper (large circulation) and DZHP-1120 Manila (now
> DZXL-558).
>
> RMN was the first true "network" in that it carried, via interisland
> microwave, hourly news originating from DZHP-1120.
>
> The govt-owned Philippine Broadcasting Service, while a fairly objective
> and well-run and maintained organization, used shortwave (via DUH2-6170)
> as
> the link between Manila and the provincial stations.
>
> I did a several-page piece on Philippine broadcasting in WRTH-76 (I
> believe
> that's the year). Also did most of the Philippine country section of WRTH
> starting in 1973.
>
> Haven't much kept up with Philippine affairs since about 1980.
>
>
> Charles A Taylor, WD4INP
> Greenville, North Carolina
>
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