Overview of the Philippine Media

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An Overview of the

Philippine Media

By

Charmy G. Sabigan

Bombo Radyo Philippines

The different mass media:

• Print

– Newspapers

– Magazines

• Broadcast

– Radio

– Television

• On Line

Newspapers

About 65 Newspapers in the country

of national and local circulation

24 National

The Rest Regional/local

Circulation: About 4.7 M

Newspapers

• Written in English those of national

circulation.

• Local Newspapers are written either in

English, Filipino, the national language or

in the local languages

Broadsheets have their own

websites updated regularly

Magazines

Only 12 are considered on the top

All in English

There are others which are regional and use

the national language or local dialect

Magazines cater to

certain groups or

interests

FHM –

leading magazine for

men, sexy but not

vulgar

Seventeen –leading teenage magazine

The Entrepreneur-Handbook for Small-to-Medium

size business owners

Cosmopolitan-

Deals with romance,

beauty, showbiz and many

others

Yes Magazine-The leading

entertainment magazine

Television

• There are less than 300 TV stations

• Only three (3) are dominant

– Associated Broadcasting Company or ABC 5

– ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. or TV 2

– GMA Network or TV 7

Radio

• There are more than a thousand radio

stations in the AM and FM bands

Radio

• Only three (3) Dominant Networks

– Bombo Radyo Philippines

– Manila Broadcasting Corporation

– Radio Mindanao Network

The next table is a summary of

the number of licensed

broadcast media in the

Philippines released by the

National Telecommunications

Commission or (NTC)

NUMBER OF BROADCAST AND CATV STATIONS BY REGION

NCR 31 25 22 0 0 0 42 0 120

CAR 11 20 10 4 6 0 13 0 64

I 33 38 13 3 2 0 84 0 173

II 19 38 16 1 4 0 67 1 146

III 18 24 13 1 8 2 11 0 77

IV 31 76 30 4 4 1 210 0 356

V 36 68 30 3 8 0 72 0 217

VI 35 71 29 3 2 0 72 0 212

VII 27 47 21 2 6 0 67 0 170

VIII 22 30 11 7 0 0 71 0 141

IX 23 44 21 0 7 0 37 0 132

X 22 37 21 0 3 0 32 0 115

XI 34 77 31 1 0 0 18 0 161

XII 14 23 9 0 1 0 42 0 89

ARMM 9 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 22

CARAGA 18 34 15 1 5 0 34 0 107

TOTAL 383 659 297 30 56 3 873 1 2302

2302TOTAL =

CATV MMDS TOTALREGION AM FM TV TV RELAY TV X'

LATORDTU / DBS

Government Controlled Networks

• Three (3) Television Stations

–National Broadcasting Network, Inc.

(NBN-TV4)

–Radio Philippine Network ( RPN TV 9)

– Intercontinental Broadcasting

Corporation (IBC-13)

Government Controlled Networks

• One (1) Radio Network –

–Radyo ng Bayan but has

regional stations

Government TV and Radio

are least patronized by

the people.

Government TV and

Radio stations

did not rate in scientific

surveys conducted by

Nielsen

Information Agencies

• There are government information

agencies in every region of the

country but are not the principal

sources of information of the

people

Information Agencies

• Majority of the citizens are not

aware that they exist

The Mass Media

Consumers

of the Philippines

Level of Censorship

How does the state

influence the mass media?

Philippine Media are

remarked the freest in

Asia

The Philippines adopts

The United States of America’s

First Amendment

The Philippine

Constitution provides

In Article 3,

Bill of Rights Sec 4

Section 4. No law shall be passed

abridging the freedom of

speech, of expression, or

of the press,or the right of the people peaceably to

assemble and petition the government

for redress of grievances

Thank You