| logo_size = 200px
| logo_size = 200px
| image = RMN Malaybalay Building.jpg
| image = RMN Malaybalay Building.jpg
| caption = Studio and Transmitter in Brgy. San Jose, [[Malaybalay|Malaybalay City]], [[Bukidnon|Bukidnon Province]]
| caption = Studio and Transmitter in Brgy. San Jose, [[Malaybalay City]]
| city = [[Malaybalay]]
| city = [[Malaybalay]]
| area = [[Bukidnon]] and surrounding areas
| area = [[Bukidnon]] and surrounding areas
| airdate = May 15, 1980 (under RMN)<br>”{{small|(Date of establishment under former owner/s unknown.)}}”
| airdate = May 15, 1980 (under RMN)<br>”{{small|(Date of establishment under former owner/s unknown.)}}”
| frequency = 648 kHz
| frequency = 648 kHz
| format = [[All-news radio|News]], [[Public affairs (broadcasting)|Public Affairs]], [[Talk radio|Talk]], [[Radio drama|Drama]]
| format = [[News]], [[Public affairs |Public Affairs]], [[Talk radio|Talk]], [[Drama]]
| language = [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]], [[Filipino language|Filipino]]
| language = [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]], [[Filipino language|Filipino]]
| licensing_authority = [[National Telecommunications Commission|NTC]]
| licensing_authority = [[National Telecommunications Commission|NTC]]
| power = 10,000 [[Watt#Kilowatt|watt]]s
| power = 10,000 [[watt]]s
| erp =
| erp =
| class = C, D, E
| class = C, D, E
| callsign_meaning = [[Malaybalay|”’M”’alaybalay ”’B”’ukidnon]]
| callsign_meaning = [[Malaybalay|”’M”’alaybalay ”’B”’ukidnon]]
| former_frequencies = {{frequency|610|KHz}} (until 1978)
| former_frequencies = 610 (until 1978)
| network = Radyo Mo Nationwide
| network = Radyo Mo Nationwide
| owner = [[Radio Mindanao Network]]
| owner = [[Radio Mindanao Network]]
}}
}}
”’DXMB”’ (648 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) ”’RMN Malaybalay”’ is a radio station owned and operated by the [[Radio Mindanao Network]]. The station’s studio and transmitter are located at Purok 2, Brgy. San Jose, [[Malaybalay|Malaybalay City]], [[Bukidnon|Bukdinon Province]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bukidnon.gov.ph/home/index.php/2012-11-19-07-06-03/business-and-economy/infrastructure-and-utilities |title=Infrastructure and Utilities {{!}} Provincial Government of Bukidnon |access-date=March 9, 2020 |archive-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313060333/http://www.bukidnon.gov.ph/home/index.php/2012-11-19-07-06-03/business-and-economy/infrastructure-and-utilities |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3497237 Radio Broadcasting in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon: Its History and Influence (1970–2018)]</ref><ref>[https://issuu.com/mvcollege/docs/cf_20131129/28 CyberFlashes]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. p.28</ref><ref>[http://cagayandeoro.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dxdb-radioairtime72000.00-081920162.pdf BAC Resolution No. 0205]</ref><ref>[https://dwrscommandoradio.com/medical-mission-sa-rmn-dxmb-malaybalay-ipahigayon-karong-adlawa-sa-barangay-linabo Medical mission sa RMN DXMB Malaybalay, ipahigayon karong adlawa sa Barangay Linabo]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://nnc.gov.ph/index.php/39-featured-articles/3147-nnc-s-radyo-mo-sa-nutrisyon-bags-its-7th-gandingan-award.html NNC’S RADYO MO SA NUTRISYON BAGS ITS 7TH GANDINGAN AWARD]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://mindanaoexaminer.com/rmn-now-airs-top-rated-drama-programs-simultaneously-in-visayas-mindanao/ RMN now airs top-rated drama programs simultaneously in Visayas, Mindanao]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
”’DXMB”’ (648 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) ”’RMN Malaybalay”’ is a radio station owned and operated by the [[Radio Mindanao Network]]. The station’s studio and transmitter are located at Purok 2, Brgy. San Jose, [[Malaybalay]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bukidnon.gov.ph/home/index.php/2012-11-19-07-06-03/business-and-economy/infrastructure-and-utilities |title=Infrastructure and Utilities {{!}} Provincial Government of Bukidnon |access-date=March 9, 2020 |archive-date=March 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313060333/http://www.bukidnon.gov.ph/home/index.php/2012-11-19-07-06-03/business-and-economy/infrastructure-and-utilities |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3497237 Radio Broadcasting in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon: Its History and Influence (1970–2018)]</ref><ref>[https://issuu.com/mvcollege/docs/cf_20131129/28 CyberFlashes]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. p.28</ref><ref>[http://cagayandeoro.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dxdb-radioairtime72000.00-081920162.pdf BAC Resolution No. 0205]</ref><ref>[https://dwrscommandoradio.com/medical-mission-sa-rmn-dxmb-malaybalay-ipahigayon-karong-adlawa-sa-barangay-linabo Medical mission sa RMN DXMB Malaybalay, ipahigayon karong adlawa sa Barangay Linabo]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://nnc.gov.ph/index.php/39-featured-articles/3147-nnc-s-radyo-mo-sa-nutrisyon-bags-its-7th-gandingan-award.html NNC’S RADYO MO SA NUTRISYON BAGS ITS 7TH GANDINGAN AWARD]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://mindanaoexaminer.com/rmn-now-airs-top-rated-drama-programs-simultaneously-in-visayas-mindanao/ RMN now airs top-rated drama programs simultaneously in Visayas, Mindanao]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==History==
==History==
The patriarch later decided to sell the station as he could no longer manage it. In 1980, the station was acquired by the [[Radio Mindanao Network]].<ref name=”ssrn”>{{cite book |author1=Angela Mae Inson |author2=Meshelle Rivera |date=August 28, 2019 |title=Radio Broadcasting in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon: Its History and Influence (1970–2018) |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3497237 |location= |publisher=Asia Pacific Society for Public Affairs |pages=299–314 |ssrn=3497237 |isbn= |access-date=December 17, 2023 |via=[[Social Science Research Network]]}}</ref> Ruta though remained as the station’s sales representative by 1990.<ref name=”NSOy96″>{{cite book |date=1990 |title=Provincial Profile: Bukidnon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkvHD91MlkMC&q=ruta+dxmb |location=[[Philippines]] |publisher=[[National Statistics Office (Philippines)|National Statistics Office]] |page= |isbn= |access-date=December 25, 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The station’s power was increased to 5 kW by 1990s.<ref name=”wrth1999″>{{cite book |date=1999 |title=The World Radio and TV Handbook, volume 53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wTYqAQAAIAAJ |location= |publisher=Cardfont Publishers under license from Billboard Publications |page= |isbn= 978-0-8230-5931-7|access-date=December 26, 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=1998 |title=The World Radio and TV Handbook 1999, volume 53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cnCod-rvbYwC |location= |publisher=[[Watson-Guptill Publications]] |page= |isbn= 978-0-8230-5931-7|access-date=December 25, 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
The patriarch later decided to sell the station as he could no longer manage it. In 1980, the station was acquired by the [[Radio Mindanao Network]].<ref name=”ssrn”>{{cite book |author1=Angela Mae Inson |author2=Meshelle Rivera |date=August 28, 2019 |title=Radio Broadcasting in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon: Its History and Influence (1970–2018) |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3497237 |location= |publisher=Asia Pacific Society for Public Affairs |pages=299–314 |ssrn=3497237 |isbn= |access-date=December 17, 2023 |via=[[Social Science Research Network]]}}</ref> Ruta though remained as the station’s sales representative by 1990.<ref name=”NSOy96″>{{cite book |date=1990 |title=Provincial Profile: Bukidnon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkvHD91MlkMC&q=ruta+dxmb |location=[[Philippines]] |publisher=[[National Statistics Office (Philippines)|National Statistics Office]] |page= |isbn= |access-date=December 25, 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> The station’s power was increased to 5 kW by 1990s.<ref name=”wrth1999″>{{cite book |date=1999 |title=The World Radio and TV Handbook, volume 53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wTYqAQAAIAAJ |location= |publisher=Cardfont Publishers under license from Billboard Publications |page= |isbn= 978-0-8230-5931-7|access-date=December 26, 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=1998 |title=The World Radio and TV Handbook 1999, volume 53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cnCod-rvbYwC |location= |publisher=[[Watson-Guptill Publications]] |page= |isbn= 978-0-8230-5931-7|access-date=December 25, 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
Unlike other RMN AM radio stations primarily focusing on [[News|news]], [[Criticism|commentaries]] and [[Public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]], the station has its unique programming focusing on [[entertainment]], mainly on [[radio drama|drama]].<ref name=”ssrn” />
Unlike other RMN AM radio stations primarily focusing on [[news]], [[Criticism|commentaries]] and [[Public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]], the station has its unique programming focusing on [[entertainment]], mainly on [[radio drama|drama]].<ref name=”ssrn” />
==Notes==
==Notes==
Radio station in Bukidnon, Philippines
DXMB (648 AM) RMN Malaybalay is a radio station owned and operated by the Radio Mindanao Network. The station’s studio and transmitter are located at Purok 2, Brgy. San Jose, Malaybalay.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
By early 1970s, DXMB-AM, probably the second radio station both in Malaybalay[8] and in Bukidnon,[9] then at 610 kHz and with 1-kW power,[9] was being operated along Claro M. Recto Ave.; its franchise was owned by the Lopez family[8] through Eduardo Lopez & Co., and operated by Ruta Broadcasting,[10] also owned by Eduardo.[11] The station used custom-built equipment.[10]
The station became the only operating in the municipality[10][12] since Catholic-run DXBB-AM was closed by the government in 1976 yet its license had never been revoked. (The latter would be relaunched as present-day DXDB-AM in 1991).[8] Its frequency was transferred in 1978 to present-day 648 kHz.[12]
By the end of 1970s, Malaybalay-based Ruta[13] had at least six AM radio stations; the rest were located in Visayas.[a]
The patriarch later decided to sell the station as he could no longer manage it. In 1980, the station was acquired by the Radio Mindanao Network.[8] Ruta though remained as the station’s sales representative by 1990.[17] The station’s power was increased to 5 kW by 1990s.[13][18]
Unlike other RMN AM radio stations primarily focusing on news, commentaries and public affairs, the station has its unique programming focusing on entertainment, mainly on drama.[8]
- ^ “Infrastructure and Utilities | Provincial Government of Bukidnon”. Archived from the original on March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Radio Broadcasting in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon: Its History and Influence (1970–2018)
- ^ CyberFlashes[permanent dead link]. p.28
- ^ BAC Resolution No. 0205
- ^ Medical mission sa RMN DXMB Malaybalay, ipahigayon karong adlawa sa Barangay Linabo[permanent dead link]
- ^ NNC’S RADYO MO SA NUTRISYON BAGS ITS 7TH GANDINGAN AWARD[permanent dead link]
- ^ RMN now airs top-rated drama programs simultaneously in Visayas, Mindanao[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e Angela Mae Inson; Meshelle Rivera (August 28, 2019). Radio Broadcasting in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon: Its History and Influence (1970–2018). Asia Pacific Society for Public Affairs. pp. 299–314. SSRN 3497237. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via Social Science Research Network.
- ^ a b Proceedings—PCAR-Media Information Workshop, issues 1–4. Philippines: Philippine Council for Agricultural Research. n.d. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e The Philippines, a Country Profile. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of State. August 1979. p. 115–116, 119, 121. Retrieved December 18, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ Purisima Katigbak–Tan (1971). Philippine Radio and Television Factbook. Manila: Institute of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f Philippine Yearbook 1979. Manila: National Economic and Development Authority; National Census and Statistics Office. 1979. pp. 813–815. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b The World Radio and TV Handbook, volume 53. Cardfont Publishers under license from Billboard Publications. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8230-5931-7. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Philippine Yearbook 1978. Manila: National Economic and Development Authority; National Census and Statistics Office. 1978. pp. 770, 772–773. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b The Asian Press and Media Directory. Press Foundation of Asia. 1978. Retrieved December 25, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c “AM Radio Stations (as of December 2021)” (PDF). National Telecommunications Commission. 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2023 – via Freedom of Information, Government of the Philippines.
- ^ Provincial Profile: Bukidnon. Philippines: National Statistics Office. 1990. Retrieved December 25, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ The World Radio and TV Handbook 1999, volume 53. Watson-Guptill Publications. 1998. ISBN 978-0-8230-5931-7. Retrieved December 25, 2023 – via Google Books.
