Radio Mindanao Network
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| Industry | Radio network |
| Founded | August 28, 1952 |
| Headquarters | Makati City, Philippines |
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Key people
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Henry Canoy (Founder) Eric S. Canoy (President and Chairman) Enrico Guido O. Canoy (VP for Operations) Jaime A. Puno (President, RMN-MMV) Maria Clara S. Canoy (Member, Board of Directors) Ike S. Canoy (Member, Board of Directors) Carlos S. Canoy (Member, Board of Directors) Florante A. Aseron (Member, Board of Directors) Diosdado B. Marasigan (Member, Board of Directors) Atty. Marietta E. Nieto (Corporate Secretary) |
| Website | rmn |
RMN is the largest radio network in the Philippines with almost 65 company-owned AM & FM radio stations located around the country. Radio Mindanao Network remains the legal name of the radio network. The network's first radio station was DXCC, established in Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao on August 28, 1952. The callsign has been supposed as a reference to the surnames of the business' founders (Canoy and Cui) but, according to founder Henry Canoy in his memoir, was actually chosen to mean Cagayan de Oro Community.
The network main office is located at the 4th Floor State Condominium I Bldg, Salcedo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City and studios in Guadalupe, Makati City and Greenhills San Juan City.
Sometime in 1948, Don Henry R. Canoy, together with Robin Cui and Vicente Rivera, set up two home-built tube radio receivers bought from Fideng Palacio of Puntod and placed them in an abandoned chicken poultry house situated at the corner of Velez and del Pilar streets in Cagayan de Oro for the purpose of listening to radio broadcasts from Manila. Canoy and friends ended up listening to radio broadcasts at night when reception was better. Eventually, the friends were all convinced to build a radio transmitter of their own. The group managed to assemble a 30-Watt radio transmitter from surplus parts bought at Raon Street in Quiapo, Manila. Henry Canoy broke the airwaves as a Pirate radio station in 1949, declaring "This is Cagayan de Oro calling...". Because the broadcast was not authorized by the Radio Control Office (RCO), it did not contain call letters.
In 1950 Canoy, at the insistence of his brother, lawyer Reuben R. Canoy, decided to establish a more powerful radio station and applied for a congressional franchise in Manila to support its lawful operation. In 1951, he set up the fledging station in partnership with Robin Cui, Max Suniel, Oscar Neri and Andres Bacal as equity partners with P10,000 in capital. on 23 June 1952 he was granted a permit to maintain and operate the radio broadcasting station.
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