Ramon Jacinto
| Ramon "RJ" Jacinto | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ramon Pereyra Jacinto |
| Born |
3 June 1945 Pasay, Manila, Philippines |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-Songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1960–1972 1986-Present |
| Labels | RJ Productions |
| Website | rjplanet |
| Notable instruments | |
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Fender Telecaster Gibson Les Paul Gibson ES-335 Fender Jazzmaster RJ Super Vintage Guitar |
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Ramon Pereyra Jacinto (born June 3, 1945) is a Filipino musician, radio jockey, TV host and entrepreneur. He is more commonly referred to as RJ Jacinto. He is the founder and chairman of Philippines' rock-and-roll radio station , and the Rajah Broadcasting Network. Since 1963, this network has grown to a nationwide chain of radio stations (10 stations) and a UHF TV station. He is also the Chairman of Jacinto Color Steel, Inc. and the founder of RJ Guitars.
Jacinto attended the Ateneo de Manila University and graduated with honors in Economics. To further his studies, he took up law at the University of Sto. Tomas while working for his father's steel company, Iligan Integrated Steel Mills, Inc.
At the age of 15, became an entrepreneur founding the first multi-track recording company in Asia.
At the age of 17, Jacinto and his friends established his radio station in his parent's backyard. The establishment of the radio station with the call letters dzRJ, would eventually become the legendary and at the same time, influential rock and roll station in the country.
At 19, RJ worked at the country's largest Steel Mill (IISMI) as VP Purchasing then as SVP Operations.
Upon returning from exile from Martial Law, Jacinto came back with a string of businesses and helped establish the following:
He also owned Ventures Bank, which he sold and is now known as AMA Bank,
Through his show “RJ Sunday Jam”, he is claimed to be the first to establish Teleradyo - a simulcast of radio on TV which was the model for ABS-CBN's DZMM TeleRadyo, the No.1 AM radio station in the country.
In 2008, RJ was appointed President and CEO of Philcomsat Holdings Corporation. He is also a Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Philcomsat (Philippine Communications Satellite Corporation), the telecommunications company in the Philippines.
While manning his own radio station, Jacinto was also the Senior Vice-President for Purchasing of their family business, with 2,500 employees reporting to him. During the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, the Jacinto family's assets were forcibly seized and placed under military control and executives of the company were jailed with no charges filed. The sequestered assets included Jacinto's two radio stations. At that time, Jacinto was in the United States and opted to stay there in exile for 14 years to save himself from being jailed. During his exile, Jacinto recorded songs together with other Filipinos and secretly sent them to the Philippines for airplay. The songs "Muli" and "Don't Let Go" became hits but the composers and singers were not named in order to avoid military sanctions.
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