1953–72: Radyo Patrol's first iteration On October 19, 1953,
DZAQ, the forerunner of DZMM was established as the first radio station of the former ABS (Alto Broadcasting System) of the Quirinos under
President Elpidio Quirino's brother, Antonio. DZAQ further traced its roots from the pre-1953 experimental station DZBC, a radio station using the Filipino language in its broadcasts instead of the dominant English
lingua franca by other stations at that time. DZAQ 620 kHz featured news, variety and music programs on the then-standard AM format and served as the progenitor for DZAQ-TV 3.
Eddie Ilarde,
Ike Lozada,
German Moreno and
Joey de Leon were some of the best-known personalities of the station with its first radio studios in Aduana, Intramuros, Manila, sharing the same building with the television studios. In 1957, with the opening of the then new ABS radio and television studios in Pasay, the DZAQ radio studios moved there. Upon ABS and the Lopez-owned Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) formally merging into a single network in 1967, DZAQ 620 kHz switched frequencies with CBN-owned
DZXL 960 kHz and was rebranded as DZAQ Radyo Patrol 960 kHz, one of the pre-
martial law flagship AM stations of
ABS-CBN.
Orly Mercado, (who was one of the station managers from 1969 to 1971), together with Ben Aniceto, came up with a vision to establish a 24-hour all-news and all-talk radio station and ABS-CBN conceptualized it under the
Radyo Patrol brand – the
de facto successor of the ephemeral 24 hour news station DZQL Radyo Reloj, which CBN launched in 1956, and the first-ever 24-hour news radio station in the country and in Southeast Asia. The first and original Radyo Patrol team was unceremoniously organized following the aftermath of
Super Typhoon Welming (international name: Emma) in 1967, at the old ABS-CBN Radio Broadcast Center in Aduana Street, Intramuros, Manila, which housed the station since it was moved in 1958. The then program manager Ben Aniceto and Chief Engineer Emilio Solidum created a solution to broadcast typhoon damage news from Manila and the surrounding areas. Using two
Volkswagen Combis attached with a UHF transmitter, two teams of reporters were dispatched. Combi One had Al Mendez and Zoilo Paragas Jr as reporters, and Combi 2 with Bar Samson. DZQL and DZXL became the carrying stations with then-current DJs Naldy Castro, Buddy Medina, Boots Baker, Mary Jane Madamba and even the late
Ike Lozada alternating as anchors. Cesar Mortega was assigned to coordinate the broadcasts. It proved to be a huge success for the corporation, and for its news service. Then came the
magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Casiguran (in which
Manila was severely affected by that quake) in 2 August of the following year). This strong earthquake led to the collapse of the
Ruby Tower in the capital's downtown district. This was the second major news event that became a progenitor to the current Radyo Patrol; DZAQ took on the gargantuan task of informing the nation live as it happened. The Radyo Patrol Ruby Tower project was then handled by former DZAQ station manager
Orly Mercado, and veteran broadcaster
Joe Taruc; the first reporters assigned as Radyo Patrol reporters were Mercado himself, Jun Ricafrente, Mario Garcia, Cris Daluz, and Ismael Reyes. The marathon radio-TV simulcast of a major coverage — the first of its kind by a Philippine media firm, was a success, and the Radyo Patrol format later became an integral part of DZAQ's broadcasts, with the station's field reporters being assigned to cover breaking news stories and then calling the station to convey these stories as they happened. Encouraged by the success of the field reports of breaking news stories in the Greater Manila Area and beyond, DZAQ was later converted into a 24-hour uninterrupted news and commentary station by orders of the corporation management that year, covering many national events of great importance to listeners, as DZXL took over its entertainment and music programming. Based on a survey conducted by Seamark, Inc., DZXL was the most popular radio station in the country by mid-1970. At the same time, the original team of 5 field reporters was later expanded to include both young announcers like
Rey Langit (now with
DWSS-AM),
Ernie Baron, and
Manolo Favis (now deceased), alongside industry news veterans. By 1971, the success of the Radyo Patrol format in the Greater Manila Area had led to select ABS-CBN provincial radio stations establishing Radyo Patrol news services within their areas.
1972–86: Martial law period However, during the night of September 23, 1972, the operations of DZAQ, DZXL, DZYK-FM, DZAQ-TV and DZXL-TV along with 4 other ABS-CBN AM radio stations were halted as Metrocom forces seized ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center two days after President
Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law; Under the KBS/RPN control, the station was dubbed
Pinakamatatag sa Buong Pilipinas (). Back then, it's frequency is at 1280 kHz. Later in 1975, it migrated to 620 kHz after the shutdown of DWWX-AM. Following the switch of the Philippine AM radio bandplan from the
NARBA-implemented 10 kHz spacing (which was used from 1922 up to November 22, 1978) to the
GE75-implemented 9 kHz spacing on November 23, 1978, DWWW's frequency was reassigned from 620 to 630 AM, and gained a new home in
Broadcast City in Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila. On the third day of the
1986 EDSA Revolution, reformist soldiers stormed into the RPN broadcast complex and knocked DWWW off the air following the capture of
MBS 4 on the morning of February 24, 1986, and
RPN 9 the day after. Following
Cory Aquino's accession to the presidency, both DWWW of RPN and
DWWK-FM of
BBC were sequestered by the government with
ABS-CBN getting both stations as a result.
1986–2020: The second era of Radyo Patrol Preparations and launch: Himpilan ng Malayang Mamamayan In April 1986, the then-newly formed
Presidential Commission on Good Government handed over two radio stations, DWWW of RPN and DWWK-FM of BBC, back to ABS-CBN. DWWW changed its callsign to DZMM and began preparations for the resumption of broadcasts. Lito Balquiedra Jr., vice-president for radio, together with attorney Jake Lopez, a part of the ABS-CBN news teams of the 60s and early 70s, and Mr. Ben Aniceto spearheaded the station's preparations and launch through recruiting experienced and new employees including a new generation of Radyo Patrol reporters. DZMM's studios were initially located at the
Chronicle Building in Pasig. After days of careful planning and a period of test broadcast which took place from July 16–21, 1986 (alongside
DWKO-FM 101.9, which started broadcasting and the network's mother TV station
ABS-CBN Channel 2, which re-opened on September 14), DZMM officially signed on the air with the new tagline
"Ang Himpilan ng Malayang Mamamayan" () on the afternoon of July 22, 1986, at 3 pm. Rene Jose (now with
DWIZ and
UNTV) delivered the first sign-on spiels, As it was in the past, DZMM maintained the tradition of the stalwart ABS-CBN Radyo Patrol (field reporters) of the 1960s and early 1970s to further develop the station's capabilities in serving the public. Jun Ricafrente, Radyo Patrol #3 (later transferred to Vic de Leon-Lima, now with
DZME), one of the original members of the team, started training new recruits. The first of the 2nd generation reporters to be selected were Radyo Patrol #2 Claude Vitug, Radyo Patrol #4 Emil Recometa, Radyo Patrol #1 Lito Villarosa and Radyo Patrol #5 Neil Ocampo. It was also in this year when military insurgents tried to take over the station during the 1987 coup attempts. However, the plan was thwarted when the booth was moved to an undisclosed location and immediately resumed broadcasting. In 1989, DZMM eventually evolved into a 24-hour round-the-clock broadcast service, in keeping up with the demands of delivering the news to the listeners. Failon — known for his out-of-the-box broadcasting style — changed the landscape of Philippine radio broadcasting as he joined DZMM's roster of broadcasters the following year through
Gising Pilipinas (originally known as
Good Morning Pilipinas; unrelated to the now defunct morning show aired on
PTV), formerly aired on weekdays from 2 to 4 am. Among the station's roster of notable coverage during the late 1980s and the early 1990s, included the
Mendiola riot, the
August 1987 coup,
Supertyphoon Sisang, the sinking of the
MV Doña Paz tragedy, the death of
Ferdinand Marcos, the
December 1989 Christmas coup, the
Luzon earthquake, the
1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo and the
Gulf War. All of these were witnessed and listened on AM radio by listeners, together with
ABS-CBN News team of reporters. First anchored by
Korina Sanchez and
Ted Failon,
Aksyon Ngayon instantly soared to the top of the ratings list. Because of the thousands of less-fortunate listeners flocking the station asking for assistance from the program, the executives decided to create the DZMM Public Service Center, the first-ever separate office exclusively created for public service by a local AM station. On November 5, 1993, DZMM launched
Pulis, Pulis Kung Umaksiyon, Mabilis. The program was first anchored by broadcast icons,
Noli de Castro,
Jay Sonza, and
Mel Tiangco. It was created to keep the public informed on the activities of the
Philippine National Police. It also became a venue for comments and grievances of the listening public on issues concerning the law enforcers. In 1996, DZMM became the first AM station in the Philippines to be made available in the World Wide Web with its inclusion in
ABS-CBN website. All programs of the stations are broadcast live and can be enjoyed by Filipinos around the world via
The Filipino Channel (TFC). However, that same year saw de Castro's departure to run and ultimately win the Senate race as well as Ted Failon winning a Congressional seat for Leyte. DZMM's trademark drama theatre aired weekday afternoons, changing the way people perceived radio drama. The drama theatre featured the real life-stories of DZMM anchors like
Bro. Jun Banaag, O.P., Joey Galvez,
Alfredo Lim, and other personalities. It was also on the same year when
Sports Talk was launched. This jam-packed sports-oriented program won the Catholic Mass Media Awards's Best Sports Program on its first year of airing.
Sports Talk was later renamed as
Fastbreak since 2014. In July 2005, the station made history for the first time, as the final five episodes of the TV drama series ''"
Sana'y Wala Nang Wakas"'' were simulcast from
ABS-CBN in audio format, with separate commercials for radio listeners. It was the only time in the station's history to achieve another significant milestone. On February 7, 2006,
SikaPinoy was conferred with the Anvil Award of Merit by the celebrated Anvil Awards of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP).
2006–2010 It was also in 2006 when DZMM celebrated its 20th anniversary at the
Araneta Coliseum with a bang, dubbed as
Happy 20 DZMM, with
Sharon Cuneta giving a different twist to the now-iconic station jingle. DZMM TeleRadyo, which signed on in 2007, was first televised via
SkyCable channel 22 (later channel 26), then later expanded on other cable providers and until eventually on the
ABS-CBN TVplus as an exclusive news channel on
digital free TV until June 30, 2020, and again on May 29, 2025, under the
PRTV Prime Media feed. In 2010, for the first time in Philippine radio history, DZMM and its rival station
DZBB of
GMA Network made history as they joined forces in the name of public service, when they had two children named James and Jesus Bantillan, asked for help to find the missing parents named Pascual and Norma Bantillan from Bohol on the now defunct
Aksyon Ngayon and eventually reunited through the defunct rival program
Aksyon Oro Mismo of DZBB.
2011–2016 On February 25, 2011, DZMM introduced their tagline
Silveradyo (a
portmanteau of silver and
radio), celebrating their 25th anniversary.
Takbo Para sa Karunungan (), a fun run succeeding Takbo Para sa Kalikasan, was held at the
Quirino Grandstand on March 13, 2011. A trade event of DZMM was held at One Esplanade at
SM Mall of Asia Complex in May 2011. The new station ID for the station's 25th anniversary was launched on June 12, 2011.
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra,
UP Concert Chorus,
Erik Santos and
Angeline Quinto performed the iconic anthem. In 2012, DZMM launched
Red Alert for regular citizens to prepare in times of natural calamities. The radio program temporarily went off the air, but returned in 2013 after the onslaught of
Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Because of this, the program became popular for its slogan
Ligtas ang May Alam, and held various contests like
Alert U and held the
Red Alert Emergency Expo.
Red Alert also became a TV program as a segment in
Pinoy True Stories every Wednesday (formerly airs on Friday). The radio program later won different awards from the Philippine Quill Awards and the Hildegarde Awards respectively. In 2013, Radyo Patrol 24 Jun Lingcoran was appointed as the chief of Radyo Patrol Reporters, and served in his position until he retired in 2015. Lingcoran died on April 8, 2016, owing to complications from his esophageal cancer. On April 19, 2016, the website of DZMM (dzmm.abs-cbnnews.com) was
hacked by Bloodsec International and
Anonymous Philippines, which both claimed responsibility of hacking the website. The hacking took place days before the final
PiliPinas Debates 2016 presidential debates in Pangasinan, which was hosted by ABS-CBN and was also related to the
COMELEC hacking, also done by Anonymous Philippines. The text posted by the hackers on that website said "
our minds are constantly being invaded by legions of half-truths, prejudices, and false facts and
the great needs of mankind is to be lifted above the morass of false propaganda." The hacking of the site did not affect their social media accounts nor the operations of the station and TeleRadyo, but did affect live streaming. The hacked website was later taken down by the mother network
ABS-CBN and later replaced by a message that the site was down due to
heavy traffic; days later the site was redirected to the main page of ABS-CBN News, but later replaced with a newer DZMM website (news.abs-cbn.com/dzmm/home).
30th anniversary (2016) In 2016, DZMM celebrated its 30th anniversary on the airwaves since its inception in 1986. The new music video (coinciding with the anniversary) performed by Kapamilya actor and singer
Piolo Pascual was launched during the Isang Pamilya Tayo: The ABS-CBN Flag Raising Ceremony held on Philippine Independence Day, June 12, 2016. The music video for the newest station ID was premiered on July 1 following
TV Patrol, which the full video of the station ID was aired on ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN HD and
DZMM TeleRadyo. An audio-only edition of this station ID was also broadcast, but only aired on this station and through its live streaming. The slogan for its 30th anniversary is "
Balita, Public Service, Tatlong Dekada". DZMM TeleRadyo also had a refurbished datascreen on the same day after the new station ID. On July 22, 2016, exactly 30 years after its first sign-on, DZMM aired its anniversary special called
Kuwento ng Tatlong Dekada (), in different portions. An interview portion with former and present Radyo Patrol reporters #12 Rod Izon, #2 Claude Vitug, #26 Dindo Amparo and #38 Noel Alamar recalling the most notable stories of the past 30 years and their experiences was aired with
Noli de Castro on
Kabayan, Aside from the public service fair, DZMM also launched their first outside broadcast news van to be used for breaking news and special coverages. The 30th anniversary capped off with a grand anniversary celebration on October 4, 2016, at the Marriott Grand Ballroom, Pasay and a documentary special
30 630 (Trenta Sais Trenta): Kwento ng DZMM narrated by Vic de Leon Lima was aired on October 9, 2016, on ABS-CBN's ''Sunday's Best
, with replays on October 10 and 15, 2016 on DZMM, DZMM TeleRadyo and news.abs-cbn.com/dzmm/home'' and re-aired again on November 6, 2016, on
Jeepney TV and December 30, 2016, on all mentioned DZMM platforms.
2017–2020: TeleRadyo's 10th anniversary, expansion of programming In March 2017, DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo launched
DZMM Kapamilya Day to celebrate the television counterpart's tenth anniversary, as well as the continuation of the radio counterpart's 30th anniversary. With the launch of
Kapamilya Day, most of its weekday (excluding
Radyo Patrol Balita, overnight, its radio musical programs and TeleRadyo-only programming) and some of its weekend programming were broadcast live in different parts of
Metro Manila and in select areas in
Laguna,
Cavite and
Bulacan.
Kapamilya Day ended in June 2017, but returned in January 2018. On April 17, 2017, DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo underwent programming changes for the relaunch of the ABS-CBN's late-night newscast
Bandila, which it became a standalone broadcast for both DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo while the main edition on ABS-CBN will be retained unlike before 2011 when it was simulcast on a slightly delayed basis on DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo. Due to the change also,
Mismo moved to a later timeslot of 10:30 p.m. On June 16, 2017,
Dr. Love: Always and Forever,
Magandang Gabi Dok and
Radyo Patrol Balita: Alas Kwatro aired their final broadcasts to give way to new programming. Two days later, DZMM launched three replacement programs, such as
Good Vibes,
On the Spot, and
Wow Trending, which the latter only airs on the station to fill the gap to TeleRadyo's broadcast of ABS-CBN's weekend programming (which was launched on April 17, 2017). Due to the change,
MMK sa DZMM moved to a later timeslot of 2:00 p.m. to fill the gap of the television counterpart's latter, and
Usapang de Campanilla has moved to the early timeslot of 8:30 p.m.
Headline Pilipinas and ABS-CBN's
late-night programming began simulcasting on this station, which, before that, was only available on TeleRadyo.
Mismo was renamed
Showbuzz (then
Showbiz Sidelines and now
Alam na This!, which was also a showbiz news segment for
Radyo Patrol Balita: Alas Dose, then
Headline Pilipinas) a month later. The station also launched a new studio on the same day for its weekday programs like
Good Vibes,
Sakto,
On the Spot and
Todo-Todo Walang Preno; it is planned that the studio will be used in other programming soon, as its television counterpart is transitioning into a full-fledged Filipino-language news channel. On July 3, 2017, DZMM launched its new station ID and jingle with the theme
Una Ka Pilipino (). DZMM's weekday morning lifestyle program,
Sakto, updated its title card on
DZMM TeleRadyo on the same day. This is the first DZMM program to update its title card in May 2020. On January 18, 2018,
Sa Kabukiran long-time anchor Ka Louie Tabing died of a heart attack. Dexter Ganibe replaced him as the new host of the said program until 2019. Ganibe was replaced by Rod Izon. On February 3, 2018, the Saturday edition of
Yesterday, aired its final broadcast to give way to new programming. It only airs on Sunday at 12:30 p.m., as of February 10, 2018, one day later, DZMM launched two new programs to replace the said program, airing its final broadcast one day earlier,
Healthy Sabado (then-hosted by Dr. Harris Acero and Aida Gonzales, later hosted by
Jing Castañeda) and
Songhits: Tunog Pinoy. On February 4, 2018, DZMM launched its new program
Konek-Todo, hosted by Mare Yao and Presidential Spokesperson Sec.
Harry Roque which was aired at 8:00 p.m., replacing the last 30 minutes of
Chismax and the first 30 minutes of
Salitang Buhay. Due to the change,
Salitang Buhay moved to a later timeslot of 9:00 p.m. On April 8, 2018, DZMM launched its new program
Tulong Ko, Pasa Mo (hosted by the power couple Vic & Avelynn Garcia), replacing
Radyo Patrol Balita Linggo. It was originally aired on
DZAS 702 and
Radyo5 92.3 News FM in 2016, but it transferred to DZMM on the same day. It aired every Sunday at 11:00 a.m. On June 2, 2018, DZMM launched its new program
Kape at Salita, (hosted by
Bo Sanchez, Randy Borromeo, Alvin Barcelona, and Rissa Singson-Kawpeng), replacing the last hour of the Saturday edition of
Sa Kabukiran. It airs every Saturday from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. It simulcasted on
ABS-CBN from 5:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. On October 15, 2018, two DZMM Programs
Pasada Sais Trenta and
Sakto introduced new program hosts,
Kim Atienza, who replaced original host
Marc Logan who left the latter show in September 2018, and former
Teka Muna anchors
Peter Musñgi and Pat-P Daza, who replaced original hosts Karen Davila (2017) and Vic Lima (2018) who both left the former show. Former
Sakto host
Marc Logan also joined the Saturday morning program
Tandem, replacing David Oro. DZMM's weekday morning lifestyle program,
Sakto, updated its title card once again, and
Pasada Sais Trenta (also known as
Pasada 630) also updated its title card on
DZMM TeleRadyo. This is the second DZMM program to update its title card, just like
Tandem. On November 10, 2018,
Teka Muna aired its final episode to give way to the 30-minute extension of
S.O.C.O. and
Radyo Negosyo had moved to an early timeslot of 7:30 p.m. On November 24, 2018, DZMM launched its new program
Haybol Pinoy, replacing
Songhits: Tunog Pinoy. It was originally aired from 1992 to 2004, and it is now hosted by
Tina Marasigan and Atty. Terry Ridon. On February 17, 2019, DZMM launched its new program
Magsasaka TV (hosted by Jeff Hernaez and Dexter Villamin), replacing the last hour of the Sunday edition of
Sa Kabukiran. It airs every Sunday from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. On March 24, 2019, DZMM launched its new program
Pinoy Panalo Ka!, (hosted by Mare Yao and DJ Chacha), replacing
Konek-Todo (which aired its final broadcast on January 27, 2019, and was temporarily replaced by documentaries of ABS-CBN News), and also aired at 8:00 p.m., that tackles the important issues in the country and giving solutions from the rightful authorities, facts, trivia and inspiring stories. On May 17, 2019,
Bandila sa DZMM aired its final episode to give way to the new timeslot of
ABS-CBN's Current Affairs programs, as well as
S.R.O. extending for 30 minutes, and
Usapang de Campanilla going back to its original timeslot, 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on
DZMM TeleRadyo). Due to the change, also,
MMK Klasiks was moved to a later timeslot of 9:30 p.m. on
DZMM TeleRadyo. On June 22, 2019, DZMM launched its new program
Good Job!, replacing
Haybol Pinoy (which aired its final broadcast on June 8, 2019, and was temporarily replaced by two replayed ABS-CBN midnight programs,
My Puhunan and
Mission Possible). It is hosted by Rica Lazo and former ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau Chief Danny Buenafe. On July 19, 2019,
Radyo Patrol Balita Alas-Dose aired its final episode to give way to the expansion of
Headline Pilipinas which had moved to an early timeslot of 12:00 p.m. On October 16, 2019,
Bandila once again aired on DZMM, covering the
Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake that hit Tulunan, Cotabato. Yet, the airing time was 11:15 pm, simulcasting with
ABS CBN Channel 2, pre empting
Bro. Jun Banaag’s Dr. Love radio show for 30 minutes. On January 27, 2020, DZMM has refurbished its title cards of most DZMM programs such as
Failon Ngayon sa DZMM,
Garantisadong Balita,
Radyo Patrol Balita,
Gising Pilipinas,
Kabayan,
Good Vibes,
Todo-Todo Walang Preno,
Balita Ngayon,
S.O.C.O. sa DZMM,
On the Spot,
Dos por Dos,
S.R.O.: Suhestiyon, Reaksyon at Opinyon and
Pasada Sais Trenta. On February 14, 2020, just in time for the celebration of
Valentine's Day, DZMM launched its new program
LOL: Labor of Love, (hosted by
Arnell Ignacio and Rica Lazo), replacing the Friday edition of
Usapang de Campanilla as well as
MMK Klasiks on DZMM TeleRadyo. It airs Friday nights from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. On February 15, 2020, DZMM launched its new program,
Usapang Kalye (hosted by
Tim Orbos and
Tina Marasigan), replacing
Healthy Sabado. It airs every Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. On the same day,
Headline Pilipinas started airing on weekends, replacing
Radyo Patrol Balita Alas-Dose Weekend and
Ito ang Radyo Patrol (which ended on February 8). However, it is set in a DZMM Studio instead of its main studio, as well as the introduction of weekend anchors, Joyce Balancio and Ricky Rosales presenting on Saturdays and Adrian Ayalin and Raya Capulong on Sundays. However, the Sunday edition runs at 30 minutes given that
Yesterday airs at 12:30pm afterwards, while the Saturday edition runs for a full hour like the weekday editions. On February 16, 2020,
Chismax and
Salitang Buhay both reverted to its original timeslots, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., replacing
Pinoy, Panalo Ka!. On March 14, 2020, DZMM launched its new program,
Kuwentuhang Lokal (hosted by Jay Ruiz, DILG Sec.
Eduardo Año, Usec. Jonathan Malaya, and Raya Capulong), replacing
Turo-Turo. It airs every Saturday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. On March 15, 2020, DZMM's music program (
Remember When) introduces new program host, DJ Reggie Valdez, who replaced the original host Norma Marco, who left the show in February 2020.
2020: COVID-19 programming changes and forced shutdown On March 18, 2020,
ABS-CBN revives its weekday morning line-up with DZMM morning programs for the first time in the years as provisional programming, temporarily replacing the broadcasts of
Umagang Kay Ganda and all ABS-CBN Regional morning programming, which were ordered to halt in order to support government efforts to fight COVID-19, leading to the television simulcasts, nationwide, of
Garantisadong Balita,
Kabayan and
Radyo Patrol Balita Alas Siyete. On the same day, the
ANC, as an emergency measure, temporarily simulcast DZMM programs to local and international viewers but with own commercials, only breaking away for the English-language flagship newscast
Top Story. On March 19, 2020, DZMM, formally stopped the replay broadcasts of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs programming at 1:00 p.m. (which began Monday as a result of the decision for the temporary halt of broadcasts of
Good Vibes) and replaced them with a simulcast from the ABS-CBN News Channel, another unprecedented decision, thus DZMM became the first radio station in many years, since the end of English broadcasts on
DZRJ in the 2010s, to air English language news programming on the AM band and by extension DZMM TeleRadyo became a pioneer in airing bilingual (Filipino and English) news programming in both cable and digital free-to-air television. The English broadcasts aired from 1:00 p.m. (following
Headline Pilipinas) to 10:00 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with ANC's relay of DZMM programs on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting at 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. following
Early Edition), with a break at 9:00 a.m. for
Market Edge during trading days in the
Philippine Stock Exchange and 5:00 p.m. for
Top Story. With this programming strategy, DZMM TeleRadyo aired
The World Tonight for the first time on digital television on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday nights for the first time since 1999, while taking a 6:30 p.m. break for the simulcast of
TV Patrol (weekdays only). After 10:00 p.m., DZMM 630 switched to hookup with sister station
MOR 101.9, while TeleRadyo continued its simulcast of ANC regardless of schedule. On March 20, 2020, DZMM made history with the use of
Zoom videotelephony software for the Friday night broadcasts of
Labor of Love, Saturday afternoon broadcasts of
Usapang Kalye,
Good Job and
Omaga-Diaz Report simulcast on ANC, making it a pioneer among the country's news channels. On March 22, 2020, DZMM TeleRadyo moved to full 24/7 broadcasts provisionally on digital free-to-air and cable, with ANC programming being aired on Sunday late nights till 4:30 a.m. Mondays. On March 25, 2020,
Headline Pilipinas aired for 90 minutes on DZMM TeleRadyo (and on ANC on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) instead of the usual full hour as a provisional measure. On April 1, 2020,
Kuwentuhang Lokal and
Pasada 630 became the first DZMM programs to be aired fully using the Zoom platform. On the same day, DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 and DZMM TeleRadyo switched to a simultaneous telecast with the English language ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) starting at 10:00 p.m. due to DZMM temporarily suspending its regular in-studio programming after asking all concerned on-duty personnel to go on self-quarantine for 14 days following their exposure to two suspected coronavirus cases. The studio and facilities of DZMM were vacated and immediately disinfected. Those who have not been exposed were asked to work from home. With this move, DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo, as well as the provincial regional AM radio stations, became English-only as a provisional measure. From 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., the channel aired the best of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs programming in their place with a 6:30 p.m. break for
TV Patrol. On April 3, 2020, DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 and DZMM TeleRadyo resumed transmission, with all programming aired via the Zoom platform; as DZMM TeleRadyo shared infrastructure, graphics, and commercials from ANC. On April 9–11, 2020, by virtue of a partnership between
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Philippines, given the effects of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and many other provinces, the 190th
General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, aired from the
Conference Center in Temple Square,
Salt Lake City,
Utah,
USA was officially broadcast countrywide on both free-to-air and cable on DZMM TeleRadyo during the
Easter Triduum period, making it the first time it had been ever done via satellite relay. All the broadcasts on DZMM TeleRadyo on the same days were also simulcast as well on ANC. This event was the very first time it had aired on Philippine television. On April 13, 2020, commercial feeds for ANC and DZMM TeleRadyo for Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays resumed independently managed playouts after days of using a singular commercial feed. In addition, DZMM and DZMM TeleRadyo now resumed the use of the radio studios following disinfection measures, with
SRO: Suhestyon, Reaksyon at Opinion as the first broadcast to be aired. On April 20, 2020, after four weeks, the timesharing of programming between both DZMM TeleRadyo and ANC ended with ANC resuming its programming on Mondays and DZMM slowly resuming operations from the radio studios, though some programs were still produced through Zoom. On the same day,
Headline Pilipinas extended its time slot on DZMM TeleRadyo, starting at 12:15 p.m. and ending at 2:00 p.m. to accommodate more national and local reports. However, the overnight simulcasts on MOR 101.9 (for radio) and ANC (for DZMM TeleRadyo) were retained after
Dr. Love Radio Show starting at 11:00pm. On May 5, 2020, DZMM, together with
ABS-CBN,
S+A, and
MOR Philippines were ordered by the National Telecommunications Commission to sign off due to its expiration of its franchise the day before. At 8:20 pm, DZMM and its
television counterpart temporarily went off the air following
S.R.O.: Suhestyon, Reaksyon at Opinyon. On May 7, 2020, ABS-CBN filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) with the Supreme Court of the Philippines to stop the implementation of the NTC's cease-and-desist order and to allow the DZMM and other ABS-CBN TV and radio stations to return to the airwaves whilst proceedings related to its franchise renewal were ongoing. The pending franchise renewal bill was eventually rejected by the Congressional Committee on Legislative Franchises on July 10, 2020; with ABS-CBN's broadcast frequencies, including 630 kHz AM frequency, being recalled by the National Telecommunications Commission in September 20.
2020–2023: From DZMM TeleRadyo to TeleRadyo At 5:00 AM (Philippine Standard Time) on May 8, 2020, DZMM-AM's television counterpart resumed operations under the revived name
TeleRadyo, debuting a refreshed logo and updated station bumpers. On the same day, its flagship commentary program
Pasada 630 was rebranded as
Pasada sa TeleRadyo to reflect the channel's new identity. However, the DZMM branding initially remained on the station bumper, and the old DZMM TeleRadyo logo briefly reappeared shortly thereafter. Simultaneously, DZMM's online audio stream was also restored, signaling a broader return to operations. By May 10, 2020, the new TeleRadyo logo and bumper were officially adopted for permanent use, marking the full transition to the updated brand. On May 13, 2020, the House of Representatives approved on second reading a bill granting ABS-CBN a provisional franchise, allowing DZMM-AM to resume broadcasting—until October 31, 2020. The bill awaits third reading approval before advancing to the Senate. On May 17, 2020, TeleRadyo launched its first new program,
Lingkod Aksyon, a Sunday morning public service show co-produced with the
Philippine Red Cross and hosted by Henry Omaga-Diaz and Senator Richard J. Gordon. It temporarily replaced
Ma-Beauty Po Naman. On June 10, 2020,
Lingkod Kapamilya sa TeleRadyo, hosted by Bernadette Sembrano and Julius Babao, was extended to two hours (10 AM–12 PM). It had moved to the 10 AM slot on March 17, temporarily replacing
Sakto to accommodate
PTV's
Public Briefing #LagingHandaPH until June 9. On June 16, 2020, the health and infotainment program
Good Vibes returned to the airwaves, this time on TeleRadyo, with remote hosting by Niña Corpuz, joined by Ahwel Paz and Dr. Luisa Puyat. The program replaced the 2:00 PM edition of TeleRadyo's special coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 31, 2020,
Dos por Dos and
Garantisadong Balita aired their final episodes following the announcement by hosts Gerry Baja and
Anthony Taberna that they would be leaving ABS-CBN.
Garantisadong Balita was subsequently replaced by the
Kapamilya Daily Mass, simulcast on
Kapamilya Channel except Saturdays, while
Dos por Dos was succeeded by the expanded edition of
Pasada sa TeleRadyo. Between August 22 and 31, 2020, several TeleRadyo programs ended:
Tandem: Lima at Logan,
Magpayo Nga Kayo,
Red Alert sa TeleRadyo,
Dra. Bles @ Ur Serbis,
Todo-Todo Walang Preno,
Good Vibes, and the weekday
Dr. Love Radio Show. On August 31,
Failon Ngayon sa TeleRadyo aired its final episode following
Ted Failon and DJ Chacha's departure from ABS-CBN and was replaced by
On the Spot in its timeslot. On September 21, 2020,
Kabayan moved to an 8:00 a.m. timeslot with a one-hour runtime to make way for
Gising Pilipinas at 6:00 a.m., temporarily ending its simulcast on
Kapamilya Channel until October 23. On October 26,
Sakto returned to TeleRadyo with new hosts Amy Perez,
Jeff Canoy, and Johnson Manabat, airing from 6:00 to 7:30 a.m. and replacing
Gising Pilipinas; it also resumed simulcast on Kapamilya Channel. That same day,
On the Spot shifted to 9:00–10:30 a.m., preceding
Lingkod Kapamilya sa TeleRadyo. On December 27, 2020,
Yesterday aired its final episode after 10 years on the station, following Enriquez's return to
DWDM-FM and later
DZBB-AM, until his death on October 29, 2023.
Since 2023: Frequency acquisition by Prime Media under DWPM As Radyo 630 (2023–2025) On May 23, 2023, ABS-CBN announced in a press release that it would enter into a joint venture agreement with
Prime Media Holdings, Inc., owned by
House Speaker Representative
Martin Romualdez. The partnership aims to produce and supply a variety of programs, including news content, to broadcasters and third-party entities such as Prime Media's Philippine Collective Media Corporation (PCMC), operator of the Favorite Music Radio network. ABS-CBN will hold a minority stake in the newly formed venture, later revealed as
Media Serbisyo Production Corporation (MSPC). A key component of this collaboration is the planned revival of DZMM on the 630 kHz frequency, now owned by PCMC. This announcement coincided with the originally planned closure of TeleRadyo, which was a wholly owned ABS-CBN service, on June 30 due to financial losses. Instead, TeleRadyo was relaunched as TeleRadyo Serbisyo, now operated by MSPC. On June 26, 630 kHz conducted a test broadcast under the new callsign
DWPM, followed by a soft launch on June 30. The station was formally inaugurated as
Radyo 630 on July 17, marking ABS-CBN's renewed presence on the AM band through this strategic partnership.
As the third era of DZMM Radyo Patrol (2025—present) ==Programming==