DZAS

DZAS

City	Pasig
Broadcast area	Metro Manila, surrounding areas
Slogan	Agapay ng Sambayanan (The Side of the Nation)
Frequency	702 kHz
First air date	June 4, 1948
Format	News, public affairs, entertainment, religious broadcasting
Power	50,000 watts
Former frequencies	680 kHz (1948–1979)
Owner	Far East Broadcasting Company
Sister stations	98.7 DZFE
Website	dzas.febc.ph

DZAS (702 AM) is a non-commercial news, public affairs, and entertainment for Mega Manila market. It was owned and operated by Far East Broadcasting Company in the Philippines. The station's new studio is located at 46th floor of One Corporate Centre, Meralco Avenue corner Doña Julia Vargas Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City and the transmitter is located at Bocaue, Bulacan.

Station Profile

Initially known as KZAS, the station began its broadcast on June 4, 1948. KZAS eventually came to be known as 680 kilocycles (read "Six-Eighty") DZAS. For six decades now, Sometime in 1979 DZAS moved to the present to frequency of 702 kHz in response to the adoption of the 9 kHz spacing on AM radio stations in the Philippines. (read "Seven-O-Two") 702 DZAS has been providing the Filipino household with news, music, information, and inspiration while sharing the Word of God. It is now one of the oldest radio stations still operating today.

702 DZAS experienced a cut in its broadcast hours in November 2003 due to its financial difficulties. In January 2004, the station resumed its regular broadcast hours.

At present, DZAS broadcasts from 04:45 AM to 12:00 AM/MN (Mondays - Fridays), 05:00 AM to 12:00 AM/MN (Saturdays), and from 05:30 AM to 12:00 AM/MN during Sundays on the clear channel frequency of 702 AM band at 50,000 watts, while it carries programming 24 hours daily via Internet streaming services.

In June 2012, DZFE, together with DZAS, moved to a new, modern office space located at the One Corporate Centre in Ortigas, Pasig to adjust to modern broadcast settings.

FEBC radio stations

Branding	Callsign	Frequency	Power (kW)	Coverage
702 DZAS Manila	DZAS	702 kHz	50 kW	Metro Manila
DZFE 98.7 Manila	DZFE	98.7 MHz	20 kW	Metro Manila
DZMR 1143 Isabela	DZMR	1143 kHz	10 kW	Santiago
Care 104.3 The Way FM Legazpi	DWAY	104.3 MHz	5 kW	Legazpi, Albay
106.3 DZRK Radyo Kapitbisig	DZRK-FM	106.3 MHz	5 kW	Quezon, Palawan
DYVS 1233 Bacolod	DYVS	1233 kHz	10 kW	Bacolod
DYFR 98.7 Cebu	DYFR	98.7 MHz	10 kW	Cebu
DXAS 1116 Zamboanga	DXAS	1116 kHz	10 kW	Zamboanga
DXFE 1197 Davao	DXFE	1197 kHz	10 kW	Davao
DXKI 1062 Koronadal	DXKI	1062 kHz	5 kW	Koronadal

External links

DZAS homepage

Radio stations in the Metro Manila market

By AM frequency	DZXL 558 DZBB 594 DZMM 630 DZRH 666 DZAS 702 DZRB 738 DWWW 774 DZRJ 810 DZRV 846 DWIZ 882 DZSR 918 DZEM 954 DZIQ 990 DZAR 1026 DZEC 1062 DWAD 1098 DWDD 1134 DWBL 1242 DZRM 1278 DWXI 1314 DWUN 1350 DZJV 1458¹ DWSS 1494 DZME 1530 DZUP 1602 DZBF 1674

By FM frequency	DWJM 88.3 DWAV 89.1 DWTM 89.9 DZMB 90.7 DWKY 91.5 DWFM 92.3 DWRX 93.1 DWKC 93.9 DWLL 94.7 DWDM 95.5 DWRK 96.3 DWLS 97.1 DWQZ 97.9 DZFE 98.7 DWRT 99.5 DZRJ 100.3 DWYS 101.1 DWRR 101.9 DWSM 102.7 DWKX 103.5 DWBR 104.3 DWEY 104.7¹ DWBM 105.1 DWLA 105.9 DWET 106.7 DWNU 107.5 DZUR 107.9

HD digital radio	90.7-1 91.5-1 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 95.5-1 98.7-1 100.3-1 101.1-1 101.9-1 101.9-2 101.9-3 105.1-1

Internet radio	WXB 102 89 DMZ

Defunct callsigns	DWCD-FM² DWCS² DWNU² DWRT-AM² DWST² DWXB² DZFX² DZMZ² DZWI² KZKZ DZCA DWAN DZTV-AM DWBC-AM DZHH DZST² DZMC DZXQ²

¹Transmitting outside Metro Manila. ²Technically still active, but with new call letters and different intellectual property.

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