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Radio station in Cotabato City, Philippines

Radyo Bida Cotabato (DXMS) Cotabato City Philippines Broadcast area Maguindanao del Norte and surrounding areas Frequency 882 kHz Branding DXMS Radyo Bida 882 Programming Languages Maguindanaon, Filipino Format News, Public Affairs, Talk, Religious Radio Network Radyo Bida Ownership Owner Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation Sister stations 92.7 Happy FM History First air date 1957 Call sign meaning Mamamayang Sumasampalataya (former branding) Technical information Licensing authority NTC Power 5,000 watts

**DXMS** (882 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting)) **Radyo Bida** is a radio station owned and operated by [Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Notre_Dame_Broadcasting_Corporation), the media arm of the [Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate](/source/Missionary_Oblates_of_Mary_Immaculate). Its studio is located at the Oblate Media Center, Sinsuat Ave., [Cotabato City](/source/Cotabato_City), and its transmitter is located at Notre Dame Village, [Cotabato City](/source/Cotabato_City).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

DXMS is the oldest Catholic radio station in the country. It broadcasts programs relevant to the lives of the people of Mindanao as it regards the tri-people of Mindanao made up of Christians, Muslims and Lumads very important in achieving peace and development in the highly complicated Mindanao island of southern Philippines.

## History

DXMS was established by [prelate](/source/Prelate) Gerard Mongeau, the first [Roman Catholic bishop](/source/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church) in [the old Cotabato province](/source/Cotabato_(historical_province)),[8] in February 1957 as the first radio station of the [Oblates of Mary Immaculate](/source/Oblates_of_Mary_Immaculate),[9] and also the first in the once-undivided province (which now covers the [Soccksargen](/source/Soccksargen) region and the [Maguindanao](/source/Maguindanao) provinces).[10] It became a tool, primarily for [evangelization](/source/Evangelization), in [the then Diocese of Cotabato](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Cotabato).[9]

The station was briefly closed upon [declaration of nationwide martial law](/source/Proclamation_No._1081) by [President Ferdinand Marcos](/source/President_of_the_Philippines) in 1972. Its sister station, [DXND-AM](/source/DXND-AM), was later used to be a mouthpiece against [the administration](/source/Presidency_of_Ferdinand_Marcos).[9]

In 1978, the station, then having a 10-kilowatt [power](/source/Transmitter_power_output), had its [frequency](/source/Frequency) moved from 880 kHz[11] to the present-day 882 kHz.[12]

The station became known for the broadcast of an annual [quiz contest](/source/Quiz_show).[10]

## Incidents

### 2000 attacks

*Radio Kalimudan*, a nightly [blocktime](/source/Blocktime)[13] news and cultural affairs program[14] hosted by religious commentator and engineer Datu Zamzamin Ampatuan,[15][16] was said merely aimed at teaching the [Muslims](/source/Muslim) in [Central Mindanao](/source/Central_Mindanao) to preserve their traditions,[15] and was used to criticize the [Islamic extremism](/source/Islamic_extremism), particularly the [separatist](/source/Separatism) group [Moro Islamic Liberation Front](/source/Moro_Islamic_Liberation_Front) (MILF)[14] for their involvement in violence while pushing the [separatism](/source/Separatism_in_the_Philippines) of [Mindanao](/source/Mindanao) as an [Islamic](/source/Islam) state.[15] Ampatuan later received several [death threats](/source/Death_threat),[14] especially from MILF[17] which had strongly objected the airing of the program;[13] the program became the subject of numerous attacks involving the station in 2000.[17][15]

On February 27, an [explosion](/source/Explosion) occurred near the station's gates,[18][19] at the start of the program.[18][20] Seven individuals were seriously injured, among them the broadcaster's two escorts and the station's security guard;[18][19] while only the announcer's van, which was just entered the compound at the time of the incident, was damaged.[18] It was reportedly the third attack against Ampatuan, who had blamed the MILF for [a deadly Ozamiz ferry bombing two days earlier](/source/2000_Ozamiz_ferry_bombing).[19] The explosive, [a homemade](/source/Improvised_explosive_device) [mortar bomb](/source/Mortar_bomb),[18] was reportedly similar to the one used in [Ozamiz](/source/Ozamiz).[19]

On March 27, Ampatuan was wounded in an assassination attempt when he was ambushed by around 14 armed men while returning home after the program, killing one of his military escorts, and injuring five more as well. Some of the assailants were identified as MILF members.[14]

In early December, the station was assaulted twice.[15][13] The first was when armed men fired a [rocket grenade](/source/Rocket_grenade) at the same compound, wounding four bystanders.[15]

On the early morning of December 11, suspected MILF rebels fired an [81 mm mortar](/source/81_mm_mortar) on the NDBC [relay base](/source/Transmitter_station),[15] seriously injuring a radio technician[15] and network's business manager,[13] and damaging a storage house and the network's [outside broadcast van](/source/Outside_broadcast_van).[13] The attack was believed to be aimed at the station's [transmission tower](/source/Transmission_tower).[15] A day prior, an anonymous telephone caller [warned the employees of bomb attacks](/source/Bomb_threat)[15] unless the DXMS management would drop the program.[13]

The MILF denied responsibility for some of the attacks.[20][13][15]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Archdiocese of Cotabato](http://www.claretianpublications.com/index.php/catholic-directory/diocese/archdiocese-of-cotobato/79)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [14 injured in Cotabato City blast, 5 in Libungan](https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2019/12/14-injured-in-cotabato-city-blast-5-in-libungan/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [19 wounded in Mindanao explosions](https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/12/23/1979164/19-wounded-mindanao-explosions)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["SOA on Rice Production in Region XII, Making Waves"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200304055408/http://ati.da.gov.ph/rtc12/news/2009/soa-rice-production-region-xii-making-waves). Archived from [the original](http://ati.da.gov.ph/rtc12/news/2009/soa-rice-production-region-xii-making-waves) on 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [KuMuNet launch Radio Programs](http://frontlinemindanaobalita.blogspot.com/2013/08/kumunet-launch-radio-programs.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Mga pagpamomba sa Cotabato gikondena ni Mayor Guiani-Sayadi](https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1837554)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Broadcaster in Cotabato City receives death threat"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200304055352/https://bicoltoday.com/2011/06/03/broadcaster-in-cotabato-city-receives-death-threat/). Archived from [the original](https://bicoltoday.com/2011/06/03/broadcaster-in-cotabato-city-receives-death-threat/) on 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Mercado, Jun (September 28, 2009). ["Opinion: 'The Magnificent Seven' of the OMI"](https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/opinion/content/173347/the-magnificent-seven-of-the-omi/story/). *[GMA News](/source/GMA_News)*. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-uca18_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-uca18_9-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-uca18_9-2) Sarmiento, Bong (October 26, 2018). ["Church's radio franchise in Mindanao renewed for 25 years"](https://www.ucanews.com/news/churchs-radio-franchise-in-mindanao-renewed-for-25-years/83717). *[UCA News](/source/UCA_News)*. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mn-3_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mn-3_10-1) Buhay Rodil, Rudy (October 11, 2022). ["Angay-angay Lang: Eighty years old na ako (part 3)"](https://mindanews.com/mindaviews/2022/10/angay-angay-lang-eighty-years-old-na-ako-3/). *[MindaNews](/source/MindaNews)*. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [*The Philippines, a Country Profile*](https://books.google.com/books?id=1QOJ6lmxfHkC&dq=dxms+cotabato&pg=PA126). [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.): [United States Department of State](/source/United_States_Department_of_State). August 1979. p. 126. Retrieved May 4, 2024 – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [*Philippine Yearbook 1979*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Mv4qAAAAIAAJ&dq=dxms+cotabato&pg=PA816). [Manila](/source/Manila): [National Economic and Development Authority](/source/National_Economic_and_Development_Authority); [National Census and Statistics Office](/source/Philippine_Statistics_Authority). 1979. p. 816. Retrieved May 4, 2024 – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DI-1200_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DI-1200_13-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-DI-1200_13-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-DI-1200_13-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-DI-1200_13-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-DI-1200_13-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-DI-1200_13-6) Edwin Fernandez; et al. (December 12, 2000). ["Another bomb hits Cotabato; radio station manager injured"](https://books.google.com/books?id=gFM1AAAAIBAJ&dq=dxms+cotabato&pg=PA5&article_id=2010,34740094). *[Philippine Daily Inquirer](/source/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer)*. p. A5. Retrieved May 6, 2024 – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cpj0400_14-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cpj0400_14-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-cpj0400_14-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-cpj0400_14-3) ["Philippines: Radio host survives assassination attempt"](https://cpj.org/2000/06/philippines-radio-host-survives-assassination-atte/). *[Committee to Protect Journalists](/source/Committee_to_Protect_Journalists)*. April 5, 2000. Retrieved May 12, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-S-1200_15-10) Unson, John (December 12, 2000). ["2nd attack in 6 days: Rebs fire mortar at Cotabato radio station"](https://www.philstar.com/nation/2000/12/12/104996/2nd-attack-6-days-rebs-fire-mortar-cotabato-radio-station/). *[The Philippine Star](/source/The_Philippine_Star)*. Retrieved May 12, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Radyo Kalimudan"](https://www.oocities.org/rkalimudan/). oocities.org. n.d. Retrieved May 12, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RWcpj_17-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RWcpj_17-1) [Committee to Protect Journalists](/source/Committee_to_Protect_Journalists) (February 2001). ["Attacks on the Press in 2000 - Philippines"](https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/cpj/2001/en/55991). *Refworld*. [United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees](/source/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees). Retrieved May 12, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DI-00_18-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DI-00_18-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-DI-00_18-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-DI-00_18-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-DI-00_18-4) Mindanao Bureau; Martin Marfil; [Agence France-Presse](/source/Agence_France-Presse) (February 29, 2000). ["Radio station blast blamed at MILF"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=83UE6yvegO4C&dat=20000229&printsec=frontpage&hl=en). *[Philippine Daily Inquirer](/source/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer)*. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved July 9, 2019 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-S-00_19-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-S-00_19-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-S-00_19-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-S-00_19-3) Unson, John (February 29, 2000). ["Seven hurt in bomb blast at Cotabato radio station"](https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2000/02/29/95126/seven-hurt-bomb-blast-cotabato-radio-station/). *[The Philippine Star](/source/The_Philippine_Star)*. Retrieved May 4, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cpj0200_20-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cpj0200_20-1) ["Philippines: Catholic radio station bombed in Mindanao"](https://cpj.org/2000/03/philippines-catholic-radio-station-bombed-in-minda/). *[Committee to Protect Journalists](/source/Committee_to_Protect_Journalists)*. March 3, 2000. Retrieved May 12, 2024.

v t e Radio stations in the Cotabato City-Midsayap market By AM frequency DXCH 567 DXMY 729 DXMS 882 By FM frequency DXZA 89.3 DXAU 90.1 DXCC 90.9 92.1 DXOL 92.7 DXFD 93.7 DXTC 95.9 99.5 DXAE 99.7 DXDO 102.1 DXJN 105.3 DXUP 105.5 DXGR 106.9 DXEO 107.7 Midsayap-Pigcawayan DXJA 94.3 DXFU 100.5 100.9 DXDN 103.3 104.1 Defunct/Inactive call signs DXBM DXPS 95.1 DXOK DXRO 1Technically still active, but with new call letters and different intellectual property. Philippine radio markets Metro Manila Ilocos & CAR Laoag Vigan-Bangued San Fernando-Agoo Baguio Dagupan Cagayan Valley Tuguegarao Cauayan-Santiago Bayombong Central Luzon Cabanatuan Tarlac San Fernando-Angeles Olongapo-Subic Calabarzon Western Laguna Batangas-Lipa Lucena-San Pablo Mimaropa Calapan San Jose Puerto Princesa Bicol Daet Naga-Iriga Legazpi Virac Sorsogon Masbate Western Visayas Kalibo Roxas San Jose Iloilo Negros Island Region Bacolod Northeast Negros Dumaguete Central Visayas North Cebu Cebu City Bohol Eastern Visayas Calbayog-Catarman Borongan Catbalogan Tacloban-Ormoc Maasin-Sogod Zamboanga Dipolog Pagadian Ipil-Liloy Zamboanga City Northern Mindanao Ozamiz-Oroquieta Iligan Cagayan de Oro Gingoog Malaybalay-Valencia Davao Davao Malita Mati Southern Mindanao Kidapawan Tacurong-Isulan Koronadal-Surallah General Santos Caraga Surigao City Butuan Tandag San Francisco Bislig-Trento BARMM Cotabato City-Midsayap Sulu and Tawi-Tawi

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