Radio Veritas History

• April 11, 1969 – Radyo Veritas was inaugurated with Asian bishops as guests. Antonio Cardinal Samore represented Pope Paul VI. It began broadcasting on the frequency formerly assigned to DZST, another Catholic radio station formerly operated by the University of Santo Tomas. By that time, it was then owned by the Philippine Radio Educational and Information Center, Inc.
• November 29, 1970 – Pope Paul VI, on his pastoral visit to the country, blessed Radyo Veritas' studios with President Ferdinand E. Marcos in attendance.
• November 22, 1972 – After the declaration of Martial Law by then-President Ferdinand Marcos, and the takeover of Radio Veritas by his crony, Roberto Benedicto, DZRV-AM reopened as DZNN-AM, and became part of the Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation.
• June 11, 1978 – the franchise of the Philippine Radio Educational and Information Center, Inc. was extended under Presidential Decree No. 1504, s. 1978 signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos
• October 1978 – 846 kHz became an owned-and-operated station of the commercial-owned Nation Broadcasting Corporation. The call letters were reverted to the original DZRV-AM.
• August 21, 1983 – Radyo Veritas became a byword with its coverage of events related to the assassination of former Senator Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.
• February 22–25, 1986 – Radyo Veritas kept local and overseas audiences informed of events related to the People Power Revolution, after Archbishop of Manila Jaime Cardinal Sin called on the Filipinos to support Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Philippine Constabulary Chief Lt. General Fidel V. Ramos who had defected from the Marcos government. The three-day bloodless revolution eventually removed Marcos from power and installed Corazon Aquino as the eleventh President. Despite the blow-by-blow airing of the events during the EDSA revolt, several armed groups forced to destroy the transmitter of Radyo Veritas in Malolos, Bulacan, of which several personnel were hurt.[1] By the same year, Radio Veritas awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts for the station's role in delivering timely events during the 4-day revolution.
• May 17, 1991 – Radyo Veritas was acquired by the Global Broadcasting System from the original owner, Radio Veritas Asia, and at the same time, it begun its commercial operations as DZNN (known as Kaibigang Totoo (Your True Friend) and The Spirit of the Philippines). DZNN also moved its studios to Makati City (later moved to Ortigas) and became home of the powerhouse broadcasters such as Louie Beltran, Ramon Tulfo, Rey Langit, Jay Sonza, Orly Punzalan and Dave Sta. Ana among others.
• May 27, 1992 – Republic Act Number 7579 or AN ACT GRANTING THE RADIO VERITAS-GLOBAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN FOR RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL PURPOSES RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES was signed by President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino.
• 1997 - Reverted back to DZRV Radyo Veritas 846
• January 16–20, 2001 – DZRV-Radyo Veritas was once again involved in Philippine history when Cardinal Sin used the station to rally Filipinos to the EDSA Shrine in what became the EDSA Revolution of 2001. Millions of protestors converged on the Shrine, eventually ousting President Joseph Estrada from Malacañang and handing power to his Vice-President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.