RAWR Awards 2019 hits 5th year with more winners!

12/23/2019 02:20:15 AM

The fifth edition of RAWR Awards took place this past late November in Quezon City. As one of the most-trusted pillars in entertainment online media, LionheaTV gave recognition to the names that became a standout in Pinoy showbiz this year. Over a total of 36 winners or awardees were honored, including TV Station of the Year, Sarah Geronimo as Favorite Performer of the Year, Alden Richards (Hello, Love, Goodbye) and Angel Locsin (The General’s Daughter) as Actor and Actress of the Year, respectively, MayWard as Love Team of the Year, and the PBB Otso tandem of LouDre earned the Newbie of the Year award.

The Fall and Rise of Mad Cat Midnight

05/15/2017 11:18:30 PM

I know: it's been two weeks since the last time we have seen a sudden turn of events. And the thing is: it's such a good thing that this talk show was on the roll once again since last week. We barely need a variety of programs that caters to more daring yet intellectual stuff than just hearing the drama of life stories, love problems, and even dating encounters.

While obviously, AM radio owns up to a lot of informative shiznit and FM radio boasts a majority portion of romance and sex, few are the programs like Mad Cat Midnight wherein they live up to their tagline: that is having interesting people talk about interesting stories. That's also apart from having Heard on Thursdays and (sometimes) Boys Night Out.

And probably this hasn't been much of a talked-about news on FM broadcasting in late April, but it was a sudden announcement that triggered a wildfire for some listeners like yours truly: the talk show format was suspended until then-further notice (and turns out, it end up like a title of that romcom move: Two-weeks notice).

Still, it drew the ire. But what could be the factor in such?

On-Air: Mad Cat Midnight with TTS

05/14/2017 06:01:24 PM

It's funny that John Joe told us that he got a hate message in the Facebook page of his radio show in Jam 88.3; like “wait, for real?!”

On Air: Indie Nation with BennyBunnyBand

04/14/2017 08:55:14 PM

Indie Nation premiered on Home Radio 97.9 during that early January; making it another item to join a trend of promoting Philippine music at this age and time. It's quite funny that it also marked the first time I dropped by on a radio station once again after a very long time. Well, at least to support my friends and this kind of scene as well.

On Air: Mad Cat Midnight with Paranoid City

04/14/2017 09:15:13 PM

Synth pop band Paranoid City guested in Jam 88.3's Mad Cat Midnight last March 23, and when you thought of these titos for being a boring kind compared to those wild metal-heads and young broods, think again: they can entertain like your typical bandista idols.

On Air: Mad Cat Midnight with Tanya Markova x Third World Improv x Demi

04/14/2017 09:06:32 PM

It's funny how much of being a radio kid has being rekindled in me as of late. 

Finale Friday

07/29/2016 03:35:19 PM

It's a sad day for Philippine radio; perhaps another heart-breaking milestone since NU 107's sudden demise in 2010, where fans gathered outside the station's vicinity and waged a street rally in commemoration of its run lasting a legendary 17 years.

Magic Madness

03/17/2016 04:15:35 PM

The official logo of Magic 89.9, first used on early 2000s. Photo obtained at yvesarellano.wordpress.com

First heard this station on my old-but-digital PIONEER component player. It was a Friday afternoon, and they were playing music from the 1980s; one of my old favorite decades, thanks to my cousin and his collection of tapes as well as Grand Theft Auto Vice City.

The next time around I tuned in, it was a Sunday night fill of slow jams I used to hear from my sister's 'burned' CDs. Late 90s to present; 112 to Boyz II Men. Suddenly, that made my interest shift from masa to the cliché ones. 

Yes, that was the time I made the BIG SWITCH to Magic 89.9.

Playback: Gaano ka-Pinoy ang Beauty Contest sa Pilipinas?

3/16/2015 4:28:30 PM

Since some people are still having signs of a hangover from the recent Binibining Pilipinas, here’s something I’d like to share with you: a 16-minute audio clip from that epic (now-defunct) program named The Disenchanted Kingdom.

Say, this one seems timely, eh?

Just My Opinion: The Sudden Resignation?!

3/11/2015 12:01:20 PM

Screengrab from Youtube

It was a random speculation that was confirmed by a former-DZRH radio announcer yesterday: Mr. John Gemperle, much known as the popular radio personality Papa Jack, resigned from being a decade-long job at 90.7 Love Radio as its DJ. 

Missing The Disenchanted Kingdom

9/21/2014 4:47:24 PM

I have been a huge fan of Philippine radio for almost half my age already, especially during my college years when some of the stations turned backs on the Contemporary Hit (CHR) type. There’s no more Campus Radio on 97.1 WLS FM; it’s been a very long while since 93.9 KC FM switched letters to a single I; and Magic 89.9, though still remained as the one of the top cliché FM stations aside from RX 93.1 and 99.5 RT, still made a big switch in their programming during the mid-2000s.

Since then, most of us listeners have our ears glued in to the likes of The Morning Rush and Good Times with Mo in the morning (plus, Sam vs. Sam as then-third alternative), and Boys Night Out, other RX radio specials, and The Brewrats during nighttime. Well, during the the latter part of the decade, before NU107 bade goodbye after being the premier rock music station for almost three decades—plus The Brewrats on their stay at U92, another primetime program ushered by the name of The Disenchanted Kingdom.

Alaala Ng The Brewrats

8/10/2013 12:15:44 PM

Bagamat hindi ako isang Brewster, isa sa mga programang talagang pinapakinggan ko nun ay ang The Brewrats. Unang sumalang sa himpapawid noong August 2007 sa 99.5 Hit FM (na naging Hit FM, Campus Radio at RT ulit), napadpad rin sa U92 (na naging Radyo 5 92.3 News FM na ngayon). Naging tanyag pa rin naman sila sa mga brewsters sa pamamagitan ng pag-broadcast sa internet.

Ang Kontrobersyal Mo

7/24/2013 3:33:03 PM

Suspendido sa loob ng limang buwan si Mohan Gumatay, mas kilala bilang si DJ Mo Twister. Ipinataw ito ng istasyon ng kanyang pinaglilungkuran sa kanya.

Naku, ano na naman ang kinasangkutan ng mamang ito? E ikaw ba naman ang magtalakay ng sex sa palabas mo sa umaga e.

Yun lang? Hoy, anong “yun lang?” Sino ba namang nasa katinuan ang magbabato ng sex bilang topic sa radyo sa pagitan ng alas-sais hanggang alas-diyes ng umaga? Pampagising nga ng dugo pero wala naman sa hulog ang datingan niyan. Lalo na’t hindi naman masa ang target audience mo; at kahit nga masa station e hindi basta-basta pinag-uusapan ang alinamng bagay na may kinalaman sa sex e.

Radio Love Talkin’

12:43:47 AM | 5/18/2013 | Saturday

Let’s talk about love. Err, I mean, radio talk about love. Love has two faces. Either maging masaya ka, o masasaktan ka. At tulad sa pag-ibig, dalawa sa mga programa sa radio na panay problema at payo sa pag-ibig ang nilalaman ay ang pinakatanyag mula noon at mapahanggang ngayon. And I’m talking about Love Notes and True Love Conversations.

Bagamat may mga iba pang programa tulad ng Dr. Love ni Bro. Jun Banaag, The Love Clinic sa RX 93.1, ang dalawang ito ang madalas na tinatangkilik ng karamihan, lalo na kung problema-at-payo sa pag-ibig ang usapan.

Throwback Saturdays

4:31:32 AM | 4/13/2013 | Saturday

Being still a radio fanatic for more than a decade already, I used to grow up listening to the music of the past, especially if it sounds like it was way back from my childhood days. And it’s been a long time when old-soul type of people like me missed those 90s tracks, and have been craving for them to get aired on radio again.

Besides, who will deny that the 90s music was one of the last best things ever heard nowadays? Well, two stations used to offer a playlist consisting of the music coming from the very last decade of the second millennium.

Missing the Old Campus Radio

03/13/2013 01:00 PM 

For people who’d been aging at somewhere between my generations, a student’s life will never be complete without being hooked up on the FM radio station which is known as Campus Radio. Yes, even for once on their respective lives.

Well, I’m actually a late-bloomer when it comes to things like this, and in fact, it was during the 2000s when I only managed to listen to cliché radio stations, and I mean by the radio stations that caters to the youth (and this was the real “young, wild and free” deal). Magic 89.9 was one, RX was also an epic one (thanks to the likes of The Morning Rush), KC FM was also an urban legend before it was reformatted into iFM, 99.5 RT was the real music authority to the mainstream pop fans. And so were 103.5 K-Lite for the alternative genre and NU 107 for rock. But among them all, there is one station that was already stamped on the listeners’ ears and minds: it was the Campus Radio.

For “High-Quality Entertainment” Sakes?

Isang gabi habang bumibili ako ng tinapay sa kalapit na bakery, narinig ko ang isang DJ na nagsasalita sa kanyang palatuntunan sa radyo. At ang mga katagang iyun ay agad naka-agaw ng pansin as akin habang inaatay kong matusta ang pan de sal na inorder ko.

“…aba, malamang. Dapat lang na makinig ka sa akin no? Kami lang kasi dito ang nagbibigay ng “high-quality entertainment.” That’s why we’re here.” May matching pa na sound effect yan ng mga taong tumatawa, kaya lang hindi ko alam kung tawa ba talaga yun o napilitan lang.

Oops! Teka lang.  Tama ba narinig ko? Para magbigay ng “high-quality entertainment?”

NU 107 After 2 Years…

11/08/2012, 12:27 PM

Hindi ako isang masugid na tagahanga ng istasyong ito. Minsan lang ako kung makinig sa kanila, pero maliban kasi sa mga website na tulad ng YouTube, ito ang pinakaprimerong source ng rock music para sa karamihan ng mga Pinoy eh. Of course, maliban pa ‘to sa pag-attend ng mga gig ng mga banda sa underground man, o opisyal na concert.

Pero ang bilis ng panahon, ‘no? Dalawang taon na pala ang nakalilipas mula noong pormal na nagpaalam na sa himpapawid ng FM radio ang tinawag nilang “Home of NU Rock” – ang NU 107. Naalala ko pa nga ang mga hindi mawaring pakiramdam noon, lalo na sa parte nila na likas ang pagiging rakista sa sariling karapatan, na ang isa sa mga pinakasandigan nila sa musika ay mawawala na lamang matapos ang 23 taon na pamamayagpag.

Ilang mga personalidad ang nagsalita, mula sa mga dating nakasama bilang mga DJs, mga kilala sa larangan ng pakikipagrakrakan, at kahit ultimo ang mga DJs mula sa ibang istasyon na nakikinig din pala sa kanila. Mga kasama sa hanapbuhay ba.

No More "The Best Music on the Planet?" The Quest On The Next Brand Under The 99.5 FM dial.

I know, I know. I am not even at the middle level of being an avid listener of this station. I don’t even know what made me wrote this piece. But being a radio gaga kid for almost half of my life, it saddens to hear goodbye on the station that you patronized even at least once upon a time. And all I know is that 99.5 RT was one of the stations I have turned into when I lived once at province (Yes, I heard them clearly even if I’m 70 kilometers away up North-Northeast from Luneta)

I never saw it coming until a disc jockey named Inka posted something on her Facebook account, encouraging everyone in her network to listen on her show the RT 30 countdown for one last time this coming Friday, October 19, 2012— Something that drew the ire on side of her listeners that the station 99.5 RT will be leaving once again. And also, drawing questioned thoughts for the ones who patronize the station like “Where will they turn into next?” And “Where can we find the best music on the planet then,” aside from the bounds of YouTube, Soundcloud, internet radio sites and… anywhere else at the World Wide Web?

Many of us think of this one very usual resort question: Another cliché FM station going masa type? Something that is really… (I repeat) really disappointing for the side of the music lovers, radio listeners, and DJ’s fans. Something that Inka denied via her Facebook comment.

Recovering the Pieces, But Not Anymore For the Dream… (Confessions of a long-time-but-no-more wannabe music disc jockey)

Ang musika ay isa sa mga naging pinakamalaking parte ng buhay ko. Hindi puwede na minsan ay hindi ko bubuksan ang radyo, cassette/cd player, o kahit ang iPod ko para lang makapakinig ng isang kanta sa kada araw na lumilipas. Kaya siguro, naging isa sa mga pinapangarap ko ang maging disc jockey sa radyo.

Kaya hindi puwede sa akin ang isang computer na wala ni headset man lang, o mas malala, hindi pa pala nakainstalled ang audio driver. Hindi rin puwede na wala akong naka-istak na CD o mp3 sa library ko. At minsan pag pinagkait mo sa akin iyan, baka magkamatayan pa tayo niyan (pero loko lang iyun).

Oo, naging pangarap ko nga ang maging DJ. Yun nga lang, mahirap paniwalaan dahil hindi naman ako ganun katalak noong mga panahon na iyun. Basta, ang alam ko, trip ko gawin ang magsalita ukol sa kantang pinapatugotog ko, introduce yun sa ere, and presto. Isama mo na ang ilang plug, spiel at commercial break. At tila pinapraktis ko yan sa harap ng salamin, o sa harap ng PC basta may mikropono at headset na nakasuot at may Windows Media Player, Winamp, Virtual DJ, o ang sinaunang bersyon ng iTunes na nakasalang.