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The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Filipinos (KBP) and the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (FILSCAP) signed a Memorandum of Agreement last January in 2012 updating earlier agreements on the payment of royalties by KBP member radio stations to FILSCAP members The officers of the two organizations also agreed to work together for [...]

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III last November 9 opened the 37th Top Level Management Conference of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the industry association of the broadcast media in the Philippines. The president praised the broadcast media for its role in exposing wrongdoings in the government but at the same time urged [...]

ABS-CBN news anchor and former vice-president Noli De Castro headed the list of winners at the 20th KBP Golden Dove Awards awarding ceremonies held last night (October 26) at the Star Theatre, Star City Complex, Pasay City. De Castro was awarded the Ka Doroy Broadcaster of the Year Award. TV Patrol, where De Castro is [...]

Unidentified men burned early morning yesterday (October, 26, 2011) the transmitters and other equipment of radio station DZVT-AM and DZVT-FM operated by the Catholic Media Network in San Jose, Mindoro Occidental. KBP president Ruperto S. Nicdao, Jr. condemned the burning as a barbaric crime. The full statement follows.
“The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng [...]

The KBP has expanded its rules on broadcasts that affecting the interests of children. The new rules, which form part of the media industry association’s Broadcast Code which defines professional and ethical standards for its members, were approved in a general membership meeting held last June 15, 2011.
Formulation of the new guidelines was the [...]

The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the industry association of the broadcast media, is set to approve new provisions of its broadcast code to reinforce current standards on programming related to children. The new guidelines have been submitted to the KBP Board of Trustees by the Standards Authority, the industry associations’ code enforcement [...]

The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) celebrated its 38th Founding Anniversary at the Crown Regency Hotel in Makati last April 27, 2011. The KBP is the industry association of the broadcast media composed of owners and operators of broadcasting stations as regular members and radio and television stations as associate members.

The highlight [...]

A. OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS

1. KBP Lifetime Achievement Award

Fr. James B. Reuter

Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)

Posthumous Awardees

Mr. Q. Rebueno Hodreal
Mr. Bob Stewart

United Broadcasting Network

BROADCAST OLYMPICS. The KBP and the Campus Media Network, a student organization, signed a memorandum of agreement last January 21, 2009 for the holding of the Philippines’ first Broadcast Olympics, a competition among 49 schools and universities in Metro Manila that offer Communication Arts or related courses. The Broadcast Olympics, scheduled in September, will feature [...]

Filipino broadcasters and composers made their mark in history last January 21, 2009 when the KBP and the Filipino Composers Development Cooperative (FILCOMDEC) signed a memorandum of agreement that will provide and impetus to the creation and wider promotion of new Filipino music. Joey Ayala, chairman of FILCOMDEC and Butch S. Canoy, chairman of the [...]