Four out of five: Estimated ratio of Filipinos reached by radio in RP (2006)

194,000+: Estimated number of licensed radio stations in RP (2004)

383: Total number of AM radio stations in RP (2008)

31: number of AM radio stations in Metro Manila (2008)

90: Percentage of Metro Manila households that own a radio (Philippine Media Factbook, 2005)

1927: Year that the first provincial radio station, KZRC, was established in Cebu

1957: Year that the transistor radio was introduced in RP

17: Percentage share of radio out of the total ad spend in RP in 2008

7: Duration in hours of the ?Morning Block? for radio airtime as classified by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas. Per KBP, the ?Morning Block? is from 5 a.m. to 12 noon.

Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Sources: pia.gov.ph, NSO, 2003 FLEMMS, Philippine Media Factbook 2005, kbp.org.ph, Inquirer Archives