MANILA, Philippines — The bad news is, FM radio station RJ UR 105.9 – a sister station of DZRJ-FM and noted for its full support of Filipino music talents – will soon go off the air to vacate the frequency it has been leasing.
But the music won’t stop playing. The good news is that the young station is taking its classic-modern-Pinoy rock programming to where everybody is — Facebook. Currently on test broadcast, the station, now known as UR Faceradio, has opened its own page on the most popular social networking site whose users, at present, total more than 600 million worldwide.
“I think we’re the first radio station in the Philippines to broadcast direct from Facebook,” said Ramon Jacinto II in an exclusive interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer Tuesday.
“We’ve been thinking how can we keep the music playing and at the same time gather the community of Pinoy musicians in one portal. This is it and we’re excited because we can do a lot of things here.”
Jacinto II, a son of musician/businessman Ramon Jacinto, explained that UR’s migration to Facebook would allow listeners to see the DJ at the booth as well.
“All you have to is click the “listen and watch live” button.”
He added that UR Faceradio would be totally interactive on real time very soon.
UR Faceradio will have a grand launch on May 28 with six simultaneous concerts on live streaming.
“We want everyone to know that the music is still alive and is now accessible to more people, worldwide,” said Jacinto II.
“The downside is we’re no longer on conventional radio. But the upside is we’re online,” said his father Ramon, better known as RJ – whose first radio station, DZRJ-AM, started operations in his home’s backyard. “The world is now UR’s backyard,” he quipped