Jorge Bayona

In 1961, Mr. Jorge D. Bayona was granted a franchise to operate a radio broadcasting station in the Province of Albay by virtue of Republic Act No. 2937. This was later amended and approved by the Sixth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines as Republic Act 5789 on May 21, 1969 expanding its territorial are of coverage from Albay Province to the entire Bicol Region and Southern Luzon, and enlarging its area of operation to include television stations for a period of twenty-five (25) years, or until 1994.