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Radyo Katipunan
Quezon City;
Broadcast area	Selected parts of Metro Manila
Frequency	87.9 MHz (low-power FM radio station) (10 watts)
Branding	Radyo Katipunan 87.9 FM
Programming
Format	College Radio, Religious Radio
Affiliations	Voice of America; Rappler (during newscasts)
Ownership
Owner	Jesuit Communications Foundation
History
First air date	August 28, 2018
Technical information
Power	10 watts
ERP	20 watts
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	jescom.ph/radyo-katipunan; Radyo Katipunan on Facebook

Radyo Katipunan (87.9 FM) is a low-power FM campus radio station owned and operated by the Jesuit Communications Foundation in coordination with the Ateneo de Manila University. Its studio is located at Sonolux Building along Seminary Drive, with its transmitter located within the university's Loyola campus; both are found in Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City. Radyo Katipunan serves as a community station of the Ateneo campus.

Radyo Katipunan airs during weekdays from 7:30 AM to 8:00 PM (except holidays or class suspensions due to inclement weather conditions), including semestral breaks.^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

In October 2016, the Ateneo de Manila University was granted a temporary broadcast permit by the National Telecommunications Commission with its broadcast equipment donated by Ateneo alumnus and KBP Corporate Secretary Jose Yabut.^[1]

In the 3rd quarter of 2017, the station began its test broadcast under the name Ateneo Campus Radio.^[5] On February 14, 2018, it had its soft launch as Radyo Katipunan, coinciding both Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day. This time, it is jointly run by ADMU and JesCom.^[1]

Launch

On August 28, 2018, Radyo Katipunan was officially launched, with the addition of simulcasting (another Catholic-run station) Veritas 846 during mornings. In addition, the station provided news updates from Rappler and Voice of America.^[6]

Pandemic and Keep the Faith

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Radyo Katipunan launched its own daily morning mass and named it "Keeping the Faith" or KTF. The mass then became "Keep the Faith: Daily Mass for Hope and Healing" before changing its subtitle to "Daily Mass with the Jesuits". Apart from the Easter Triduum, KTF airs every day of the year even when Radyo Katipunan is off air. Even with the lifting of restrictions and return to onsite activity, KTF still garners a devoted following online.

KTF began broadcasting from the station's studio; it could do so since all other programs were being conducted online. The mass then moved to JesCom's Studio A, its group recording studio, before finally moving to its own studio in 2023.

Programs

Currently airing

Campus Ministers On-air
Chaplains On-air
JOSh: JesCom Online Shop Live!
JMM Radio
Kape't Pandasal
Katipunan Roundup
Keep the Faith: Daily Mass with the Jesuits (formerly: Keep the Faith: Daily Mass for Hope and Healing)
Kuwentuhang Bayan
Level Up! Exclusives (formerly All Kaps! Ateneo Level Up!)
Lundagin Mo, Beybeh!
New Wave
RKada: The Radyo Katipunan Student Volunteer DJ Program
Sari-Sari: Panitikan at Kulturang Filipino
SKL: Share Ko Lang
SOAR: Seniors On-Air Radio
Tatakalikasan
The Music Class
The Jesuit Hour
The Word Exposed
VOA International Edition (produced by Voice of America)

References

[ateneo-879-1] "Ateneo de Manila University goes on air". Jesuit Communications Foundation. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.

[2] Arranging flowers: My source of strength during the pandemic

[3] Ateneo to host public viewing of former President Benigno Aquino III’s urn today, Friday, June 25

[4] Pandemic Graces: Reliving the Homilies and Memories from ‘Keep the Faith’ Masses

[5] Knowledge is power… Joross, Iza & Joanna are aware of it

[6] Radyo Katipunan 87.9 FM joins World College Radio Day

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