“SIYASAT,” the investigative news feature of radio station ˆIZ, received the “Radio Program of the Year Award for 2010” in the Journalism Awards handed out by the Rotary Club of Manila recently. Airing every Saturday 6:30 to 7 a.m., Siyasat was cited by the Rotary Club of Manila for its careful research and organization of materials, its insightful in-depth discussion of relevant issues, and its balanced presentation of the news.
This is the second award of Siyasat from the Rotary Club of Manila. In 1999 the program won the Club’s Emilio Jacinto Journalism Award for radio for its special report on the May 1998 elections.
Siyasat also won the Kapisanan ng Brodkasters sa Pilipinas (KBP) Golden Dove Award for Best Magazine Program in 1999; the Outstanding Radio Special award of the 14th KBP Golden Dove Awards in 2005 for its feature on the unrest in Hacienda Luisita entitled “Pakikibaka sa Hacienda Luisita”; and the 15th KBP Best Documentry Program in 2006.
dwIZ is owned and operated by Aliw Broadcasting Corp., headed by J. Antonio A. Cabangon Jr., president; Wilfredo M. Tayag, executive vice president and general manager; Rey Langit, station manager; and Ely Aligora, news and program director.
Established in 1991 by business leader Ambassador Antonio L. Cabangon Chua, Aliw Broadcasting currently operates 11 radio stations strategically located in key places all over the Philippines, with dwIZ as its flagship station.
