The city mayor went on a witch-hunting expedition last Saturday, when he questioned why the radio station received a grant amounting to P300,000. The mayor attempted to explode what “he thought” was a controversial issue between the Church and radio station dyRD.
The P320,110 grant was part of the P1.8 million upgrading program of the station while the bigger portion of P1.47 million was shouldered by the Bohol Chronicle Radio Corp. as its commitment to improve the quality reception and scope of its coverage area.
dyRD General Manager Peter Dejaresco answered back that “the mayor was in such a desperate mood of trying to discredit the station as if it got funding through questionable means.”
dyRD is a member station of the Catholic Media Network (CMN) and is entitled to avail of grants to be used for the upgrading of radio facilities as part of reaching out to a greater audience in the Church evangelization program through the media.
DYRD, which is now on its 48th year of broadcasting activities has consistently aired church-based programs, including live coverage of church events and the regular airing of Sunday masses live from the St. Joseph Cathedral.
