Brigada News FM

Brigada News FM is everywhere in the Philippines - on jeepney radios, in small shops, at home. And it knows its audience well. The music programming leans heavily on OPM, from Ben&Ben's folk-pop to Moira Dela Torre's ballads, with occasional international chart-toppers. What sets it apart is the balance between songs and local news. News breaks come frequently, covering regional stories you won't hear on national networks. That can be a double-edged sword: the news interruptions disrupt the flow if you're just after uninterrupted tunes. The DJs are energetic, mixing Tagalog and English with ea…