My Only Radio

MOR (My Only Radio For Life!) is a national brand of FM radio stations operated by media conglomerate, ABS-CBN Corporation. MOR stations primarily plays contemporary MOR and OPM music, as well as radio drama and talk content (news content via TV Patrol Regional is also available on selected stations). MOR started in 2001 as the FM brand of ABS-CBN Regional, and operates 15 stations in the Philippines.

History and background

MOR was launched on July 14, 2001 in Cagayan de Oro City. The network's brand name was coined by Malvern Esparcia (Bernie Bitokbitok), which, aside from its meaning as My Only Radio, is meant to be a shorter designation to the province of Misamis Oriental, where Cagayan de Oro is based. It saw a rebrand of ABS-CBN's provincial FM stations, particularly in some long-time ones which were formerly branded as the ProStar network and ABS-CBN Radio prior to the relaunch. Numerous format changes occurred among its stations with similar program titles applied across provincial areas on July 15, 2001. MOR wasn't launched in Manila since its inception until it made a major change in mid-2013, when the company finally relaunched long-time independent station DWRR-FM (101.9 MHz) as the network's flagship station and effectively made MOR a truly national brand.

In a press conference held at the ABS-CBN Compound on June 1, 2018, coinciding the Manila station's ratings leadership and its announcement of this year's Pinoy Music Awards set on July 21, the Manila Radio and Regional divisions have agreed to relaunch MOR as MOR Philippines. Under its relaunched brand, the network will connect Manila and its provincial stations with unified program brands and strong music choices; thus, the new tagline "One Vibe, One Sound." The MOR Philippines relaunch will be by phases which began on August 11.

On June 1, 2019, MOR stations in Manila, Cebu, and Baguio expanded its video streaming platform as exclusive channels to cable TV subscription service Sky Cable in their respective cities.

Network programming

Despite its unified branding, programming among stations remained to be handled separately between Manila and Regional stations. The network's Manila station is jointly managed by ABS-CBN's Manila Radio division, along with AM flagship station DZMM Radyo Patrol 630, and the Star Creatives group; MOR Regional's programming, meanwhile, is supplied under management of the company's Regional Network Group division.

MOR Philippines began its presence on August 11, 2018 with the launching of MOR Regional's weekend programs Dyis is It and MOR Presents, which began its Manila debut on the next day. Other adjustments are underway to unify MOR's branding across all its stations with plans to create more national programs for the network.

MOR Philippines also aired Pantawid ng Pag-ibig: At Home Together Concert on March 22, 2020. The concert was aimed to help the people who were in need because of the Enhanced Community Quarantine.

National brands

• Dear MOR
• For MORe Information
• MOR Presents with David Bang
• Dyis Is It

MOR Manila

• MORning Pinas
• Ready Get MORe: Level Up!
• MOR Hits
• Request Pa MORe!
• DereCHAhan
• SLR: Sex, Love and Relationships
• MOR Favorites
• MOR Pinoy Hits
• MOR Soundtrip
• MOR Presents with Kisses

MOR Regional

• Byaheng KaMORekada (during Holy Week)
• MOR Celebrity Chat (on occasional basis)
• MORe sa Magdamag
• Pasko Pa MORe! (seasonal from September to December)
• Ready Set MORe!: Ang All-Hits Karera
• MORe sa Umaga
• MOR Balitaktakan (Cagayan de Oro)
• MORe sa Tanghali
• The Tita B Show (Cagayan de Oro)
• MORe sa Hapon
• TV Patrol Regional sa MOR
• North Luzon (Baguio, Dagupan, Laoag and Santiago, Isabela)
• Bicol (Naga and Legazpi)
• Palawan (Palawan; simulcast with DYAP Radyo Patrol 765)
• Central Visayas (Cebu; simulcast with DYAB Radyo Patrol 1512)
• Chavacano (Zamboanga)
• Eastern Visayas (Tacloban)
• North Mindanao (Cagayan de Oro)
• South Central Mindanao (General Santos and Cotabato)
• Southern Mindanao (Davao; simulcast with DXAB Radyo Patrol 1296)
• MORe sa Gabi Xpress
• Dear MOR sa Gabi (Baguio, Laoag, Cagayan de Oro and Davao)
• MORe sa Gabi
• MOR Classics
• MOR Confessions (Cebu)
• MOR Lokal na Tukar (Davao)
• MOR Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve specials
• Tingog Bisaya (Cebu)
• MOR Bedtime Stories (Cebu)
• D’un Po Sa Jammin’ (Naga)

MOR 101.9 DJs

• Maki Rena (2013–present)
• Joco Loco (2013–present)
• Eva Ronda (2013–present)
• DJ Jhai Ho (2013–present)
• Chico Martin (January 2020-present)
• Kisses (2016-present)
• Chacha Babes (2008–present)
• Onse (2009–2011; 2013-present)
• Nicki Morena (2018-present)
• Kimbo (2018-present)
• Toni Aquino (2005–present)
• Bea (2010-present)
• Popoy (2007–present)
• Biboy Bwenas (2017-present)
• Ana Ramsey (2016-present)

Program Schedule

Monday-Friday

• 5 am – MORning Pinas (Maki Rena and Rico Romantico)
• 9 am – Ready Get MORe: Level Up! (Yumi and Papi Charlz) (later added: Toni Ga) (Biboy Bwenas)
• 11 am – Dyis Is It: Manila (Biboy Bwenas)
• 12 nn – Dear MOR (Popoy)
• 2 pm – Playlist Pa MORe (Eva Ronda) (later every Wednesday: MOR Sessions)
• 6 pm – Playlist Pa MORe (Jhai-ho and Joco Loko)
• 9 pm – Heartbeats (Marky and Chacha Babe)
• 12:30 am – Dear MOR
• 2 am – Music automation

Saturday

• 5 am – MOR Favorites (Kisses)
• 10 am – Dyis is It: The MOR Weekly Top 10 (Biboy Bwenas and MOR Regional DJs)
• 12 nn – Dear MOR Uncut (Jasmin and Popoy)
• 2 pm – MOR Pinoy Hits, Live! (Bob Zilla/Reggie Valdez)
• 5 pm – MOR Mix (Digong Dantes)
• 8 pm – 143 for Life (Onse)
• 10 pm – Moments on Radio (Mr. Right)
• 12 mn – Music automation
• 12:30 am – Dear MOR Uncut
• 2 am to 5 am – Music automation

Sunday

• 5 am – MOR Favorites (Kisses)
• 11 am – MOR Presents (with David Bang)
• 12 nn – Dear MOR Uncut (Jasmin and Popoy)
• 2 pm – MOR Pinoy Hits (Ana Ramsey and Reggie Valdez)
• 5 pm – MOR Mix (Digong Dantes)
• 8 pm – 143 for Life (Onse)
• 10 pm – Moments on Radio (Mr. Right)
• 12 mn – Music automation
• 12:30 am – Dear MOR Uncut
• 2 am to 5 am – Music automation

MOR Stations

• DWRR 101.9 Mega Manila
• DWEL 95.5 Laoag
• DZRR 103.1 Baguio
• DWEC 94.3 Dagupan
• DYCU 99.9 Puerto Princesa, Palawan
• DYEA 99.7 Sofronio Espanola, Palawan
• DWAC 93.5 Naga
• DWRD 93.9 Legazpi
• DYMC 91.1 Iloilo
• DYOO 101.5 Bacolod
• DYTC 94.3 Tacloban
• DYLS 97.1 Cebu
• DXFH 98.7 Zamboanga
• DXEC 91.9 Cagayan De Oro
• DXRR 101.1 Davao
• DXBC 92.7 General Santos
• DXPS 95.1 Cotabato

Soon to Air!

• DWTL 90.3 San Fernando, La Union
• DZVC 96.1 Vigan
• 100.5 Tuguegarao
• DWZT 100.7 Olongapo
• DZDT 93.7 Daet, Camarines Norte
• DZSC 106.3 Sorsogon
• DYMV 100.7 Masbate
• DWBC 92.7 Batangas
• DZLC 91.9 Lucena
• DZOC 101.1 Occidental Mindoro
• DZAF 95.9 Oriental Mindoro
• 93.7 Daet, Camarines Norte
• 106.3 Sorsogon City
• DWAT 91.7 Santiago, Isabela
• DZKP 91.7 Kalayaan, Palawan
• DZSA 89.5 San Fernando, Pampanga
• DYEL 92.5 Dumaguete
• DYBH 90.7 Tagbilaran
• DYKA 88.3 Kalibo, Aklan
• DYRS 105.1 Roxas
• DXAE 89.5 Pagadian
• DXAG 100.7 Iligan
• DXMT 99.5 Ozamiz
• DXXB 88.3 Malaybalay, Bukidnon
• DXAP 98.5 Koronadal
• DXKW 95.3 Kidapawan
• DXAS 92.1 Butuan
• DXSF 100.7 Trento, Agusan del Sur
• DXIT 99.1 Surigao

4 Ways To Learn From Failure

Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will harm you no more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Indeed I have played the fool and erred exceedingly."  1 Samuel 26:21, NKJV

Charles Schultz, the creator of the comic strip "Peanuts" had a grasp of human nature such as do few people.  Who can't identify with the series of cartoons where Lucy is trying to console Charlie Brown?  She says, "Remember, Charlie Brown, you learn more from your defeats than you do from your victories."  And Charlie Brown says, "That makes me the smartest man in the world!"

Strange, is it not, how some do learn from their mistakes, and others never seem to grasp the lessons of their failures? Some find themselves on the floor, knocked down by circumstances over which they had no control, and they crawl into a corner and whimper, complaining about the way they became victims, how unfair life was to them, and how they would have succeeded if only something had not happened.

Others find themselves knocked down, and while they are down learn how to rise to new heights, something which would never have happened if they had not suffered misfortune.

Take, for example, William Levine.  His store was robbed four times in one month.  Angry about the abuse, Levine bought a bullet proof vest for protection.  Soon other merchants began asking, "Where did you get that? I want one too."  Levine sensed that there was a greater demand for personal protection than for hamburger and pork chops, so he gave up his butcher shop and began a body armor business, which has been far more successful than his butcher shop ever was.

Here's the question?  How do you bring order out of chaos, meaning out of confusion, and spiritual gain out of defeat?  Simply put, why do some learn their lessons and other never gain from failure but seemed doomed to fail time after time?

Those who learn from failure have several things in common.

Quality #1: They accept responsibility for their failure.  Excuses are not part of their vocabulary.  Instead of blaming others, coming up with fabricated excuses, they say, "It was my fault!"

Quality #2: They analyze the causes of their failure and strive to correct the flaws.  Henry Ford put no reverse gear in his first automobile.  When others began to surpass his engineering, he changed things, and quickly.

Quality #3: They have an unflagging spirit of determination to succeed.  Thomas Alva Edison tried over 10,000 experiments, hoping to produce what we now know as an electric light, by passing electrical current through some substance which would produce illumination.  A friend said, "Why don't you quit!  You're tried over 10,000 times and failed."  He retorted that he had found 10,000 ways that would not work, and he would yet find one way that would work.  He did: the incandescent bulb.

Quality #4: They learn dependence upon God for what they lack.  None could better illustrate that truth than Chuck Colson, once a confidant to a US president, who became a convicted felon.  He later wrote, "The real legacy of my life was my biggest failure--that I was an ex-convict.  My greatest humiliation--being sent to prison--was the beginning of God's greatest use of my life; He chose the one experience in which I could not glory for His glory”

Want to turn your greatest failure into an ultimate triumph?  Read the fine print about the failures of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob along with David and Samson in the Old Testament; about Peter, Ananias and Sapphira and a host of others.  Some learned from their failure and others were doomed to repeat them.  You can learn from the mistakes of others.  God honors the man who acknowledges Him in the time of failure, and gives grace to overcome.  You can learn that failures become the stepping-stones to reaching your goals.

Resource reading: Acts 5:1-11

https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/4-ways-to-learn-from-failure/