Quest Broadcasting Inc. (QBI) is a Filipino media company based in Mandaluyong, Philippines. It primarily operates a network of radio stations under the Magic Nationwide brands. Its corporate office is located at the Unit 907, 9th floor, Paragon Plaza, EDSA cor. Reliance St., Mandaluyong.
History The company was established in 1986 as the SBS Radio Network Inc. (Sarao Broadcasting Systems), co-owned by the Sarao family (owner of Las Piñas-based Sarao Motors) and the Vera family (original owners of FBS Radio Network). In 1992, Luis and Leonida Vera's eldest son, Atty. Jose Luis Vera, took full control of the company and renamed it as Quest Broadcasting Inc.
On December 12, 2012, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10342 grants Quest Broadcasting, Inc.'s legislative franchise for another 25 years. The law granted QBI hereunder referred to as the grantee, its successors or assigns, a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain for commercial purposes and/ in the public interest, radio broadcasting stations and television broadcasting stations, including digital television system in the Philippines, where frequencies and/or channels are still available for radio broadcasting, through microwave, satellite or whatever means, including the use of any new technologies in radio systems, with the corresponding technological auxiliaries and facilities, special broadcast and other program and distribution services and relay stations in the Philippines.
In April 2013, all Killerbee stations in regional areas started carrying the Magic branding (adopted from its Manila flagship station).
By 2022, its regional stations were leased to different management, leaving DXEL in Zamboanga as the sole regional station of Magic Nationwide.
Radio stations Magic Nationwide stations Branding Callsign Frequency Location Magic 89.9 DWTM 89.9 MHz Metro Manila Magic Zamboanga DXEL 95.5 MHz Zamboanga City
Other stations Branding Callsign Frequency Location Operator Solid FM Cebu DYBN 92.3 MHz Cebu City Y2H Broadcasting Network XFM Davao DXBE 89.1 MHz Davao City Klick FM Bacolod DYBE 106.3 MHz Bacolod5K Broadcasting Network K5 News FM Cagayan de Oro DXKB 89.3 MHz Cagayan de Oro
Former stations Callsign Frequency Location Notes DZKX 103.1 MHz Lucena Currently owned by Y2H Broadcasting Network. DYII 92.7 MHz Tagbilaran Owned by Vimcontu Broadcasting Corporation. Operations taken over by Groove Deejayz Entertainment Solutions. DYSR 95.1 MHz Dumaguete Currently independent as SR95. DXKM 106.3 MHz General Santos Owned by Advanced Media Broadcasting System. Currently off the air.
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