The Brigada Group of Companies is a Filipinoconglomerate, with interests in entertainment and consumer goods, editions in Mindanao, a network of FM stations across the Philippines, one TV station, distribution of herbal food supplements, medicines, cosmetics and engine care products, a drug pharmacy, a garden resort and two private security agencies.[citation needed] Its subsidiary, Brigada Mass Media Corporation (BMMC) is a newspaper company and media network[1] in the Philippines.
History
Brigada was founded by former Bombo Radyo General Santos anchor; independent news publisher; and now Brigada News Philippines President and Chief-Executive Officer Elmer Catulpos.
Its main office is in General Santos, but the company also has offices in Davao and Cagayan de Oro, with its own edition each. It has a combined daily circulation of 21,000 copies sold, practically covering the entire Mindanao region. As of October 18, 2023, the newspaper has stopped its circulation.
In April 2007, 2 years after the birth of Brigada News Philippines, Brigada Healthline Marketing was established as distributor of health products that the company advertised in its daily newspaper and block time radio programs.[2]
In April 2014, Brigada News FM National Offices in Makati was inaugurated and relocated Brigada News FM Batangas to become Brigada News FM National, which later moved to Mareco-owned105.1 in July 2023, and completing the three broadcast centers of the network, Manila, Cebu and General Santos.[4]
On March 31, 2025, Brigada Group launched its new tagline "Delightful Philippines" for all its FM stations and launched its music video featuring Music Travel Love that promoting local tourism and sustainable job creation within the cities that host BNFM stations.
Brigada News FM stations are collectively known as Brigada News FM Philippines. Currently, Brigada News FM has more than 50 owned and operated FM stations across the country, the most number of stations for a news-formatted radio network compared to their other networks in AM radio and more are planned to be opened.[5][6][7]
A majority of BMMC's stations were acquired from Baycomms (prior to the merger in 2013), hence becoming Brigada's official broadcast licensee, except the following stations that are either acquired or operated under airtime lease agreements:
Unlike other media entities, Brigada Mass Media does not rely on as much third-party advertisements compared to other major radio stations. All radio commercials except for competing pharmaceutical products (i.e. Unilab products) are generally allowed to be advertised in the station. Following the acquisition of the 105.1 Metro Manila frequency, disclaimers (i.e. Mahalagang Paalala ...) in radio commercials have been improved to more closely follow other radio commercials. Brigada News FM and TV stations acts as a sales and marketing arm of these Healthline products under the Brigada Healthline Corporation. Brigada Healthline products are also aired as an early morning blocktimer on 91.5 Win Radio Manila as of 2017.[8]
Others
Brigada DigiTV, its own digital set-top-box introduced and launched on February 2024 and currently available in General Santos and surrounding areas.[9]
