DZLT is an AM radio station owned and operated by the Radio Corporation of the Philippines

Radio Corporation of the Philippines

-History:KZKZ is the second radio station in the Philippines owned by Henry Hermann in 1922. It broadcast with a 5-watt transmitter. In 1924, it boosted its power to 100 watts. Few months later, Radio Corporation of the Philippines bought KZKZ AM from Henry Hermann...

. Its studio and transmitter are located in Barangay Ibabang Dupay, Lucena City

Lucena City

Metro Lucena has an estimated population of 700,000 which is mostly concentrated in the flat south-central portion of Quezon, which includes the cities of Lucena and Tayabas, Sariaya, Candelaria, Lucban & Pagbilao . The people are often characterized as friendly and hardworking...

, Quezon

Quezon

-History:Originally, what now forms Quezon was divided among the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, and Nueva Ecija. The area was first explored by Juan de Salcedo in 1571-1572, during his expedition from Laguna to Camarines provinces....

, and it has the distinction of being the oldest radio station in southern Luzon.

History

DZLT was conceived by Quezon Representative Manuel S. Enverga as a means to provide radio service to the province of Quezon. To fulfill this aim, Enverga founded the Luzon Broadcasting Corporation, taking advantage of a broadcast license issued to Luzonian Colleges (today the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation

Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation

Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation is an academic institution that can be found in Lucena City, San Antonio, Candelaria, Sampaloc, and Catanauan in the province of Quezon Philippines....

) by Congress

Congress of the Philippines

The Congress of the Philippines is the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines. It is a bicameral body consisting of the Senate , and the House of Representatives although commonly in the Philippines the term congress refers to the latter.The Senate is composed of 24 senators half...

 through Republic Act No. 2354. The station opened on March 23, 1960, with President Carlos P. Garcia

Carlos P. Garcia

Carlos Polistico García was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist and guerrilla leader...

, First Lady Leonila Garcia

Leonila Garcia

Leonila Dimataga was the wife of Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia and was the eighth First Lady of the Philippines shortly after the death of Ramon Magsaysay as President that lead to her husband then Vice President Carlos Garcia to succeed the presidency...

 and Senator Gil Puyat

Gil Puyat

Gil J. Puyat was a Filipino businessman and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1951, and as Senate President from 1967 to 1972.-Education:...

 being present at the station's opening.

Live news reporting began in 1965. However, the station was ordered shut with the imposition of martial law on September 21, 1972, subsequently re-opening on October 20. Ownership of the station would transfer from the Enverga family to the Radio Corporation of the Philippines

Radio Corporation of the Philippines

-History:KZKZ is the second radio station in the Philippines owned by Henry Hermann in 1922. It broadcast with a 5-watt transmitter. In 1924, it boosted its power to 100 watts. Few months later, Radio Corporation of the Philippines bought KZKZ AM from Henry Hermann...

, owned by Eduardo Cojuangco.

DZLT's transmitter was knocked down twice by typhoons: the most recent one by Typhoon Xangsane

Typhoon Xangsane

The name Xangsane has been used to name two tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Laos and is a Laotian word for elephant.* 2000's Typhoon Xangsane - affected the Philippines and Taiwan....

(Milenyo) in 2006.