DXGD explained

DXGD
City:	Bongao
Area:	Tawi-Tawi
Branding:	DXGD 549
Airdate:	1948
Frequency:	549 kHz
Format:	News, Public Affairs, Talk, Religious Radio
Language:	Southern Sama, Filipino
Licensing Authority:	NTC
Power:	1,000 watts
Callsign Meaning:	Bishop George Dion
Sister Stations:	DXMM 927
Affiliations:	Catholic Media Network Notre Dame Broadcasting Corporation
Owner:	Sulu-Tawi-Tawi Broadcasting Foundation

DXGD (549 AM) is a radio station owned and operated by Sulu-Tawi-Tawi Broadcasting Foundation, the media arm of the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo. The station's studio is located along Circumferential Rd., Brgy. Bongao Poblacion, Bongao.^{[1] [2] [3]}

It began as a media apostolate of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a religious congregation of men pioneering in missions in the Mindanao and Sulu archipelago regions.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.claretianpublications.com/index.php/catholic-directory/diocese/apostolic-vicariate-of-jolo/95 Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo
2. Web site: Infoasaid (P. 126) . 2015-11-22 . 2019-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190907025159/http://www.cdacnetwork.org/contentAsset/raw-data/60addae5-fb74-43bc-8a80-01d9ce828675/attachedFile . dead .
3. Web site: DXGD-Am, Bonggao Tawi-Tawi . 2015-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130344/http://www.catholicmedianetwork.org/radio/DXGD.htm . 2016-03-04 . dead .
4. https://cmfr-phil.org/media-education-3/the-social-relevance-of-church-owned-radio-2/3/ The social relevance of Church-owned radio
5. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/599851/broadcast-journalist-shot-dead-in-tawi-tawi Broadcast journalist shot dead in Tawi-tawi
6. http://www.iag.org.ph/index.php/blog/20-bblwatch/1480-bblwatch-in-tawi-tawi
   1. BBLWatch in Tawi-tawi: Highlights of the proceedings