 During his first State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte will pass a law merging PBS with its TV counterpart, People's Television Network into the "People's Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)".PBS announced that Radyo ng Bayan & its provincial AM stations will have a major rebranding, merging with the "Radyo Pilipinas" brand by June 5, 2017.It was followed by the launching of Radyo Pilipinas Dos 918 kHz on September 18, 2017.