 In September 1946, two months after the Philippines became an independent country from the US, KZFM was turned over to the Philippine government.With the transfer, the Philippine Broadcasting Service was born (the second broadcasting organization in the Philippines after Metropolitan Broadcasting Company).The station was first operated by the Department of Foreign Affairs until it was transferred to the Radio Broadcasting Board (RBB) which was created by President Manuel Quezon on September 3, 1937.