The Masang Nagmamanok (MANA), in its effort to boost the fight for the preservation of cockfighting in the Philippines, is eyeing a radio program promoting cockfighting that will reach the far-flung barangays in the country side of the Philippines.
Kamana Dan Baltazar, one of MANA's primemovers is now negotiating with a government-owned radio station for a program to be broadcast nationwide.
Ang Tumbok ngayon ay nag-concentrate na ng kanilang mga kopya sa Metro Manila at piling mga karatig na lugar.
Kaya marami sa ating mga kamana sa Iloilo, Cebu, Bicol, at sa iba pang rehiyon na dating naabot ng Tumbok ay nanghihinayang dahil hindi na nila matutunghayan ang mga balita tungkol sa Masang Nagmamanok (MANA).
Kaya sinisikap ngayon ng mga primemovers ng MANA na magkakaroon tayo ng programa sa radyo.
Sa kasalukuyan ay may negosasyong namamagitan sa MANA at Sports Radio. Inasasahan na di magtagal maririnig nyo na sa radyo ang LLamado Tayo. Hihingiin pa natin ang pahintulot ng Tumbok na magamit natin ang pangalang Llamado Tayo sa ating programa.
MANA, the nationwide organization of common cockfight aficionados in the Philippines will soon launch its own radio program in an effort to reach out to the millions of Filipino sabungeros in the countryside.This was announced recently by MANA's news and information bureau.
As of Oct, 2008, with the column Llamado tayo, published daily in tabloid Tumbok, as the lone medium of mass communication reaching out potential members, MANA already banked on almost ten thousand members.
Tumbok, a publication owned by the Philippine daily Inquirer has been concentrating its circulation in Metro Manila and selected key urban centers. With the radio program,reaching the countryside, it is expected that the membership will reach the targetted 100,000 kamanas in a few months' time.(Franz Ong, Oct 7, 2008)