How many people speak Spanish as a FIRST language in the
Philippine Islands. Email address to 2 Spanish radio stations there.

Hi,

Very few people in the Philippines speak "pure" Spanish as a native
language.  According to the Ethnologue database, fewer than 3,000 do. 
However, about 300,000 speak Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole, as a
first language.  Additionally, a significant amount of Spanish
vocabulary has entered the national language, Tagalog (also called
Filipino or Pilipino).

Languages of Philippines
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Philippines

A directory of Spanish-language radio and TV stations (including some
e-mail addresses and web sites) can be found on the following page:

Spanish Radio and Television Stations in the Philippines
http://filipinokastila.tripod.com/radtv.html

Also, here are some web pages for two radio stations in the
Chavacano-speaking area:

DXTY
http://www.philexport.org/philradio/network/nchome.htm#dxty

DXKZ
http://www.umbn.com.ph/dxkz-fm.html
http://www.umbn.com.ph/

As you can see from the above directory, the stations that broadcast
in Spanish do so on a part-time basis only.   The following
Spanish-language article from Revista Filipina indicates that there
are no full-time Spanish-language broadcasters in the country. 
However, it indicates that a number of stations, particularly
religious ones,  broadcast some in Spanish.  The article also
speculates that Spanish will someday disappear from the island nation.
 To find the part about radio stations, do a browser search on the
page for "emisora," the Spanish word for "radio station."

Revista Filipina
http://members.aol.com/farolan1/revinv98.html

Google search terms used: 

filipinas emisora
://www.google.com/search?q=filipinas+emisora

filipinas emisoras
://www.google.com/search?q=filipinas+emisoras

spanish "radio stations" philippines
://www.google.com/search?hl=es&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=spanish+%22radio+stations%22+philippines

Best wishes,

mvguy

Excellent and thorough. Is there any hope that they could do Google
answers in Spanish?

JohnP

There are a number of researchers at Google Answers that speak Spanish
and live in Spanish speaking countries.

Good answer, mvguy! I'd just like to add since I'm from the
Philippines, there'll be fewer Spanish-speakers than you think!
Spanish-speakers are most likely to be the elder people, who had
Spanish as a requirement in their school curriculum, like my mom. I
had Spanish as a foreign language elective, but I forgot all about it!
Here in Manila, I notice nobody speaking Spanish at all! Most likely
these speakers are in the provinces. We speak a lot of English too. If
you come here, you might have the impression that you're in an
extension of America.

Thanks for the interesting comment. One of the TV stations where I
live carries an hour or two of Philippine TV each afternoon.  It's
definitely an interesting linguistic experience to watch.