DXMJ-TV

This article is about television station. For the defunct radio station in Zamboanga, see DXMJ-FM.

GMA TV-5 Davao (DXMJ-TV)

Metro Davao Philippines
City	Davao City
Channels	Analog: 5 (VHF) Digital: 37 (UHF) ( ISDB-T ) (test broadcast) Virtual: 5.01
Branding	GMA TV-5 Davao
Programming
Subchannels	See list
Ownership
Owner	GMA Network Inc.
Sister stations	DXRA-TV (GTV) GMA Super Radyo DXGM 1125 Davao Barangay FM 103.5 Davao
History
Founded	December 25, 1962 (1962-12-25)
Former call signs	DXMT-TV (1962-1972) GMA Network: DXSS-TV (1975-1996)
Former channel number(s)	GMA Network: 7 (1975-1996)
Former affiliations	Associated Broadcasting Corporation (1962-1972)
Call sign meaning	Menardo Jimenez
Technical information
Licensing authority	NTC
Power	Analog: 25 kW Digital: 15 kW
ERP	Analog: 360 kW Digital: 72 kW
Transmitter coordinates	07°04′25″N125°34′34″E / 7.07361°N 125.57611°E / 7.07361; 125.57611
Links
Website	GMANetwork.com

DXMJ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Metro Davao, Philippines, serving as the Mindanao flagship of the GMA network. It is owned and operated by the network's namesake corporate parent alongside GTV outlet DXRA-TV (channel 27). Both stations share studios and hybrid analog/digital transmitting facility at the GMA Complex, Broadcast Ave., Shrine Hills, Brgy. Matina Crossing, Davao City.

History

• December 25, 1962 - DXMT-TV Channel 5 was launched by Associated Broadcasting Corporation (now TV5 Network Inc. until President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law.
• November 1998 - GMA Network acquired the Channel 5 frequency from ABC and its callsign was changed to DXMJ-TV. As part of its acquisition, GMA's transmitter site transferred from its original location in Tagum, Davao del Norte to Shrine Hills in Davao City. Following these changes, Channel 5 was relaunched as a GMA Network station and became a relay station delivering programs from Metro Manila via DZBB-TV.
• October 4, 1999 - DXMJ-TV was upgrading into an originating station with the producing of its regional newscasts Testigo (initially known as Testigo: GMA Super Balita), a localized version of the network’s longest-running newscast Saksi, focusing on news coverage for the Davao City area. This was soon followed by the launch of the musical variety show Singgit Davao on October 24 of the same year. Shortly thereafter, GMA’s television operations in Davao relocated to the Amesco Building along Magsaysay Street, which had been the home of GMA’s radio stations since its inauguration in 1996.
• December 31, 1999 - GMA Network’s special Global Millennium Day event featured a regional version tailored for Cebuano viewers, complete with regional hosts. The celebration included a simulcast from GMA-7 Manila, showcasing Regine Velasquez’s performance of "Written in the Sands," while the regional feed was simultaneously broadcast across Mindanao through various relay stations. In addition to the television broadcast, a radio version of the event aired on DXGM 1125 and Campus Radio stations throughout the Mindanao region, ensuring wide accessibility for audiences across different platforms.
• May 5, 2008 - GMA Davao relocated its television studios to its transmitter site in Shrine Hills, Matina, moving from its original studio at the Amesco Building. The Amesco Building continued to serve as the headquarters for GMA’s radio operations, which had been transferred there in 1999.
• June 27, 2018 - GMA Davao commenced ISDB-T digital test broadcasts on UHF Channel 37 expanding its coverage to Metro Davao, the provinces of Davao del Norte and Davao del Sur, as well as several areas in Davao de Oro.

Rebroadcasters

Red: Home location of GMA Davao
Light red and red: Market audience of GMA Davao
Violet: Areas that may receive signals from GMA Davao

Red: Home location of GMA Northern Mindanao
Light red and red: Market audience of GMA Northern Mindanao
Violet: Areas that may receive signals from GMA Northern Mindanao

Red: Home location of GMA General Santos
Light red and red: Market audience of GMA General Santos (de jure)
Violet: Areas that may receive signals from GMA General Santos

Red: Home location of GMA Zamboanga
Light red and red: Market audience of GMA Zamboanga
Violet: Areas that may receive signals from GMA Zamboanga

Since 2017, GMA Davao’s programming has been broadcast across more than fourteen relay and rebroadcasting stations throughout Mindanao, significantly extending its regional reach.

The Zamboanga station was later upgraded to a semi-satellite station for Western Mindanao on October 14, 2021, and the General Santos station followed as a semi-satellite station for South Central Mindanao on March 21, 2022. ^[1]

Station	Location	Channels	TPO
DXDZ-TV	Cagayan de Oro	Analog: 35 (UHF) Digital: 47 (UHF)	20 kW (analog) 10 kW (digital)
DXBG-TV	General Santos	Analog: 8 (VHF) Digital: 34 (UHF)	10 kW (both analog & digital)
DXLA-TV	Zamboanga City	Analog: 9 (VHF) Digital: 41 (UHF)	5 kW (analog) 10 kW (digital)
DXMC-TV	Cotabato City	12 (VHF)	1 kW
DXBV-TV	Kidapawan	12 (VHF)	5 kW
DXLS-TV	Jolo, Sulu	12 (VHF)	100 W (10.25 kW ERP)
D-4-XT-TV	Dipolog	Analog: 4 (VHF) Digital: 46 (UHF)	1 kW (analog) 10 kW (digital)
DXEJ-TV	Pagadian	3 (VHF)	1 kW (10 kW ERP)
DXMK-TV	Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon	Analog: 12 (VHF) Digital 44: (UHF)	5 kW (analog) 10 kW (digital)
DXGM-TV	Ozamiz	Analog: 5 (VHF) Digital: 15 (UHF)	1 kW (both analog & digital)
DXSB-TV [2]	Butuan	Analog: 26 (UHF) Digital: 15 (UHF)	5 kW (analog) 10 kW (digital)
D-10-XA-TV	Surigao City	10 (VHF)	1 kW (10.25 kW ERP)
DXRC-TV	Tandag	2 (VHF)	1 kW (15 kW ERP)

See also

• DXGM-AM
• List of GMA Network stations

References

1. "GMA Regional TV launches Zamboanga station". GMA News Online. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
2. "GMA Network commissions new UHF TV relay station in Butuan City | GMANetwork.com - Corporate - Articles".