DWWX-TV was the flagshipVHF station of Philippinetelevision networkABS-CBN. The station was owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation with its studio and transmitter located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Avenue corner Mother Ignacia Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City. It was the first and oldest television station in the Philippines. The station served as the originating channel of the network's national television programming, which broadcast to all its regional stations.
DWWX-TV traces its history to the first Philippine television station DZAQ-TV, owned by Bolinao Electronics Corporation. In 1949, James Lindenberg, owner of BEC, became the first applicant for a congressional license to establish a television station in the Philippines. His application was granted on June 14, 1950. Because of the strict import controls and the lack of raw materials needed to open a TV station during those days, Lindenberg branched to radio broadcasting instead.
Judge Antonio Quirino, brother of then PresidentElpidio Quirino, also tried to apply for a license but was denied. He later acquired shares of stock from BEC, gained controlling interest and renamed the company from BEC to Alto Broadcasting System (ABS).
DZAQ-TV Channel 3 began commercial television operations on October 23, 1953, the first fully licensed commercial television station in the Philippines. The first program that aired was a garden party at the Quirino residence in Sitio Alto, San Juan, Rizal. After the premiere telecast, the station followed a four-hour-a-day schedule, from six to ten in the evening.
The first program broadcast at 6:00 PST during the sign-on/opening ceremony with the playing of the national anthem of the Philippines "O, Sintang Lupa", followed by an announcement of that day's programs and the commencement of ABS television programming.
On June 16, 1955, Republic Act No. 1343 signed by PresidentRamon Magsaysay granted Manila Chronicle owners Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and former Vice PresidentFernando Lopez, a radio-TV franchise from the Congress and immediately established Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) on September 24, 1956, which initially focused only on radio broadcasting.[1][2] On February 24, 1957, Lopez called Judge Quirino to his house for breakfast and ABS was bought under a contract written on a table napkin. The corporate name was reverted to Bolinao Electronics Corporation immediately after the purchase by the Lopezes.
With the establishment by CBN of DZXL-TV Channel 9 on April 19 (or July[3]), 1958,[4] the Lopez brothers controlled both television channels in the archipelago, and plans were underway to build a new headquarters for the network in Roxas Boulevard in Pasay, which was officially opened at the same year, and later became the official studios for channels 3 and 9. The monopoly in television was broken in 1960 when DZTV-TV 13 was established by the Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation (now Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation) (IBC), then owned by Dick Baldwin. By 1961, with the official launch of its first ever regional station in Cebu, the ABS-CBN brand was officially used for the first time on the station in newspaper ads promoting the first ever locally produced television dramas, Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato and Mga Bayani sa Kalawakan.
In 1963, DZAQ-TV Channel 3 began test broadcast in color. In 1966, ABS-CBN became the first TV station to broadcast selected shows in color.
On February 1, 1967, the company was renamed ABS–CBN Broadcasting Corporation. This company became the formal merger of the two stations DZAQ-TV Channel 3 and DZXL-TV Channel 9.
On December 18, 1968, ABS-CBN inaugurated its ABS-CBN Broadcast Center complex in Bohol Avenue, Quezon City. The complex was then the most advanced broadcasting facility of its kind during its time in Asia after NHK in Japan.
In March 1969, DZXL-TV transferred from channel 9 to channel 4. On October 15, 1969, Kanlaon Broadcasting System (now Radio Philippines Network) took over the channel 9 frequency with DZKB-TV (KBS-9) as its call sign. On November 14, 1969, DZAQ-TV transferred from channel 3 to channel 2.[5]
Its ABS-CBN Broadcast Center was renamed Broadcast Plaza in 1974 and became the home of BBC-2, KBS-9 and GTV-4. In 1978, BBC-2 and KBS-9 would relocate Benedicto's newly-built Broadcast City complex, together with IBC-13 (Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation) (originally from San Juan) which was also controlled by Benedicto. GTV-4 would remain in Broadcast Plaza and became MBS-4 (Maharlika Broadcasting System) in 1980.
As the People Power Revolution broke out and the Marcos's grip on power crumbled, the reformists in the Armed Forces of the Philippines saw that seizing the station would be a vital asset for victory. Thus, at 10 a.m. on February 24, 1986, they attacked and took Broadcast Plaza. The name of MBS-4 was changed to its interim name The New TV-4 (until it was officially rebranded as the People's Television Network (PTV) in April 1986) went on-air that afternoon, with the broadcasts spearheaded by former ABS-CBN talents and newsreaders.
Revival of ABS-CBN (1986–2020)
After Marcos was deposed, the Benedicto networks BBC, RPN and IBC became sequestered by the newly-formed Presidential Commission on Good Government. DWWX-TV Channel 2 and a portion of the Broadcast Center were returned to the Lopezes but DWGT-TV Channel 4 remained with the government.
On September 14, 1986, ABS-CBN officially went back on-air after almost two months of test broadcast, from what used to be the main garage of the Broadcast Center. PresidentCorazon Aquino together with the staff managed to re-open its facilities after the revolution. ABS-CBN had to share space with DWGT-TV Channel 4. Cashflow was low and resources stretched to the limit, with offices being made to double as dressing rooms and basics such as chairs, tables and telephones in short supply during the months ABS-CBN stayed at the Benpres Building in Pasig. By late 1986, the network placed dead last among the five stations and suffering heavy losses. Eugenio "Geny" Lopez Jr. by early 1987 brought in one of its former managers, Freddie Garcia, then working for GMA Network, and tasked him to revive the then-ailing network.
For its initial station ID, the numeral 2 is combined with the ABS-CBN logo. The features of the logo was a wing-shaped blue crest with a white curve at the top and a white line as a tail, the Broadway typeface "2" logo was used from 1986 to 1987. It had a slogan name "Watch Us Do It Again!" as the station ID aired since the network's revival together with "Sharing A New Life With You!" as another slogan name.
Six months later on March 1, 1987, Channel 2 was relaunched with the live musical special, The Star Network: Ang Pagbabalik Ng Bituin (The Return of the Star) which noted for the famous numerical white tri-ribbon channel 2 logo laced with a white rhomboidal star (from 1988 to 1992 the ribbons were tri-colored in red, green and blue) as a centerpiece of the network's revival to return its glory days when the station ID was first aired during the relaunch. By 1988, ABS-CBN was topping the number one ratings, a position it had never relinquished for 16 years.
Channel 4 would later move out of the area to a new broadcasting complex (Government Information and Media Center Building) and the new 500ft (150m) transmitter tower situated in Visayas Avenue, Quezon City as ABS-CBN regains full control of the facility on January 22, 1992. On December 11, 1988, it launched nationwide domestic satellite programming with its broadcast of Australian television miniseries titled A Dangerous Life and by 1994, it expanded its operations worldwide.
On June 29, 1999, Eugenio Lopez Jr. died of cancer in Hillsborough, California. Channel 2 launched its 120-kilowatt Millennium Transmitter, resulting in improved signal quality throughout Mega Manila.
In 2000, ABS-CBN launch the new station ID, "Out of the Box into the new Millennium", featuring the "ABS-CBN Millennium Overture", composed by Ryan Cayabyab. The station ID featured the past ABS-CBN logos, zooming into the last look of the old logo; transforming into the new logo, with the wordmark in a new font, replacing black square box frame into grey square/crystal plane.
In 2005, ABS-CBN upgraded its transmission capacity into a very high capacity of 346.2 kilowatts (60kW TPO), resulting in an even clearer signal in Metro Manila.
On February 11, 2015, ABS-CBN launched its digital broadcast on ISDB-T with the launching of ABS-CBN TV Plus.
From May 9, 2016 (the day of the 2016 Philippine general election), ABS-CBN started broadcasting for 24 hours with O Shopping as its overnight programming. The network signed-off every Tuesday from 2:00 am to 4:00 am for its regular transmitter maintenance and the annual Paschal Triduum of Holy Week from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 am for its annual Holy Week maintenance. However, as O Shopping suspended its broadcast on ABS-CBN on April 21, 2020, due to the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the network ceased its round-the-clock operations and reduced back to regular broadcast hours.
Cease and desist order and forced shutdown (2020–2022)
The daily sign-off message broadcast by DWWX-TV. This sign-off was the last image to air before the station ceased all broadcasts at 7:52 pm(PST) in compliance with the expiration of ABS-CBN's license to broadcast.
On May 5, 2020, following the expiration of the network's franchise and the issuance of a cease-and-desist order by the National Telecommunications Commission, the station signed off after the airing of news program TV Patrol.[6]
NTC gave ABS-CBN ten days to explain why its frequencies should not be recalled. There has been some criticism[by whom?] of the decision as politically motivated. On May 5, 2020, Tuesday, the station officially closed on 7:52 pm, local time. On May 7, ABS-CBN, through its lawyers, filed a petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) with the Supreme Court of the Philippines to stop the implementation of the NTC's cease-and-desist order and thus allow DWWX-TV, as well as other ABS-CBN TV and radio stations across the country to return to the airwaves whilst legislative proceedings related to ABS-CBN's franchise renewal, are still ongoing.[7] On May 19, 2020, the Supreme Court asked the NTC and the House of Representatives to comment on ABS-CBN's request for a TRO and is to be tackled on July 13, 2020.
On May 13, 2020, a bill to grant ABS-CBN a provisional franchise (which will allow DWWX-TV and other ABS-CBN TV and radio stations to return to the airwaves whilst legislative proceedings concerning its application for a longer-term franchise are still ongoing) until October 31, 2020, was approved at the House of Representatives on second reading.[8] The approval on second reading was withdrawn on May 18, 2020, after some members wanted to avoid questions over the constitutionality of holding the first and second readings on the same day but during interpellations, some members wanted to proceed directly to franchise hearings as well. On May 19, 2020, the House of Representatives decided to forego the hearings on a bill seeking to grant ABS-CBN a provisional franchise until October 30. Instead, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said they will go straight to hearings on granting the media giant a fresh 25-year franchise, which he said may take place even during the annual Congressional recess in preparation for the new session.[9]
On July 10, 2020, the House finally ended the hearings of the network's new fresh 25-year franchise application, and it voted 70-11 votes to deny the application, putting the network in danger of losing up to ₱50,000,000 per day of shutdown.
On September 10, 2020, the National Telecommunications Commission issued an order recalling all frequencies of the network as it no longer obtains a valid Congressional franchise to continue operating.[10]
The network returned on free television the following month when ABS-CBN partnered with ZOE Broadcasting Network through its blocktime agreement to air A2Z on ZOE's VHF channel 11.
On January 5, 2022, Advanced Media Broadcasting System, backed by the Villar Group through Planet Cable, was awarded a provisional authority license for the Channel 2 analog frequency, later with new call sign DZMV-TV and its digital counterpart Channel 16 frequency by the National Telecommunications Commission for 18 months. The station made its soft launch on September 13, 2022 as All TV.[11][12][13]
On April 15, 2024, All TV began its simulcast of selected Jeepney TV programs, as well as TV Patrol, making the return of some ABS-CBN programs to channels 2 and 16, which were previously held by ABS-CBN, under content agreements signed between AMBS and ABS-CBN Corporation on April 23, 2024. The official Jeepney TV program block on All TV launched on May 13.[14][15]
1 2 3 These channels are exclusive to the TV Plus, a digital set-top box marketed by the network. Access to these channels require a free one-time activation through SMS.
↑ Kapamilya Box Office or KBO Channel is accessible through paid activation through SMS on any mobile network. KBO consists of films and Myx block that is refreshed every week.[16]
ABS-CBN Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment television production, program syndication provider and media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation, which is owned by the López family. ABS-CBN was formed by the merger of Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) and Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN).
ABS-CBN is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of the ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family. The network is headquartered at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu, Davao, and Bulacan, where ABS-CBN's production and post-production facility in Horizon IT Park is located. ABS-CBN is colloquially referred to as the Kapamilya Network; its brand was originally introduced in 1999 and was officially introduced in 2003 during the celebration of its 50th anniversary, and was used until it was forced by the National Telecommunications Commission to cease and desist from free-to-air broadcasting due to the lack of congressional franchise. ABS-CBN is the largest media company in the Philippines and oldest television broadcaster in Southeast Asia.
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