DZRH-TV

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This article is about a digital TV station. For the radio station, see DZRH. For the cable channel, see DZRH News Television.

DZRH-TV
  • VHF; 1962–1972)
Call sign meaning
DZ Radio Heacock (former branding)
Technical information
ERP50,000 watts

DZRH-TV was the flagship

declaration of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos
.

History

Pioneer operators of channel 11 (1962–1972)

On April 11, 1962, at 7:30 pm, the Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC), through its subsidiary, the Metropolitan Broadcasting Company, launched its TV station, DZRH-TV on VHF channel 11.[1] On January 9, 1972, MBC inaugurated its new building for the TV station with President Ferdinand Marcos attended the ceremony.[2] However, a few months later on September 23, 1972, the government forced the TV station along with DZRH AM 650 and other assets of the company to cease operations at the wake of the declaration of martial law by Marcos. The status of the pre-martial law program archives of channel 11 is unknown.

Failed bid of restoration

After the 1986

channel 2's shutdown due to a cease and desist order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission for an expired franchise on May 5, 2020, and their frequencies were later recalled, with channel 2's frequency taken over by AMBS' All TV
.

Ironically, MBC was one of the two remaining pre-Martial Law TV operators who did not revive at the height of the sequestrations that were done months after the 1986 Revolution, along with ABC-5, that did not yet resume until commencing test broadcasts in 1991 and relaunching the following year with different calls, DWET-TV; and a different corporate name, Associated Broadcasting Company, instead of keeping the original Corporation and its original calls, DZTM-TV during the pre-martial law years; as a result of the new management under Edward Tan that took over upon the revival of Channel 5.

MBC returned to TV, albeit on cable as TV Natin in 2007 and is currently branded as DZRH News Television. MBC regards the cable channel as a linear descendant of the original TV 11.

Proposal plan of revival on digital television

In February 2024, MBC Media Group revealed plans to revive the station, this time on Digital Terrestrial Television, as the company ventures into a multimedia chain. Currently, it became initially available in Visayas Region (Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu only) under Test Broadcast phase and the platform has yet to start digital TV operations in Mega Manila and nearby provinces.[4]

TV shows

Analog era (1962–1972)

  • GMA News and Public Affairs
    from 1987 to 1994)
  • Darigold Jamboree
  • DJ Dance Time
  • Gabi ng Lagim (TV version) (1962–1972)
  • Ano Ang Balita (1962–1972)
  • The Nite Owl Dance Party
  • Etchos Lang (Justo Justo)
  • Catch Up with Tirso (1970–1972)
  • Etcetera, Etcetera (sitcom) (1967)
  • Aking Talaarawan
  • Reyna ng Tahanan
  • Balitang Barbero (1965)
  • MICAA Basketball Games
  • Your Esso Reporter (1962–1972)
  • The 11th Hour News
  • Tayo'y Mag-Hapi-Hapi

See also

References

  1. ^ "1962 0411 Channel 11 Inaugural". gorio72 on Flickr. April 11, 1962. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  2. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
    . 68 (3): 390. Retrieved July 1, 2024. (Speech of President Marcos at the inauguration of the new M.B.C. Channel 11 building, January 9, 1972)
  3. ^ Paculan, Virgie (January 11, 1992). "Channel 11 denied permit to operate". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 19. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Monzon, Alden (February 8, 2024). "MBC eyes more TV frequencies amid corporate rebrand". INQUIRER.net.
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