DYXL-TV
Encyclopedia
DYXL-TV, channel 4, is the sister station of Philippine
television network
of ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Lacson Sts., Bacolod City
, Negros Occidental
and transmitter is located at Aquino Drive, Bacolod City
, Negros Occidental
.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
of ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Lacson Sts., Bacolod City
Bacolod City
The City of Bacolod , is a highly urbanized midsize Philippine city. It is the capital of the Negros Occidental province. Having a total of 499,497 inhabitants as of August 1, 2007, it is the most populous city in the Western Visayas Region. It is currently ranked as the 17th most populous city in...
, Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is Bacolod City and it occupies the northwestern half of Negros Island; Negros Oriental is at the southeastern half...
and transmitter is located at Aquino Drive, Bacolod City
Bacolod City
The City of Bacolod , is a highly urbanized midsize Philippine city. It is the capital of the Negros Occidental province. Having a total of 499,497 inhabitants as of August 1, 2007, it is the most populous city in the Western Visayas Region. It is currently ranked as the 17th most populous city in...
, Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is Bacolod City and it occupies the northwestern half of Negros Island; Negros Oriental is at the southeastern half...
.
History
- 1963 - DYXL-TV channel 4, the first television station in Western Visayas, was launched by CBN (later merging into ABS-CBN from ABS).
- 1973 - After the declaration of Martial Law by then-President Ferdinand MarcosFerdinand MarcosFerdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...
, and the takeover of ABS-CBN by his crony, Roberto Benedicto, DYXL-TV reopened as DYBW-TV, and became part of the Banahaw Broadcasting CorporationBanahaw Broadcasting CorporationBanahaw Broadcasting Corporation was a Philippine television network that started operations in November 1973 and ended on February 25, 1986.-History:...
(along with another ABS-CBN provincial stations, DYCB-TV 3DYCB-TVDYCB-TV, channel 3, is a television station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation in Cebu. The station's studio is located at the ABS-CBN Central Visayas Broadcasting Complex in North Road Jagobiao, Cebu City, and its transmitter is located at Mount Busay Babag 1, Cebu...
in Cebu and DYAF-TV 10DYAF-TVDYAF-TV, channel 10, is the sister station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. Its studios and transmitter are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center at Luna St., La Paz, Iloilo City, with a transmitting power of 1,000 watts with effective radiating power of 5,000...
in Iloilo). - 1978 - Channel 4 became an owned-and-operated station of the government-owned GTV (later the Maharlika Broadcasting System, now National Broadcasting NetworkNational Broadcasting NetworkPeople's Television is the flagship government television network owned by the Philippine Government through People's Television Network, Inc. . Its head office, studios and transmitter are located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City .-History:The country's government...
). The call letters were reverted to the original DYXL-TV. - 1986 - DYXL-TV reopened under ABS-CBN, its original owner.
- 1987 - DYXL-TV carries the Star Network with a goldGoldGold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
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channel 4 logo with a star. - 1988 - TV Patrol Bacolod becomes the station's flagship newscast.
- 1989 - DYXL-TV started domestic satellite broadcasts to bring programs live from Manila.
See also
- ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
- Banahaw Broadcasting CorporationBanahaw Broadcasting CorporationBanahaw Broadcasting Corporation was a Philippine television network that started operations in November 1973 and ended on February 25, 1986.-History:...
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