DXWP-TV , channel 5, is a television station of Southern TV Industries and affiliate of People's Television Network . Its studio, transmitter and broadcast facility is located at Pioneer Avenue, General Santos . Currently the station is inactive.

History [ edit ]

• 1977 - DXBG-TV channel 8 was launched by the National Media Production Center as Government Television (GTV) under Lito Gorospe and later by then-Press Secretary Francisco Tatad . It is the first television station in Soccksargen.
• 1980 - GTV then became Maharlika Broadcasting System (MBS).
• February 24, 1986 - Following the People Power Revolution on which it was taken over by pro- Corazon Aquino , MBS was renamed People's Television (PTV).
• March 26, 1992 - President Cory Aquino signed Republic Act 7306 turning PTV Network into a government corporation known formally as People's Television Network, Inc. (PTNI) and PTV General Santos moved its frequency from Channel 8 to channel 5 in 1992, which became an affiliate station of Southern TV Industries.
• July 16, 2001 - Under the new management appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , PTNI adopted the name National Broadcasting Network (NBN) carrying new slogan "One People. One Nation. One Vision." for a new image in line with its new programming thrusts, they continued the new name until the Aquino administration in 2010.
• October 6, 2011 ? People's Television Network, Inc. (PTNI) became a primary brand National Broadcasting Metwork was retired.
• 2018 - After it was lasted for twenty six years in General Santos, the station went silent.

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