This article is about a defunct analog VHF TV station. For the radio station, see
DZRH
. For the cable channel, see
DZRH News Television
.
Television station in Metro Manila
DZRH-DTV
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Branding
| MBC 24 Manila
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Affiliations
| Universal Channel
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Owner
| Manila Broadcasting Company
(MBC Media Group)
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First air date
| April 11, 1962
; 62 years ago
(
1962-04-11
)
(Analog)
2024 (Digital)
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Last air date
| September 23, 1972
; 51 years ago
(
1972-09-23
)
(Analog and due to declared Martial Law)
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Former call signs
| DZRH-TV (1962?1972)
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Former channel number(s)
| Analog:
11 (
VHF
; 1962?1972)
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| DZ
R
adio
H
eacock (former branding)
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ERP
| 50,000 watts
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DZRH-DTV
is an upcoming digital TV station of the
Philippine
media network
Manila Broadcasting Company
(MBC Media Group) that formerly and originally aired from April 11, 1962, to September 23, 1972 as an analog VHF television station, and had relay stations in 6 key cities in the Philippines. Its original studios were located at the old
Manila Jai Alai Building
. It was one of the [analog era] TV stations were shut down permanently during the
declaration of martial law
by
President
Ferdinand Marcos
. Its upcoming studios will be located at MBC Building, in CCP Complex in Pasay City, near
Star City
.
History
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Pioneer operators of channel 11 (1962?1972)
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DZRH-TV went on air on April 11, 1962, on Channel 11, the last of the VHF assignments in Metro Manila. It was a general entertainment formatted channel until Metrocom forces forced the TV station along with
DZRH AM 650
and other assets to cease operations at the wake of the declaration of Martial Law. The status of the pre-Martial law program archives of TV 11 is unknown.
Failed bid of restoration (1986?2024)
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After the 1986
People Power Revolution
, MBC attempted channel 11 frequency to bring it back on the air; however in January 1992, the
NTC
disqualified them for a VHF frequency application because the agency found MBC as they are "not legally, technically and financially qualified to operate the station."
[1]
As a result, the channel 11 frequency license was eventually acquired by
El Shaddai
-led
Delta Broadcasting System, Inc.
in 1995, with the frequency's new callsign
DWXI-TV
. DBS later moved to channel 35, when
ZOE Broadcasting Network
(through its head
Jesus Is Lord Church
leader Brother
Eddie Villanueva
) bought the channel 11 spot from DBS in 1998 and became
DZOE-TV
, which was occupied by
GMA News TV
(formerly
ZOE TV
and
QTV/Q
), but discontinued operations since June 5, 2019, due to the blocktime agreement between ZOE Broadcasting Network and GMA Network was not renewed, so GMA News TV was moved to
DWDB-TV
Channel 27 (now renamed as
GTV
since February 22, 2021), for the remainder of the analog transmission run, then Channel 11 became affiliated with
ABS-CBN
as
A2Z
, 5 months after
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.
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 (2024)
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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. MBC will comeback as a major networks by the rival of
ABS-CBN
,
GMA Network
, and
TV5 Network
.
[2]
TV shows
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Analog era (1962?1972)
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- Straight from the Shoulder
(1970?1972, moved to
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)
See also
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References
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VHF
channels
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UHF
channels
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Digital channels
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- DWGT 14
(4.01
PTV
, 4.02
Congress TV
, 4.03
Radyo Pilipinas 1 Television
)
- DZBB 15
(7.01
GMA
, 7.02
GTV
, 7.03
Heart of Asia
, 7.06
Hallypop
, 7.07
I Heart Movies
, 7.08 Pinoy Hits)
- DZMV 16
(16.02
All TV
, 16.03
K-Lite TV
)
- DZTV 17
(13.02
IBC
)
- DWET 18
(5.01
TV5
, 5.02
RPN/RPTV
, 5.03
One Sports
)
- DZKB 19
(19.2/19.6
RPN
/
RPTV
)
- DZOE 20
(20.03
Light TV
, 20.21
A2Z
)
- DWCP 21
(21.02
SolarFlix
, 21.03
Shop TV
, 21.04
Solar Learning
/
DepEd TV ALS
, 21.06
Solar Learning
/
DepEd TV NCR Prime
, 21.07
Solar Learning
/
DepEd TV Central
)
- (PA) 23
(23.01/23.02
Aliw Channel 23
)
- DZEC 28
(25.01
Net 25
, 25.03
INC TV
, 25.05
EAGLE FM
)
- DZRJ 29
(29.21
RJ DigiTV
, 29.22 Timeless TV, 29.23 DZRJ RadioVision, 29.24 Rock of Manila TV, 29.25
TV Maria
)
- DWKC 31
(31.01
Prime TV
, 31.02
Blast Sports
, 31.03
Knowledge Channel
, 31.06
Pilipinas HD
, 31.07
Life TV
)
- DZOZ 33
(33.01
Light TV
)
- 36
(36.01
CLTV 36
)
- DWAO 38
(55.01
UNTV
, 55.02
Truth Channel
)
- DWAQ 39/43/44
(39.01
SMNI
, 39.02
SMNI News Channel
, 39.03
DZAR Sonshine Radio
)
- DWVN 45
(45.01/45.02/45.03
Hope Channel Philippines
, 45.04
GNN
)
- DZCE 49
(1.01/1.02/1.03
INC TV
)
- (PA) 51 (5.01
TV5
, 5.02
One PH
, 5.03
One Sports
)
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Inactive stations
| Digital channels
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- DWWX 16
(2.01
Knowledge Channel
, 2.02
O Shopping
, 2.03
Asianovela Channel
, 2.04
Movie Central
, 2.05
Jeepney TV
, 2.06
Myx
)
- DZBC 30
(30.14
ETC
, 30.15
Shop TV
, 30.16
Solar Learning
/
DepEd TV NCR
, 30.17
Solar Learning
/
DepEd TV ALS
)
- DWBM 43 (1.01
Jeepney TV
, 1.02
Asianovela Channel
, 1.03
Cine Mo!
, 1.04
Yey!
, 1.05
TeleRadyo
, 1.06
KBO
)
- DWKC 50
(32.01
DepEd TV
, 32.02 TV Shop, 32.03
Pilipinas HD
, 32.04
Life TV
)
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Defunct stations
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