DYCB-TV
Encyclopedia
DYCB-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 City
, Philippines
. In the year 2011, the station will celebrate its 50th anniversary as the first ever television station outside Metro Manila with the 50th anniversary of ABS-CBN and the Philippine television in 2003.
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...
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
in Cebu. The station's studio is located at the ABS-CBN Central Visayas Broadcasting Complex in North Road Jagobiao, Cebu City
Cebu City
The City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second largest city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest settlement established by the Spaniards in the country.The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was...
, and its transmitter
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which, with the aid of an antenna, produces radio waves. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating...
is located at Mount Busay Babag 1, Cebu City
Cebu City
The City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second largest city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest settlement established by the Spaniards in the country.The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was...
, Philippines
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...
. In the year 2011, the station will celebrate its 50th anniversary as the first ever television station outside Metro Manila with the 50th anniversary of ABS-CBN and the Philippine television in 2003.
Timeline
- June 14, 1961 - DYCB-TV 3, the first provincial TV station in the Philippines, was launched by ABS-CBN (then known as Bolinao Electronics Corporation). It first aired a four-hour-a-day schedule (6:00-10:00pm), transmitting on a 50-mile radius within Cebu and nearby islands. The station's 390-foot transmission tower (then the tallest structure in Cebu) was originally from the network's flagship TV station, DZAQ-TV 3DWWX-TVDWWX-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios and transmitter are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center at Sgt...
, used during the first telecasts in 1953.
- 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, DYCB-TV reopened as DYCW-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, DYXL-TV 4DYXL-TVDYXL-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.-History:*1963 -...
in Bacolod and DYAF-TVDYAF-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 3 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 DYCB-TV.
- 1986 - DYCB-TV reopened under ABS-CBN, its original owner.
- 1987 - DYCB-TV introduced the Star Network with the famous numerical 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...
tri-ribbonRibbonA ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying. Cloth ribbons, most commonly silk, are often used in connection with clothing, but are also applied for innumerable useful, ornamental and symbolic purposes...
channel 3 logo with a star.
- 1988 - TV Patrol Central VisayasTV Patrol Central VisayasTV Patrol Central Visayas is the local news network broadcast of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Mandaue City. It has been the most watched news program in Metro Cebu and the Central Visayas region. The program delivers news headlines about the current events in Central Visayas...
becomes the first flagship newscast.
- 1989 - DYCB-TV setup its domestic satellite broadcast from Manila.
ABS-CBN Cebu Programs
- Maayong Buntag KapamilyaMaayong Buntag KapamilyaMaayong Buntag Kapamilya is the regional morning show of ABS-CBN Cebu that dishes out the daily dose of fresh news, upbeat discussions of the current community affairs and special features teeming with the local flavors of Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor and Dumaguete City.It is hosted by Rico Lucena, Vilma...
- Kapamilya Winner Ka!Kapamilya Winner Ka!Kapamilya Winner Ka! is a Saturday morning gameshow produced by ABS-CBN Regional Network Group and aired in Visayas and Mindanao . In this game show, the monthly winner have a chance to win plus studio tour and a chance to play in the variety-game show Pilipinas Win Na Win...
- Mag TV Na
- TV Patrol Central VisayasTV Patrol Central VisayasTV Patrol Central Visayas is the local news network broadcast of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Mandaue City. It has been the most watched news program in Metro Cebu and the Central Visayas region. The program delivers news headlines about the current events in Central Visayas...
- Halad Sa Kapamilya
- Sinulog FestivalSinulog festivalThe Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, Philippines. The festival commemorates the Cebuano people's pagan origin, and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism....
(annually)
See also
- List of ABS-CBN channels and stations
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- DYLS-FMDYLS-FMMy Only Radio 97.1 DYLS-FM 97.1 MHz Cebu City is a FM station of ABS-CBN in Cebu City. DYLS-FM MOR is one of the 14 My Only Radio FM radio stations of ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in the Philippines. The station's studio located at ABS-CBN Complex, North Road Jagobiao, Cebu City and the...
- DWWX-TVDWWX-TVDWWX-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios and transmitter are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center at Sgt...