Philippine Basketball League
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The Philippine Basketball League (PBL) is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the 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...

. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.

History

The PBL was formed on 1983, a brainchild of San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation
Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....

 chairman Danding Cojuangco, under its original name the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL). It was the successor of the defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association is a defunct sports association which existed from 1938 to 1981. It is best known for its basketball league for amateur players....

 (MICAA), which folded during the early-1980s. During the inaugural PABL tournament, over 36 collegiate and commercial teams participated in the tournament that was played in the historic Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Rizal Memorial Coliseum
The Rizal Memorial Coliseum is one of two indoor sporting arenas located inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines, the other being the Ninoy Aquino Stadium...

.

The PABL became a breeding ground for future Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

 superstars Jun Limpot
Jun Limpot
Zandro P. Limpot, Jr. , also known as "The Main Man" Jun Limpot, is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association.- Career :...

, Johnny Abarrientos
Johnny Abarrientos
Johnny Abarrientos is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a many-time member of the Philippine National team, and was the 1996 PBA MVP, becoming the shortest player to win the league's highest individual award.He is known by many...

, Allan Caidic
Allan Caidic
Alan Vito Flores Caidic is a retired professional basketball player from the Philippines and is currently an assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the PBA...

, Samboy Lim
Samboy Lim
Avelino B. Lim, Jr. , better known as Samboy Lim, is a former basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. As a shooting guard, the iconic Lim distinguished himself with Magic Johnson-like ball handling skills and Julius "Dr...

, Bong Alvarez, Alvin Patrimonio
Alvin Patrimonio
Alvin Vergara Patrimonio , nicknamed "The Captain" and "Captain Lionheart" is a retired Filipino professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager of his former team, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.Patrimonio holds several PBA records...

, Jojo Lastimosa and Benjie Paras
Benjie Paras
Venancio Johnson Paras, Jr. , better known as Benjie Paras, is a Filipino professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association turned actor. He is the only PBA player to win both Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player honors, in a single season...

. In the early days, the league even invited some foreign squads to beef up the tournament.

In the 1990s, the league was renamed as the Philippine Basketball League under Andy Jao, who would later return to the broadcasting panel of the PBA coverage on Vintage Sports. Jao's replacement, Charlie Favis later adopted a new theme, calling the PBL as the "faster league".

Yeng Guiao
Yeng Guiao
Joseller "Yeng" Guiao is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association, and was also the head coach of the Philippine National Basketball Team. Guiao won four PBA titles since starting his head coaching job for Swift in...

 replaced Favis, when Guiao left the coaching ranks. The league gained early success with the dominance of the Tanduay Rhum Masters
Tanduay Rhum Masters
The Tanduay Rhum Masters is a former Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association , Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League basketball team.-History:...

, the arrival of Eric Menk
Eric Menk
Eric Conrad Menk is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...

 and Asi Taulava
Asi Taulava
Pauliasi M. Taulava also known as Asi Taulava is a American-born Filipino-Tongan professional basketball player playing in the Philippines for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association....

, and holding PBL games at the air-conditioned Makati Coliseum.

In 2000, former Vintage Sports commentator Chino Trinidad replaced Guiao, when the commissioner resigned to coach Red Bull in the Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

, the country professional basketball league. The PBL's popularity grew, inviting commercial teams bannered by single collegiate teams and also gained a stable broadcast partner in Studio 23
Studio 23
Studio 23 is a Filipino television network owned by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV, which is carried on UHF channel 23...

. In 2007, PBL broke away from Studio 23 and signed an agreement with cable channel Basketball TV
Basketball TV
Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel....

 to broadcast the games.

Chino Trinidad announced (March 2010) that he will be retiring as commissioner of the PBL and said he will be focusing his career as reporter of GMA-7
GMA Network
GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...

 and sportscaster for Solar Sports
Solar Sports
Solar Entertainment Corporation which also created its sister stations, Talk TV, The Game Channel, ETC, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV, Universal Channel, Diva Universal & Basketball TV, Solar Sports or the Solar Sports Network is a Philippine sports channel owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation...

.

Thru an agreement between the PBL and the Liga Pilipinas
Liga Pilipinas
Liga Pilipinas is a regional basketball league in the Philippines. It is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation, and owned by Pinoy Basketbol, Inc....

, A joint tournament will be held in June 2010.

The agreement was made as dry-run of a proposed "Developmental League", which was initiated by the Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

, just like NBA's D-League. The tournament will be named "Tournament of the Philippines".

Tournament of the Philippines has started June 9th,2010, and used Liga Pilipinas
Liga Pilipinas
Liga Pilipinas is a regional basketball league in the Philippines. It is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation, and owned by Pinoy Basketbol, Inc....

' home-and-away leg format with 9 teams involved, 3 from the PBL and 6 from Liga Pilipinas
Liga Pilipinas
Liga Pilipinas is a regional basketball league in the Philippines. It is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation, and owned by Pinoy Basketbol, Inc....

. M.Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Ninos became the 1st(and last) TOP champions by defeating Misamis Oriental Meteors
Misamis Oriental Meteors
The Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier community league Liga Pilipinas. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno...

, 3-2.

After the tournament,merger talks between the 2 leagues went sour and was put off for good.

Philippine Basketball Association announced that they will organize instead the "D-League" on their own after merger talks (PBL & Liga Pilipinas) have failed.

In 2011,PBL named Nolan Bernardino,son of former PBA commissioner Emilio "Jun" Bernardino,as the new PBL commissioner and Sports Vision,the company behind the success of Shakey's V-League
Shakey's V-League
The Shakey's V-League is an intercollegiate women's volleyball league in the Philippines formed in 2004 under the management group led by former PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino and pizza company Shakey's...

, as the group who will handle PBL's day-to-day operations. However, 4 of the teams who have earlier confirmed their participation have been jumped ship to the PBA D-League,namely Pharex,Agri Nurture-FCA,Cafe France and Cobra Energy Drink. It is because they have been finding hard time to have 6 teams in the 2011 opening tournament.But PBL Commissioner Nolan Bernardino said he have already been informed of the matter and he will respect their decision,which means that PBL may be hibernate again.

Notable PABL Teams of the 1980s

  • Lagerlite Beer
  • Golden Rice Cereals
  • Development Bank of Rizal
  • Rizal Athletic Club
  • Boogie Jeans
  • Farinas Transit
  • Mama's Love
  • Army Jungle Fighters
  • ESQ-Marketing
  • Masagana 99 Rice Growers
  • Maisagana 77
  • ERDC
  • Lhuillier Jewelers / Converse-Lhuillier
  • RFM-Swifts Hotdogs

  • Hope Cigarettes
  • Magnolia Ice Cream/Juice Drink
  • Purefoods Food Experts
  • Fuji Soy Sauce
  • YCO Shine Masters
    YCO Shine Masters
    YCO Shine Masters is a former Philippine Amateur Basketball League ' team that played for three conferences through the 1986-1987 Season, winning two PABL Titles...

  • Philips Sardines
  • Sta.Lucia Realtors
  • MIESCOR Builders
  • Lady's Choice
  • Converse All-Stars
  • AFPSLAI Troopers
  • Agfa Colors
  • Burger City
  • Crispa 400s

PBL Teams in the 1990s

  • Magnolia Ice Cream
  • Philips Sardines / A&W Rootbears / A&W Hamburger pioneers
  • Sta.Lucia Realty / Otto Shoes
  • Crispa 400
    Crispa 400
    The Crispa 400s is a Philippine Amateur Basketball League team that makes a grand return to the basketball scene in 1989 after a five-year absence...

     / Crispa White Cement
  • Burger City / Burger Machine
  • Pop Cola/Sarsi/Swift Hotdogs/New Pop Cola
  • Agfa Colors / Red Bull Energy Drink
  • Mama's Love / Casino Rubbing Alcohol
  • RC Cola
  • Triple-V Foodmasters
    Triple-V Foodmasters
    The Triple-V Foodmasters is a former Philippine Basketball League team that lasted two years in the premier amateur league from 1991-1992, playing in four finals appearances out of five tournaments, and winning three PBL championships.-PBL Titles:...

  • Nikon Home Partners / Nikon Electric Fan
  • Instafood Mealmasters / Magnolia Cheese Spread
  • Rica Hotdogs / Carol-Ann snackmasters
  • Chowking Fastfood Kings
  • Kutitap Cavity Fighters
  • Stag Pale Pilseners
    Stag Pale Pilseners
    The Stag Pale Pilseners is a former Philippine Basketball League team, under the Asia Brewery, Inc. which staged a successful comeback in the basketball scene in 1995, winning the Grandslam in its first participation in the PBL, the Lucio Tan franchise would continue to win more titles under the...

     / Tanduay Rhum Gold Masters / Colt45
  • Oriental Battery / Super Power Battery
  • Hapee Toothpaste / Dazz Dishwashing paste

  • Welcoat Paints
  • Springmaid
  • AMA Computer College Cybertigers
  • Wilkins Distillery
  • Dr.J Rubbing Alcohol
  • Zest-O Juice Drink
  • Montana Pawnshop
  • Kendi Mint
  • ANA Freezers
  • Blu Detergent
  • Boom Detergent
  • Chaz Perfume
  • Boysen Paints-Industrial Bank of Korea (1994)
  • Budweiser Kings-Guam
    Guam
    Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

     (1994)
  • Yakult-China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

     (1995)
  • Atlanta Pipes-USA (1993)
  • Cebuana Lhuillier-USA (1995)

PBL Teams from 2000-2010

  • Pharex Generix
    Pharex Generix
    The Pharex Naproxen Sodium Bidang Generix is a basketball team currently playing in the PBA Developmental League and is owned by Pascual Laboratories, Inc.. The team also played for the Philippine Basketball League from 2007 to 2010.-External links:***...

  • Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men
    Bacchus Energy Drink Raiders
    The Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men is a basketball team currently playing in the PBA Developmental League and is owned by Interbev Philippines, Inc., a subsidiary of the Asia Brewery Incorporated. The team also played for the Philippine Basketball League from 2006 to 2010.-External links:**...

  • Excel Roof 25ers
    Excel Roof 25ers
    The Excel Roof 25ers is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by-External links:**...

  • Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA Cultivators
    Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA Cultivators
    The Big Chill Super Chargers is a basketball team currently playing in the PBA Developmental League and is owned by Agri Nurture, Inc. The team also played for the Philippine Basketball League as the FCA Cultivators for the league's 2010 season....

  • Harbour Centre Batang Pier
    Harbour Centre Batang Pier
    The Oracle Residences is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by Mikee Romero.-Notable players and coaches:* Marcy Arellano* Jason Ballesteros* Paolo Bugia* Mark Cardona* Gabby Espinas* J.C...

  • Hapee Complete Protectors
    Hapee Complete Protectors
    The Licealiz Shampoo Hair Doctors is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by the Lamoiyan Corporation. As with any team in the semi-pro PBL, the team regularly changes names, takes a leave of absence, then comes back and competes again...

  • Magnolia Purewater Wizards
    Magnolia Purewater Wizards
    The Magnolia Purewater Wizards is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by San Miguel Corporation-San Miguel Lagerlite Beermen:* Paul Alvarez* Allan Caidic* Yves Dignadice* Jerry Codinera* Jong Uichico...

  • Fern-C Ferntastics
    Fern-C
    The Fern-C is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by Fern Inc.-External links:*...

  • Pharex B-Complex
    Pharex B-Complex
    The Pharex B-Complex-UP Fighting Maroons is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by Pascual Laboratories, Inc, the same company which owns Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters, in partnership with the University of the Philippines.-Current roster:Other...

     - UP Fighting Maroons
    UP Fighting Maroons
    The Fighting Maroons is the name of the collegiate men's varsity teams of the University of the Philippines Diliman. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the Lady Maroons. They compete in all of the sports of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines . The University of the...

  • AddMix Transformers
    AddMix Transformers
    The AddMix Transformers is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by.-External links:*...

     - Adamson Falcons
  • Cossack Blue Spirits
    Cossack Blue Spirits
    The Cossack Blue Spirits is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by Asia Brewery Inc.-External links:*...

     - UE Red Warriors
    UE Red Warriors
    The UE Red Warriors is the men's varsity team of the University of the East in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The women's varsity team is called the Amazons, while the junior varsity team is called the Junior Warriors .-About UE:University of the East is one of the eight...

  • Far Eastern Insurance
  • Kettle Korn-UST PopKings/Sunkist
    Sunkist (soft drink)
    Sunkist is a brand of primarily orange flavored soft drinks launched in 1979.Sunkist was first licensed by Sunkist Growers to the General Cinema Corporation, the leading independent bottler of Pepsi-Cola products at the time...

    -UST
  • Sunkist Juice Drink-Pampanga
    Pampanga
    Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...

  • Mail and More Comets
    Mail and More Comets
    The Mail and More Comets is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by Lina Group of Companies-Former players and coaches:* Doug Kramer* Lawrence Chongson * Macky Escalona* JR Quinahan* Ronjay Buenafe...

  • Toyota-Otis Sparks
    Toyota-Otis Sparks
    The Toyota-Otis Sparks is a basketball team currently playing in the Philippine Basketball League and is owned by Toyota Motors Philippines, Inc.-External links:* * -Former coaches and players:* Louie Alas * Mark Andaya* Joe Devance...

     / Toyota-Balintawak
  • TeleTech
    TeleTech
    TeleTech Holdings, Inc. is a global business process outsourcing company that provides services for customer management, transaction-based processing, database marketing services, professional sales, and eCommerce. Kenneth D...

     Titans
  • Nutri-licious Juicers
  • Pharmaquick
  • BluStar Detergent Kings/GIV Beauty Soap
  • Boom Detergent
  • Noosa Shoes Stars
  • Magnolia Dairy Ice Cream Spinners / San Mig Coffee kings

  • Chaz Perfume
  • Kendi Mint
  • ANA Freezer/Water Dispenser
  • John O. Juzz Senators
  • LBC-Batangas Blades
    Batangas Blades
    The Batangas Blades is a former professional basketball team of the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association from 1998-2002....

  • Addict Mobile
    Red Mobile
    Red Mobile , formerly ümobile and legally as Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, Inc. , is a wholly owned subsidiary of Smart Communications, the Philippines' largest mobile telecommunications company. When it was initially launched as ümobile, it used the CURE Universal Mobile...

     - Ateneo
    Ateneo Blue Eagles
    The Ateneo Blue Eagles is the name of the collegiate men's varsity basketball team of the Ateneo de Manila University that plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, the premiere sports league in the country. The collegiate women's varsity basketball team is called the Lady...

    /Lee Pipes-Ateneo
    Ateneo
    Ateneo is a Spanish and an Italian term for the word Athenaeum. As a name, it may refer to:*Educational institutions established by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines; the Ateneos*El Ateneo, a bookshop in Buenos Aries, Argentina...

  • ICTSI-La Salle
    De La Salle Green Archers
    The De La Salle Green Archers are the men's varsity teams representing De La Salle University. The women's varsity teams are referred to as the De La Salle Lady Archers. The school's athletic program participates in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, among others...

     / Osaka
    Osaka
    is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

     - La Salle
    De La Salle Green Archers
    The De La Salle Green Archers are the men's varsity teams representing De La Salle University. The women's varsity teams are referred to as the De La Salle Lady Archers. The school's athletic program participates in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, among others...

  • Pioneer Insurance - Ateneo
    Ateneo Blue Eagles
    The Ateneo Blue Eagles is the name of the collegiate men's varsity basketball team of the Ateneo de Manila University that plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, the premiere sports league in the country. The collegiate women's varsity basketball team is called the Lady...

  • NENACO-San Beda
    San Beda Red Lions
    The San Beda Red Lions are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of San Beda College.San Beda is the only founding member left in the league....

  • Welcoat Paintmasters / Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
  • Paralux Paints
  • Bingo Filipino Bingonaryos
  • Henkel
    Henkel
    Henkel AG & Co. KGaA is an multinational company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.The company operates in three business areas: Home Care , Personal Care ,...

     Sista Super Sealers
  • Cebuana Lhuillier Pera Padala Moneymen
  • Philippines men's national under-19 basketball team (Nokia-RP Youth Team)
  • Shark Energy Drink Power Boosters / Cheese Balls Shark
  • Blu Detergent
  • Burger King Stunners/Whoopers
  • Montaña Pawnshop Jewels
  • Granny Goose
    Granny Goose
    Granny Goose is the name of an American brand of potato chips and other snack foods.Its logo and mascot, also named Granny Goose, is an anthropomorphic cartoon goose...

     / Tortillos - UP
    UP Fighting Maroons
    The Fighting Maroons is the name of the collegiate men's varsity teams of the University of the Philippines Diliman. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the Lady Maroons. They compete in all of the sports of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines . The University of the...


Media

Beginning the 2007 season, the PBL games are seen on Basketball TV
Basketball TV
Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel....

 (a channel of the Solar
Solar Entertainment Corporation
Solar Entertainment Corporation is a Makati, Philippines-based media company with 6 cable channels 4 Free-TV Channels and a film distribution company...

 family of cable networks) after several years of being shown on UHF television station Studio 23
Studio 23
Studio 23 is a Filipino television network owned by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV, which is carried on UHF channel 23...

. Games are televised every Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 5-9 pm Philippine time
Philippine Standard Time
Philippine Standard Time , also known as Philippine Time , is the official name for the time in the Philippines. The country only has one time zone, the UTC+08:00 time zone. The country used the daylight saving time for a short time...

 plus rebroadcasts on BTV in the wee hours of the morning. RPN
Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...

 also has a delayed telecast of Tuesday's second game, but has since moved to IBC-13
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is located at the Coca Cola plant,...

 on Saturdays, until with the season-ending 2008 Lipovitan Amino Sports Cup. But the coverage is now back to RPN
Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...

 named as C/S 9 (now Solar TV) telecast of the games are live but the other games are delayed subject to prior coverage of the games until 2010.

Prior to BTV, previous broadcasters includes ABS-CBN
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 ...

, People's Television Network (later National Broadcasting Network
National Broadcasting Network
People'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...

), Silverstar Sports, Solar Sports
Solar Sports
Solar Entertainment Corporation which also created its sister stations, Talk TV, The Game Channel, ETC, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV, Universal Channel, Diva Universal & Basketball TV, Solar Sports or the Solar Sports Network is a Philippine sports channel owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation...

 and Vintage Television
Vintage Television
180px|rightVintage Television is a sports-oriented media company and became well known as the TV coverage partner of Philippine Basketball Association from 1982 to 1999...

, as the games are usually put on airtime slots. With ABS-CBN, the league initially forged a deal in 2003 as a blocktimer, then in 2004 renewed ties to make ABS-CBN Sports
ABS-CBN Sports
ABS-CBN Sports is the sports division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, which airs some of the notable sports events in the Philippines....

 its official TV producer/coverer and Studio 23 its official carrying station of the games.

DZSR Sports Radio 918 kHz
DZSR
DZSR Sports Radio 918 is an AM station owned and operated by Philippine Broadcasting Service in the Philippines. The programming and the format of the station is Sports. the station's studio is located at 4th Floor, PIA Building, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, and the transmitter is located...

, a government station, has been airing the PBL games on radio since the start of the PABL back in the mid-1980s.

In 2002, the league opened its official website, myPBL.com, powered by E-Highway. In 2007, the website transferred to a new address at PhilippineBasketballLeague.org and the alternate address PBL.org.ph

Broadcast Partners of the PBL

  • Silverstar Communications
  • National Broadcasting Network
    National Broadcasting Network
    People'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...

  • Vintage Television
    Vintage Television
    180px|rightVintage Television is a sports-oriented media company and became well known as the TV coverage partner of Philippine Basketball Association from 1982 to 1999...

     / IBC-13
  • ABS-CBN Sports
    ABS-CBN Sports
    ABS-CBN Sports is the sports division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, which airs some of the notable sports events in the Philippines....

  • Basketball TV
    Basketball TV
    Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel....

  • Radio Philippines Network
    Radio Philippines Network
    Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...

    -Solar TV
    Solar TV
    Solar Television Network is the flagship cable TV channel and television arm subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation, which is the replacement of C/S 9. This is the revival of the former Solar channel Solar USA....


The PBL and the Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

, the premier basketball league in the country, has a special relationship with the PBL; several teams in the PBL are owned by companies also having PBA teams (such as San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation
Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....

's PBL team is San Mig Coffee, with SMC also owning 3 PBA teams). The PBL is also one of the leagues where the PBA gets their players. Even quite a few successful PBL teams transferred to the PBA (although a system of promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 is not practiced in the Philippines), such as Purefoods, Red Bull
Red Bull Barako
The Barako Bull Energy Boosters was a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association that is owned by the Photokina Marketing Corporation...

, Welcoat and most recently Burger King.

Commissioners

  • Jose "Joe" Pavia (1983-1984)
  • Mauricio "Moying" Martellino (1985-1988)
  • Andy Jao (1989-1990)
  • Gregorio "Ogie" Narvasa II
    Ogie Narvasa
    Gregorio Y. Narvasa II, also known as Ogie Narvasa, is a Filipino lawyer. He is the son of Andres Narvasa, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and Janina Yuseco...

     (1991-1992)
  • Philip Ella Juico (1993-1994)
  • Charlie Favis (1994-1997)
  • Joseller "Yeng" Guiao
    Yeng Guiao
    Joseller "Yeng" Guiao is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association, and was also the head coach of the Philippine National Basketball Team. Guiao won four PBA titles since starting his head coaching job for Swift in...

     (1997-2000)
  • Manolo "Chino" L. Trinidad (2000-2010).
  • Nolan Bernardino (2011)

See also

  • List of Philippine Basketball League champions
  • Women's Philippine Basketball League
    Women's Philippine Basketball League
    The Women's Philippine Basketball League is an upcoming women's basketball league in the Philippines. It was originally formed in 1998 as the women's counterpart to the Philippine Basketball League. The league went on hiatus from 2000 until it was revived in 2008. The revived league is expected to...


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