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DZOE-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the A2Z network. Alongside Light TV flagship DZOZ-DTV channel 33, it is owned by ZOE Broadcasting Network, the broadcast media arm of the Jesus Is Lord Church. ABS-CBN Corporation, operates the station under an airtime lease agreement. The station's primary studios is at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Ave. corner Mo. Ignacia St., Diliman, Quezon City (which is the network's primary playout facility for most broadcasts through Kapamilya Channel except parts where A2Z's own playout feed independent from the former is used where a commercial break bumper for the network teasers is shown between the advertisements and resume of a program similar to ABS-CBN's 1986–2014 playout).

DZOE-TV maintains its secondary studios and main broadcast facilities at the 22nd floor, Strata 2000 Bldg., Emerald Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig, while its hybrid analog and digital transmitting facility is located at Crestview Heights Subdivision, Brgy. San Roque, Antipolo, Rizal (both are shared with Light TV Channel 33)

The Channel 11 frequency (DWXI-TV Metro Manila) was initially granted to a joint venture between prominent Filipino religious leaders, Mike Velarde of the El Shaddai movement and Eddie Villanueva of the Jesus Is Lord Church (JIL).

However, disputes over control arose between Velarde and Villanueva, leading to both parties vying for full ownership. Through the intervention of the Philippine Congress, Villanueva and JIL ultimately secured the rights to the station. As part of the agreement, Villanueva's organization compensated Velarde's broadcast company, Delta Broadcasting System.

On April 13, 1998, the Jesus Is Lord (JIL) Church launched its own television network, ZOE TV. To reflect its establishment, the station's callsign and corporate identity were rebranded accordingly. Operating independently, ZOE TV offered a diverse programming lineup that included religious broadcasts, news and public affairs shows, music videos, educational content, lifestyle features, and infomercial segments—positioning itself as a distinctive alternative to the dominant networks on the VHF channel spectrum.

From its early days, ZOE TV operated out of the Strata 2000 Building in the Pasig section of Ortigas Center, where it housed its offices, studio, master control systems, and transmission facilities— sharing the location with the Southern Broadcasting Network.

In 1999, broadcast distribution firm Enternet, led by Benito Araneta, entered a channel lease agreement with DZOE-TV, enabling daytime simulcasts of CNBC Asia. The arrangement eventually expanded into a 24-hour programming partnership. However, due to contractual disagreements, the partnership was dissolved in 2002, with Enternet later filing legal action against Bro. Eddie Villanueva and ZOE. Despite the fallout, the ZOE TV brand continued throughout this period.

Notably, in 2001, ZOE TV became the first television station to cover the second EDSA Revolution, an uprising that culminated in the removal of President Joseph Estrada from office amid widespread corruption allegations and perceived violations of the 1987 Constitution

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television station in Metro Manila, Philippines
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