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DWGT-TV
DWGT-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the government-owned People's Television Network. The station maintains studios and hybrid analog/digital transmitting facility at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Brgy. Vasra, Diliman, Quezon City.
In 1961, the Philippine government, through the Philippine Broadcasting Service (now Presidential Broadcast Service) established a TV station on channel 10, DZRP-TV, which it time-shared with two other organizations. It was financed by government subsidy but had a short life because of channel frequency allocation.
Prior to 1972, the frequency rights of Channel 4 were previously held and operated by one of the ABS-CBN stations in Metro Manila (DZXL-TV 4) when the station moved from channel 9 to channel 4 on November 14, 1969.
Upon the declaration of martial law, the government seized the properties of ABS-CBN and reopened channel 4 under the auspices of the National Media Production Center on February 2, 1974, as Government Television (GTV). GTV was originally located at the former ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center complex on Bohol (now Sgt. Esguerra) Avenue, Quezon City, which was renamed Broadcast Plaza. In 1976, it began broadcasting in full color — becoming the last national network that transitioned from the then-existing monochrome to color broadcasting. By 1980, GTV became MBS (Maharlika Broadcasting System), a full-blown media machinery for former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, and one of four TV networks in operation.
During the People Power Revolution, on February 24, 1986, rebel forces besieged MBS during a live morning news conference in Malacañang. The network was eventually captured, abruptly ending the broadcast. By 1:25 pm, channel 4 started broadcasting for the people with its massive marathon coverage helmed by Radyo Veritas anchors who were later augmented by other newscasters defecting from their mother stations and former ABS-CBN personnel. At one point, government loyalist forces attempted to retake the station but failed.
Two months after Corazon Aquino's accession to the presidency, channel 4 relaunched as the People's Television Network (PTV) after a brief period of broadcasting under the New TV-4 branding. However, PTV's facilities continued to be housed on a major part of ABS-CBN's present studio complex in Bohol (now Sgt. Esguerra) Avenue, Quezon City, becoming the subject of a legal battle between the Lopezes and the government.
To end the scuffle, the Aquino administration, through the Bureau of Broadcast Services which revived the pre-Martial Law Philippine Broadcasting Service, decided to expand the former National Media Production Center building in Visayas Ave. to eventually accommodate PTV.
On January 22, 1992, the station moved its studios to the said complex with transmitters and other equipment largely donated from a grant of the French government. The Broadcast Center on the other hand, was given back to ABS-CBN in order to regain total control over the facility.
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DWGT-TV
DWGT-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the government-owned People's Television Network. The station maintains studios and hybrid analog/digital transmitting facility at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Brgy. Vasra, Diliman, Quezon City.
In 1961, the Philippine government, through the Philippine Broadcasting Service (now Presidential Broadcast Service) established a TV station on channel 10, DZRP-TV, which it time-shared with two other organizations. It was financed by government subsidy but had a short life because of channel frequency allocation.
Prior to 1972, the frequency rights of Channel 4 were previously held and operated by one of the ABS-CBN stations in Metro Manila (DZXL-TV 4) when the station moved from channel 9 to channel 4 on November 14, 1969.
Upon the declaration of martial law, the government seized the properties of ABS-CBN and reopened channel 4 under the auspices of the National Media Production Center on February 2, 1974, as Government Television (GTV). GTV was originally located at the former ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center complex on Bohol (now Sgt. Esguerra) Avenue, Quezon City, which was renamed Broadcast Plaza. In 1976, it began broadcasting in full color — becoming the last national network that transitioned from the then-existing monochrome to color broadcasting. By 1980, GTV became MBS (Maharlika Broadcasting System), a full-blown media machinery for former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, and one of four TV networks in operation.
During the People Power Revolution, on February 24, 1986, rebel forces besieged MBS during a live morning news conference in Malacañang. The network was eventually captured, abruptly ending the broadcast. By 1:25 pm, channel 4 started broadcasting for the people with its massive marathon coverage helmed by Radyo Veritas anchors who were later augmented by other newscasters defecting from their mother stations and former ABS-CBN personnel. At one point, government loyalist forces attempted to retake the station but failed.
Two months after Corazon Aquino's accession to the presidency, channel 4 relaunched as the People's Television Network (PTV) after a brief period of broadcasting under the New TV-4 branding. However, PTV's facilities continued to be housed on a major part of ABS-CBN's present studio complex in Bohol (now Sgt. Esguerra) Avenue, Quezon City, becoming the subject of a legal battle between the Lopezes and the government.
To end the scuffle, the Aquino administration, through the Bureau of Broadcast Services which revived the pre-Martial Law Philippine Broadcasting Service, decided to expand the former National Media Production Center building in Visayas Ave. to eventually accommodate PTV.
On January 22, 1992, the station moved its studios to the said complex with transmitters and other equipment largely donated from a grant of the French government. The Broadcast Center on the other hand, was given back to ABS-CBN in order to regain total control over the facility.