DWGT-TV

"PTV-4" redirects here. For the television network, see People's Television Network.
DWGT-TV (PTV-4 Manila)
Metro Manila
City Quezon City
Branding PTV-4 Manila
Slogan People's Television
Channels Analog: 4 (VHF)
Digital: 42 (UHF) (ISDB-T)
Virtual: 04.01 (LCN)
Subchannels 04.01: PTV SD1
04.02: PTV SD2
04.03: PTV SD3
04.04: PTV (1seg)
Affiliations People's Television Network
Owner People's Television Network, Inc.
Founded 1974 (1974)
Call letters' meaning DW
Government
Television
Former callsigns DZXL-TV (1969-1972)
Former channel number(s) Digital:
48 (UHF) (2009–2015)
Former affiliations ABS-CBN (1969-1972)
GTV (1974-1980)
MBS (1980-1986)
NBN (2001-2011)
Transmitter power 50 kW TPO
(500 kW ERP)
Transmitter coordinates 14°39′16″N 121°2′45″E / 14.65444°N 121.04583°E / 14.65444; 121.04583
Website www.ptv.ph

DWGT-TV, channel 4, is the flagship station of Philippine television network People's Television Network. Its head office, studios and transmitter are located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Brgy. Vasra, Diliman, Quezon City. It operates Sunday to Friday from 5:30 am to 12 mn and Saturday from 5:30 am to 12:30 am.

History

The frequency rights of Channel 4 were previously owned by one of the ABS-CBN stations in Metro Manila (DZXL-TV 9) when the station moved from channel 9 to channel 4 in 1969.

During the Martial Law era, the government seized the frequency of channel 4 of ABS-CBN, reopened it in April 1974 as Government Television (GTV). GTV was located at the former ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center complex on Bohol (now Sgt. Esguerra) Avenue, Quezon City, which was renamed Broadcast Plaza. By 1980, GTV became MBS (Maharlika Broadcasting System), a full-blown media machinery for former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, and one of four TV stations in operation back then, and it also began its broadcasting in full color. Surprising, though, as Marcos banned Voltes V, MBS carried Daimos.

On February 24, 1986, during a live news conference in Malacañang, rebel forces tried to capture MBS and eventually succeeded. At the heat of exchanges between Marcos and then Chief of Staff General Fabian Ver, MBS suddenly went off the air when its facilities were taken over by rebel forces and by that afternoon started broadcasting for the people with its massive marathon coverage. Once the government then attempted not to broadcast the situation made by the rebels, only to fail.

During the administration of President Corazon Aquino, it became known as People's Television Network (PTV). The years following its broadcast, PTV's facilities, then housed on a major part of ABS-CBN's present studio complex in Bohol (now Sgt. Esguerra) Avenue, Quezon City, became a subject of a legal battle between the Lopezes and the Government.

To end the scuffle, the Aquino government, through the Bureau of Broadcast Services, which then newly revived the pre-Martial Law era Philippine Broadcasting Service, decided to expand the former National Media Production Center building in Visayas Ave. to eventually accommodate PTV. In 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, had been given back to ABS-CBN, who regained total control over the facility.

On July 16, 2001, PTV was renamed as National Broadcasting Network (NBN). By that time it introduced the country's first two-hour newscast Teledyaryo, and adopted mostly programs that showcase the programs of the Arroyo administration.

As President Benigno Aquino III entered office in June 2010, once again, NBN became part of PTNI to enhance its news and programing to viewers nationwide and worldwide until recently, NBN introduced its digital broadcast on ISDB-T channel 48 as the transmitter was rehabilitated and upgraded its frequency using advanced transmitter equipment from Harris Corporation of the United States.

In his second State of the nation Address last July 25, 2011, Aquino called the government to make plans in re-strengthening PTV as a Government broadcaster.

On October 6, 2011, NBN was renamed back as People's Television Network (PTV) and followed by on July 2, 2012, PTV was rebranded as new slogan "Telebisyon ng Bayan (People's Television)".

As President Rodrigo Duterte entered office in July 1, 2016, the "Telebisyon ng Bayan" slogan was dropped from the logo and retain the People's Television Network (PTV) brand on July 11, 2016 and followed by on November 25, 2016, it was officially announced that PTV was under the new manangement, the network named former TV5 Production Engineering head Dino Apolonio was appointed as the Network General Manager and he also assumed as the Network Chief Operating Officer, and also the network's board member Josemaria Claro was also appointed as Network Vice Chairperson.

On July 25, 2016, during his first State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte will pass a law merging People's Television Network with its radio network Philippine Broadcasting Service into the People's Broadcasting Corporation (PBC).

Digital television

Digital channels

UHF Channel 42 (641.143 MHz)

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming Note
04.01 MPEG2 16:9 PTV SD1 PTV Test Broadcast
04.02 PTV SD2 PTV
04.03 PTV SD3 PTV
04.04 H.264 4:3 PTV 1SEG PTV One Seg 1seg

Prior to its current DTT channel frequency, PTV was previously using the UHF Channel 48 frequency (677.143 MHz) from its beginning of digital test transmission until the first half of 2015, while TV5 (through Nation Broadcasting Corporation) was using UHF Channel 42 before it discontinued.

References

See also

Preceded by
DZXL-TV
(1969–1972)		 DWGT-TV
(1974–present) 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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