DWCP-TV

"SBN-21" redirects here. For the television network, see Southern Broadcasting Network.

"ETC-21" redirects here. For the television network, see ETC (TV channel).

DWCP-TV (ETC 21 Manila)
Metro Manila

City	Mandaluyong City
Branding	ETC TV-21 Manila
Channels	Analog: 21 (UHF) Digital: 22 (UHF) (ISDB-T) (test broadcast) Virtual: 255 (LCN)
Subchannels	255.07: ETC 21 255.08: CT 255.09: 2nd Avenue 29 (DZRJ-TV) 255.10: HSN 255.11: Basketball TV 255.12: ETC 1Seg (1Seg)
Affiliations	ETC
Owner	Southern Broadcasting Network (Solar Entertainment Corporation)
Founded	May 30, 1992 (1992-05-30)
Call letters' meaning	DWCP
Former affiliations	Independent (1992-2007) ETC (2008-2011, 2013-present) Talk TV (2011-2012) Solar News Channel (2012-2013)
Transmitter power	(TPO:60KW)(ERP:500 KW/Max ERP:1500 KW)
Website	ETC on Solar Entertainment site

DWCP-TV, channel 21 is a television station owned by Southern Broadcasting Network and currently its flagship station of Philippine all-female-oriented television network ETC. The station is operated by Solar Entertainment Corporation. Its studios are located at Upper Ground Floor Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard corner EDSA, Mandaluyong City, with transmitter located at Strata 2000, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.^[1] SBN-21 became the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila that broadcast in May 1992 and formerly known as World TV 21. It broadcasts daily from 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM.

History

Southern Broadcasting Network of Davao launched SBN Channel 21, the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila since 1992. It was then known as World TV 21 by Kampana Television Corporation, which provided programming content from ABC, CNN and ESPN on this channel then. The idea is to bring back programming similar to the forcibly shut-down FEN Channel 17 of the former Clark US Air Base a year earlier due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.

Beginning on January 1, 2008, Solar Entertainment began to lease airtime on SBN, choosing to broadcast programming from its entertainment channel ETC.^[2] This partnership ended in March 2, 2011, as Solar transferred ETC to RPN. As a result, SBN renewed partnership with Solar Entertainment to create the news network Talk TV. And on October 30, 2012, it is now as the Solar News Channel, the first 24-hour English news channel on free-to-air TV.

On November 30, 2013, the Solar News Channel programming was moved to RPN, and its entertainment channel, ETC came back on SBN-21.

On February 22, 2014, SBN 21 limited its operation to ETC from 5:30 AM to 12:00 MN to 7:00 AM to 12:00 MN on free TV prior to National Telecommunications Commission's rules on affiliated free TV stations. On October 2, 2014, the station extended its operations from 6 AM to 1 AM.

Digital television

Digital channels

UHF Channel 22 (521.143 MHz)

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming	Note
255.07	H.264	4:3	ETC+D	ETC 21	test broadcast
255.08			CT+D	CT
255.09			2NDAVENUE+D	2nd Avenue 29
255.10			HSN+D	Shop TV
255.11			BTV+D	Basketball TV	offline
225.12			ETC 1Seg	ETC 1Seg	1Seg

ETC programs

Main article: List of programs broadcast by ETC

References

Broadcast television in the Mega Manila market

VHF channels	DWWX 2 (ABS-CBN) DWGT 4 (PTV) DWET 5 (TV5) DZBB 7 (GMA) DZKB 9 (RPN/CNN PH) DZOE 11 (GMA News TV) DZTV 13 (IBC)

UHF channels	DWCP 21 (ETC) DWAC 23 (ABS-CBN Sports+Action) DZEC 25 (Net 25) DZRJ 29 (RJTV/2nd Avenue) DWKC 31 (BEAM TV 31) DZOZ 33 (Light Network) DWAO 37 (UNTV) DWBP 39 (SMNI) DWNB 41 (AksyonTV) DWVN 45 (3ABN/Hope Channel PHL) DZCE 49 (INCTV)

Digital channels	19 (RPN/CNN PH) 22 (Solar/SBN) 27 (GMA) 32 (BEAM TV) 38 (UNTV) 40 (SMNI) 42 (PTV) 43 (ABS-CBN) 44 (3ABN/Hope Channel PHL) 49 (Net 25/INCTV) 51 (TV5)

Inactive stations	DWDB 27 (Citynet) DWXI 35 (DBS) DWBM 43 (MBN) DWDZ 47 (ABC)

Defunct stations	DZXL 4/9 (ABS-CBN) DZRH 11 (MBC) DZRU 41 (MTV Philippines)

Solar Entertainment Corporation

Founders (Solar) William Y. Tieng Willy Y. Tieng Chairman and CEO Wilson Y. Tieng President and COO (Solar) Mitos Borromeo Chief financial officer (Solar) Gregory Perez Chairman (SBN) Lucio Co President and CEO (SBN) Teofilo Henson Owner (RBN/RJTV) Ramon Jacinto Executive Vice President (RBN/RJTV) Beatriz Jacinto-Colamonici

Divisions	ETC Productions

Subsidiaries and Divisions	Solar Pictures Domestic Sattelite Corporation (DOMSAT) OMNI Digital Media Ventures (Blink)

National television networks	ETC³ 2nd Avenue⁴

Cable and satellite television networks	Basketball TV CT Jack TV NBA Premium TV Shop TV Solar All Access Solar Sports

Video on demand	Blink

Previous television networks	C/S Origin C/S 9 Chase Diva Universal² Jack CITY My Movie Channel NBA League Pass Solar News Channel (50%)³ (34%)¹ Sports Plus Solar TV Solar USA Talk TV (50%)³ TGC Universal Channel²

Affiliates	Solar News (former division) Radio Philippines Network (34%) (former company) Solar Television Network (former subsidiary)

¹Former joint venture with Radio Philippines Network ²Joint venture with Universal Networks International ³Affiliate with Southern Broadcasting Network ⁴Affiliate with Rajah Broadcasting Network Headquarters 2/F Worldwide Corporate Center, Mandaluyong City

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