DZKB-TV

DZKB-TV (CNN Philippines TV-9 Manila)

City	Mandaluyong City Quezon City (via unclear signal)
Branding	CNN Philippines TV-9 Manila
Slogan	We Tell the Story of the Filipino.
Channels	Analog: 9 (VHF) Digital: 19 (UHF) (ISDB-T) (Digital test broadcast) Virtual: 09.01 (LCN)
Affiliations	CNN Philippines
Owner	Radio Philippines Network (Nine Media Corporation)
Founded	October 15, 1969[1]
Call letters' meaning	DZ Kanlaon Broadcasting System
Transmitter power	60,000 watts TPO (50 kW on-oprational power output, 1,000 kW ERP)
Transmitter coordinates	14°38′18″N 121°1′47″E / 14.63833°N 121.02972°E
Website	www.cnnphilippines.com

DZKB-TV, channel 9, is the flagship station of the Radio Philippines Network and currently carried CNN Philippines. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Capitol Hills, Old Balara, Diliman, Quezon City and Its transmitter situated along #97 Panay Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City.

History

It was one of the most dominant networks in the days of President Ferdinand Marcos.^{[citation needed]} The station was responsible for bringing TV shows from the United States, like Six Million Dollar Man, Wonder Woman, MacGyver, Airwolf, and both primetime and daytime versions of The Price is Right, as well as the very first airing of Voltes V in the Philippines. It also produced legendary soap operas and sitcoms, namely Flordeluna, which starred a young Janice de Belen, and John En Marsha, which starred Philippine legends Dolphy and the late Nida Blanca. The station signed a contract with TAPE, Inc. in 1979, and the station became the first co-producer of Eat Bulaga (hosted by Tito, Vic, and Joey), which is now the longest-running noontime variety TV show.^{[citation needed]} The title of its all-English flagship newscast, NewsWatch, became a generic name for any televised newscast in the 80s.^{[citation needed]} It is also the official flagship carriers of the major Philippine awards shows, including the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences' prestigious FAMAS Awards (until 2003), the Gawad Urian Awards and the Star Awards for Movies.^{[citation needed]}

The network gained popularity once again in 1996 when it aired the Mexican soap opera Marimar and started the telenovela craze in the country. The^{[further explanation needed]} were forced to include telenovelas to their programming lineup.^{[citation needed]}

Partnership with Solar Entertainment

Currently, the station had a major revamp in their primetime lineup as a result of its tie-in with Solar Entertainment Corporation. On December 24, 2007, Tonypet Albano (undersecretary and executive director of Malacañang’s Office of Political Coalition Affairs and Deputy Spokesperson of TEAM Unity) was appointed chairman of Radio Philippines Network (RPN) 9 (replacing Education Undersecretary Mona Valisno, incumbent Presidential Assistant for Education). Undersecretary Robert Rivera was appointed director of the board, while RPN-9's president and chief executive officer is former senator Orlando Mercado.^[2]

On January 1, 2008, Solar Entertainment-owned C/S aired on this station.

On November 29, 2009, DZKB-TV was reformatted and came to be known as Solar TV-9.

On March 2, 2011, DZKB-TV will be ETC-9.

On December 1, 2013, DZKB-TV was reformatted and came to be known as Solar News Channel-9.

Digital television

Digital channels

UHF Channel 19 (503.143 MHz)

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming	Note
09.01	H.264	16:9	CNN Philippines	CNN Philippines	Test Broadcast
09.02			CNN Philippines_2	CNN Philippines
09.31			CNN_OneSeg	CNN Philippines 1 Seg	1 Seg

See also

• CNN Philippines
• Radio Philippines Network
• Nine Media Corporation
• List of Radio Philippines Network affiliate stations

References

1. "International TV Directory" (PDF). TV Factbook. 1970.
2. "Abs-Cbn Interactive, Tonypet Albano is new RPN-9 chief". ABS-CBN News. December 24, 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2007.

• Anastacio & Badiola. "what's the story, pinoy tv?". Archived from the original on 2005-09-08. Retrieved August 23, 2006.