Southern Broadcasting Network

Southern Broadcasting Network

Type	Broadcast commercial television and radio network
Country	Philippines
Parent	Gem Communications Holdings (1992-2010) Solar Entertainment (2010-present)
Key people	2010-present Wilson Y. Tieng (Chairman) William Y. Tieng (President) Former Owner/Management Lucio Co (Majority Stockholder) Leonardo B. Dayao (Chairman) Teofilo A. Henson (President)
Launch date	May 30, 1992
Former names	World TV 21 (1992-1996)
Picture format	NTSC 480i (4:3 SDTV Static)
Affiliation	ETC (January 1, 2008-March 1, 2011, November 30, 2013-present) Talk TV (March 2, 2011-October 29, 2012) Solar News Channel (October 30, 2012-November 29, 2013
Official website	ETC on Solar Entertainment site

Southern Broadcasting Network, Inc. (SBN) is a Filipino-owned media company based radio and television network. It was formerly a subsidiary of Gem Communications Holdings Corporation (GemCom) majority owned by Filipino-Chinese tycoon Lucio Co, founder of supermarket chain Puregold Price Club Inc. with 97% share. Leonardo B. Dayao and Teofilo A. Henson served as Chairman and President of SBN until mid 2010 when GemCom sold all of its 97% equity share in SBN to Solar Entertainment Corporation (Solar) for Php 368.8 million. Since then, SBN began airing its blocktimer agreement programs of Solar-owned ETC in free TV. SBN is now manned by Solar under the Tieng brothers (William Tieng and Wilson Tieng).

Its main broadcast facilities are located at the Upper Ground Floor, Worldwide Corporate Center, EDSA corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City with office and transmitters at Strata 2000 Building, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. SBN (DWCP-TV 21) became the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila in May 30, 1992.

History

World TV/SBN era (1992-2007)

SBN 21 Logo from 1996 to 2005.

Southern Broadcasting Network in Davao was an radio and television started broadcasting launched SBN Channel 21, the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila starting May 30, 1992. It was then known as World TV 21, which is operated by the Kampana Television Corporation, which provided programming content from ABC, ESPN and CNN on this channel.

On September 7, 1995, Southern Broadcasting Network had its congressional franchise approved as Republic Act No. 8147 lapsed into law even without the president's approval. In the Philippines, a congressional franchise is needed prior to the operation of a broadcast station.

Main article: Conflicts between Iglesia ni Cristo and Members Church of God International

In 2000, Southern Broadcasting Network started airing Ang Dating Daan after transferring from PTV informative and educational programs and SBN Music Videos were also introduced. In 2001, the Iglesia ni Cristo launched its own program, Ang Tamang Daan, as a direct response to Ang Dating Daan, featuring video footages and recordings of ADD hosts as issues were tackled. Over time the animosity between the two groups has intensified, and their relationship has been severely strained. The Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Wednesday ordered televangelist Bro. Eliseo Soriano of Ang Dating Daan to pay the Iglesia ni Cristo, P100,000 in moral damages for libel committed 10 years ago. Branch 92 Judge Eleuterio Bathan also directed him to pay a fine of P6,000 each for two counts of libel. He ruled the elements of libel have been established in the case filed by INC over Soriano’s pronouncement on a television program on April 25, 2003 and the replay on April 27 on the same timeslot during the live program of Ang Dating Daan on SBN.^[1]^[2]

The case stemmed from a complaint filed by members of the Iglesia ni Cristo, including its minister Michael Sandoval, due to statements of Soriano aired on August 10 referring to the minister, Until 2004, Ang Dating Daan move to UNTV and Ang Tamang Daan move to Net 25.

Solar era (2008-present)

ETC-21 logo from January 1, 2008 to March 1, 2011 from November 30, 2013 to July 26, 2014.

Beginning on January 1, 2008, Solar Entertainment Corporation began to lease airtime on SBN, choosing to broadcast programming from its entertainment channel ETC.^[3]

Talk TV logo from March 2, 2011 to October 29, 2012.

Solar News Channel logo from October 30, 2012 to November 29, 2013.

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 conducted its test broadcast until March 31, 2011. The network started its full broadcast on April 1, 2011. From January 16, 2012, Talk TV started airing local programming through Solar TV Network's new news arm Solar News. These programs are manned by mainly former ANC and ABS-CBN personalities including Solar News chief Jing Magsaysay, Pia Hontiveros, Pal Marquez, Nancy Irlanda, Claire Celdran, Mai Rodriguez and Jun Del Rosario. Reporters included some from RPN's NewsWatch as well as new reporters. The first local news event that was covered was the Renato Corona impeachment trial. Talk TV also airs Solar Headlines which is a daily news break aired every 30 minutes, a primetime newscast named Solar Network News; launched on June 18, 2012, a late-night newscast, Solar Nightly News; launched on July 16, 2012, a morning newscast Solar Daybreak and a noontime newscast Solar Newsday; both launched on October 1, 2012. later Cebuano newscasts Solar News Cebuano in January 2013. On October 30, 2012, Talk TV it is now known as the Solar News Channel the first 24-hour English news channel on free-to-air TV via SBN UHF Channel 21.

On November 30, 2013, have its been announced that conglomerate San Miguel Corporation President and COO Ramon S. Ang personally acquired the minority stake of Solar Entertainment Corporation. Tiengs was the majority stockholder then of SEC. Solar News Channel and its partnership (now 9TV later known as CNN Philippines) moved to RPN 9 the following day to allow SNC's wider coverage. (SNC and RPN, however, were sold to ALC Group of Companies chair, the late ex-Amb. Antonio Cabangon Chua, in August the following year.) while ETC returned to this network.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Programming

ETC Programs

Main article: List of programs broadcast by ETC

SBN Previously Programs

Main article: List of programs aired by ETC/SBN