ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center
| ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center | |
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The ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center as viewed from the rooftop of the main building of ABS-CBN.
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Studio, office, broadcasting |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | Sgt. Esguerra Avenue corner Mother Ignacia Street, Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°38′25.36″N 121°02′12.08″E / 14.6403778°N 121.0366889°E |
| Construction started | December 18, 1968 |
| Opening | March 21, 1969 |
| Renovated | 1992 1999 2010 |
| Owner | ABS-CBN |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 720 feet (Millennium Transmitter ) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Grounds | Approximately 34,000 m² |
The ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center (also called ABS-CBN Broadcast Center; formerly known as Broadcast Plaza from 1974 to 1979) in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines is the oldest headquarters of ABS-CBN. It occupies an area of approximately 34,000 square meters adjacent to ELJ Communications Center. It was originally built in 1968 and was then the most advanced broadcast facility in Asia. Today it is now the country's largest and most technologically advanced media facility.
The broadcasting center, conceptualized by ABS-CBN's then-President Eugenio Lopez Jr., was constructed on December 18, 1968 and was opened on March 21, 1969. Prior to the opening, ABS-CBN held headquarters in two buildings: the ABS building in Roxas Boulevard for ABS-CBN's Manila TV stations at that time, DZAQ-TV 3 and DZXL-TV 9, and the Chronicle Building in Aduana, Manila for its Manila radio stations. With the opening, ABS-CBN's radio and TV operations were housed in one building. ABS-CBN would soon give away the Roxas Boulevard studios to Kanlaon Broadcasting System or KBS (now known as Radio Philippines Network or RPN), which then took Channel 9 and prompted ABS-CBN to switch frequencies from Channels 3 and 9 to Channels 2 and 4.
When it was opened, it was the most advanced TV broadcasting facility in Asia. ABS-CBN mentioned that before Martial Law, it was once the training ground of TV electronics engineers from other countries. The new TV transmitter tower known as the Millennium Transmitter in the complex would begin beaming Channel 2 and 4's signals in 1969.
On September 22, 1972, ABS-CBN was shut down after then-President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law. All of its properties, which included the Broadcast Center, were seized from the network.
The facility was not to be used again at least until RPN, whose first facility given by ABS-CBN was destroyed by a fire, took over the facility in 1973. It also became the new home of IBC (originally from San Juan), and two newly formed networks: BBC which took Channel 2 and GTV which took Channel 4. The facility was also renamed as the Broadcast Plaza.
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