DWWX-TV
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| Metro Manila | |
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| City | Quezon City |
| Branding | ABS-CBN TV 2 Manila |
| Slogan | In The Service of The Filipino Worldwide |
| Channels |
Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 43 (UHF) (ISDB-T) Virtual: 11.16 (LCN) |
| Subchannels | 11.16: ABS-CBN 2 11.17: S+A (DWAC-TV) 11.18: CINEMO! 11.21: YEY! 11.22: Knowledge Channel 11.23: DZMM TeleRadyo 11.24: Kapamilya Box Office 11:25 ABS-CBN one seg (1seg) |
| Translators | D12ZT 12 Olongapo City D13ZA 13 Botolan, Zambales |
| Affiliations | ABS-CBN (O&O) |
| Owner | ABS-CBN Corporation |
| First air date | October 23, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | DWWX |
| Sister station(s) | DWAC-TV (S+A) |
| Former callsigns | DZAQ-TV (1953-1972) |
| Former channel number(s) | 3 (1953-1969) |
| Former affiliations | BBC/City2 (1973-1986) |
| Transmitter power | 60 kW TPO (346.2 kW ERP) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 14°38′26″N 121°2′12″E / 14.64056°N 121.03667°E |
| Website | entertainment.abs-cbn.com |
DWWX-TV, channel 2, is the flagship VHF station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios and transmitter are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Ave., Diliman, Quezon City. It is the first and oldest television station in the Philippines, and it currently operates 24/7 except Monday mornings and mornings of the Paschal Triduum of Holy Week.
DWWX-TV traces its history to the first Philippine television station DZAQ-TV, owned by Bolinao Electronics Corporation later renamed Alto Broadcasting System.
James Lindenberg, owner of BEC, was first to apply for a license to the Philippine Congress to establish a television station in 1949. His request was granted on June 14, 1950. Because of the strict import controls and the lack of raw materials needed to open a TV station during those days, Lindenberg branched to radio broadcasting instead.
Judge Antonio Quirino, brother of then President Elpidio Quirino, also tried to apply for a license to Congress, but was denied. He later bought stocks from BEC and later gained the controlling stock and renamed the company from BEC to Alto Broadcasting System (ABS).
DZAQ-TV began commercial television operations on October 23, 1953, the first fully licensed commercial television station in the Philippines. The first program that aired was a garden party at the Quirino residence in Sitio Alto, San Juan. After the premiere telecast, the station followed a four-hour-a-day schedule, from six to ten in the evening.
In 1955, Manila Chronicle owner Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and Fernando Lopez acquired a radio-TV franchise from Congress and immediately established Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) in 1956. On February 24, 1957 Lopez called Judge Quirino to his house for breakfast and ABS was bought under a contract written on a table napkin. The corporate name was reverted to Bolinao Electronics Corporation immediately after the purchase of ABS.
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