Nation Broadcasting Corporation
| General partnership | |
| Industry | Broadcast radio and television network |
| Founded | July 12, 1963 |
| Founder | Abelardo L. Yabut, Sr. |
| Headquarters | TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Mandaluyong City, Philippines |
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Key people
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Manuel V. Pangilinan (President and CEO) Engr. Erwin V. Galang (Head, Regulatory and Industry Relations) Engr. Edward Benedict V. Galang (Network Engineering Operations) Miguel G. Belmonte (Station Manager, AksyonTV/Radyo5) |
| Products | AksyonTV, Radyo5 |
| Owner | MediaQuest Holdings (a subsidiary of PLDT) |
| Parent | TV5 Network |
| Website |
interAKSYON.com News5 Everywhere radyosingko.news5.ph |
Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is a radio and TV network that has been operating in the Philippines since 1963. As of December 2013, NBC is a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, NBC is an affiliate of TV5 and is located in the TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Mandaluyong City.
NBC was established by Abelardo Yabut, Sr. in 1963. The network started operations that same year with the launch of the network's pioneer AM station in Zamboanga City using a surplus transmitter that he bought from Deeco Electronics, and the station had the last three letters of the alphabet as the call letters, thus DXYZ was born - but it was a foreboding of bigger things to come. With already the string of 10 AM stations in provincial areas at that time, in 1973, Yabut put up DWFM 92.3 in Manila, his first entry to the nation's capital, and the third FM station to establish in the same area. Two years later in 1975, under his tutelage, NBC brought the first FM station in Cebu City DYNC 101.9 and in the same year, pioneered in FM in Davao City with the launch of DXFM 101.9.
NBC also pioneered in many ways as the first network to broadcast 24 hours a day outside of Metro Manila. It was the first network to bridge the archipelago with the utilization of satellite broadcasting, and continues to cover the live games of the Philippine Amateur Basketball League and the Philippine Basketball Association (the latter broadcasts this time via the Radyo5 News FM Network). In 1996 NBC has grown to become a nationwide network of AM & FM stations: 16 AM stations and 13 FM stations in 20 cities.
In 1998, NBC became the only FM radio network in the Philippines consisting of member-stations named after their respective markets.
DZAR was the first to launch in 1998 through its nationwide transmission. But in 2005, The Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) leader Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy and the Swara Sug Media Corporation acquired all NBC AM stations and rebranded it as Sonshine Radio.
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