D-8-XM-TV channel 8, (analog) and channel 42, (digital) otherwise known as PTV Cordillera, is a regional television station of Philippine-government owned

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People's Television Network People's Television Network ( fil, Telebisyon ng Bayan; abbreviated PTV) is the flagship State broadcasting, state broadcaster owned by the Government of the Philippines. Founded in 1974, PTV is the main brand of People's Television Network, In ...

. Its studio is located at the PTV Cordillera Broadcast Hub, PIA Cordillera Compound, Romulo Drive, Brgy. Lualhati,

Baguio Baguio ( , ), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...

and its transmitter is located at Mt. Sto. Tomas, Tuba, Benguet.

History

*1967 - D-8-XM-TV Channel 8 was launched by Associated Broadcasting Corporation (now

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) until

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Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...

declared

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was forced to shut-down in 1972. *1973 - D-8-XM-TV Channel 8 was reopened and became part of the

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. *1986 - PTV begin its broadcasts in Baguio after the EDSA Revolution. *July 1989 - PTV Baguio started its local operations. It was once based in an apartment in Downtown Baguio. But a year after, PTV Baguio temporarily halted its local operations and downgraded as relay station when its office got severely damaged by the 1990 Luzon earthquake. *March 26, 1992 -

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Cory Aquino signed Republic Act 7306 turning PTV Network into a government corporation known formally as People's Television Network, Inc. (PTNI). *July 16, 2001 - Under the new management appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, PTNI adopted the name National Broadcasting Network (NBN) carrying new slogan "One People. One Nation. One Vision." for a new image in line with its new programming thrusts, they continued the new name until the Aquino administration in 2010. *October 6, 2011 - People's Television Network, Inc. (PTNI) became a primary brand and the branding National Broadcasting Network was retired. *March 11, 2017 - PTV Baguio resumed its local operations and upgraded to originating station, with the inauguration of the newly constructed PTV Cordillera Broadcast Hub, which was led by President

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, PCO Sec.

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and PTV General Manager and CEO Dino Antonio C. Apolonio. Prior to this, In March 2013, the network was ground breaking for the construction of the new PTV Cordillera Broadcast Hub. However, the construction of the PTV Cordillera Broadcast Hub was halted due to Preliminary injunction. The construction of the Broadcast hub resumed in April 2014 and the building was finished in February 2017. The President also led the ocular inspection of two newly acquired Digital Satellite News Gathering vans of the network to be used for live news coverage. *April 27, 2021 - PTV Cordillera started digital test broadcasts on UHF Channel 42.

Programming

;Current *''Kangrunaan a Damag'' *''Isyu @ Serbisyo with Eddie Carta'' *''Cordilleran Country: Aweng Ti Biag'' *''Be Unrivaled with Jianlin F.'' ;Former *''PTV Cordillera Newsbreak''

Digital television

Digital channels

UHF Channel 42 (641.143 MHz)

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Primary areas

Benguet Benguet (), officially the Province of Benguet ('';'' ; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Benguet; ilo, Probinsia ti Benguet; ), is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the islan ...

La Union La Union (), officially the Province of La Union ( ilo, Probinsia ti La Union; Kankanaey'': Probinsyan di La Union;'' Ibaloi'': Probinsya ne La Union;'' pag, Luyag/Probinsia na La Union; Tagalog'': Lalawigan ng La Union),'' is a province in th ...

Pangasinan Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan ( pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Pangasinan, ; ilo, Probinsia ti Pangasinan; tl, Lalawigan ng Pangasinan), is a coastal province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capit ...

Secondary areas

* Portion of

Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija ( tgl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija , also ; ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Ecija; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Ecija; Kapampangan: ''Lalawigan/Probinsia ning Nueva Ecija''), is a landlocked province i ...

* Portion of

Tarlac Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac ( pam, Lalawigan ning Tarlac; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Tarlac; ilo, Probinsia ti Tarlac; tgl, Lalawigan ng Tarlac; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. It ...

* Portion of

Ilocos Sur Ilocos Sur, officially the Province of Ilocos Sur ( ilo, Probinsia ti Ilocos Sur; tl, Lalawigan ng Ilocos Sur), is a province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Located on the mouth of the Mestizo River is the capital o ...

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