DYKC-TV, Channel 9, is a television station of
Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network, Inc. (RPN) is a Philippine Media of the Philippines, television and radio company based in Quezon City. It is the flagship media property of Nine Media Corporation of the ALC Group of Companies; along with the Pre ...
. Its studio, offices and transmitter are located at the RPN Compound, M.L. Quezon St., Maguikay,
Mandaue
Mandaue (), officially the City of Mandaue ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Mandaue; fil, Lungsod ng Mandaue), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 364,116 ...
. Its digital transmitter will soon-to-be located in Busay Hills,
Cebu City
Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P ...
, once RPN fully migrated to digital broadcast by the end of 2022.
RPN Cebu History
* October 30, 1971 - Kanlaon Broadcasting System opens DYKC-TV Channel 9. It is the first television station owned by the network based in Mandaue City.
* 1975 - RPN was formally re-launched, the acronym for its franchise name, Radio Philippines Network.
* 1979 - NewsWatch Cebuano Edition, a local version of
NewsWatch was launched.
* January 15, 1980 - DYKC-TV started domestic satellite broadcasts to bring programs live from Manila to viewers in the Central Visayas region.
* 1988 - RPN Cebu relaunched NewsWatch Cebu as "NewsWatch Central Visayas".
* 1989 - RPN was renamed as New Vision 9.
* 1994 - New Vision 9 was renamed back as Radio Philippines Network (RPN).
* January 1, 2008 - RPN's TV programming was changed when
C/S, a cable network by
Solar Entertainment
Solar Entertainment Corporation (simply known as Solar or SEC) is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. Founded and owned by the brothers, Wilson, William and Willy Tieng. Solar Entertainment operates two digital free-to-air c ...
, airs programs on free TV and telecasts on RPN stations, including Mandaue City.
* October 2008 - RPN's stations ultimately took on the C/S name as part of their permanent branding, and rebranded itself as C/S 9.
* November 29, 2009 - the network re-branded again under the new name
Solar TV
Solar TV (stylized as SOLARtv) was the flagship television network of Solar Entertainment Corporation's television arm subsidiary Solar TV Network, Inc., which is the replacement of C/S 9. This was the revival of the former Solar channel Solar ...
. In late 2010, it was revealed that RPN would no longer carry PBA games, due to planned re-launch to occur in 2011, with more "feminine" programming.
* February 25, 2011 - RPN was signed off for a week. However, the sign-off was only in preparation for a relaunch as
ETC
* Etc. or et cetera, a Latin expression meaning "and the other things" or "and the rest".
ETC or etc may also refer to:
Companies and organizations
* ETC (Chilean TV channel), a Chilean cable television channel
* ETC (Philippine TV channel), a P ...
on March 2, 2011.
* December 1, 2013 - RPN was re-launched as
Solar News Channel
Solar News Channel (SNC) was a major commercial television network in the Philippines, owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation's arm television subsidiary of Solar Television Network lease with its owner by Radio Philippines Network. Its flag ...
since the following day to widen its nationwide telecast.
* August 23, 2014 - the network was re-branded as
9TV
9TV (formerly branded as Solar News Channel) was a major commercial television network in the Philippines. It was owned by Nine Media Corporation, Nine Media had an airtime agreement as the main content provider of Radio Philippines Network. 9 ...
.
* March 16, 2015 - 9TV was officially re-launched as
CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated as CNN PH) is a commercial broadcast, cable and satellite television network in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network (RPN) as the main content ...
.
RPN Cebu previously aired programs
* Bantawan sa Kinabuhi (1981, produced by Galactica Productions)
* Behind Closed Doors
* Cinehouse 9 (1971–1982)
* Faces
* Free to Choose (1982)
* God's Miracle Hour
* Isyu ug Tubag (1979–1980)
* Maayong Buntag Sugbo (1979–1980)
*
NewsWatch Cebuano Edition (1980–1988)
*
NewsWatch Central Visayas (1988–2012)
* Pan sa Kinabuhi (2000–2008)
* Question Hour (1983–1985, produced by Bulwanon Productions)
* TV Eskwela
Area of coverage
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Cebu City
Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P ...
*
Cebu Province
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...
See also
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Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network, Inc. (RPN) is a Philippine Media of the Philippines, television and radio company based in Quezon City. It is the flagship media property of Nine Media Corporation of the ALC Group of Companies; along with the Pre ...
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List of Radio Philippines Network affiliate stations
These are the nationwide via satellite-reach TV and Radio stations of the Radio Philippines Network (CNN Philippines).
RPN stations nationwide RPN owned and operated stations
List as of March 16, 2015:
Analog
Digital
RPN Affiliate statio ...
References
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Radio Philippines Network stations
Television stations in Cebu
Television channels and stations established in 1971