DZOZ-DTV (Light TV 33) is a UHF
digital television
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative adva ...
station of
ZOE Broadcasting Network
ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc. (ZOE TV) is a Philippine broadcast media arm of the Jesus Is Lord Church. Based in Ortigas Center, Pasig, it operates a network of television and radio stations each in Mega Manila, Puerto Princesa City, Visay ...
. DZOZ-DTV studios are located at the 22nd Floor, Strata 2000 Bldg., Emerald Ave.,
Ortigas Center, Pasig. Its transmitter is located at ZOE Compound Center, Crestview Heights Subdivision, Barangay San Roque,
Antipolo, Rizal. Light TV Channel 33 operates Mondays thru Saturdays 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM and Sundays 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Channel history
Before 2006, ZOE Broadcasting Network operated on VHF Channel 11, after being awarded from its previous owner
Delta Broadcasting System
Delta Broadcasting System, Inc. (DBS) is a media company owned by El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde. Its studios and offices at the Queensway Commercial Center Building, 118 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati. It registered at the Secu ...
in 1998. By 2005, ZOE Broadcasting agreed to lease the entire airtime of ZOE-TV Channel 11 to
Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, Inc., a subsidiary of
GMA Network, Inc., in exchange of airing programs of ZOE-TV in
GMA Network
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and an upgraded transmitter facilities for ZOE-TV on
GMA Tower of Power. However, due to increasing lease payments of GMA Network to ZOE Broadcasting which is accompanied with decreased revenues of the former, GMA/Citynet terminated its agreement by June 4, 2019, with Channel 11 shutting down on the following day. Channel 11 would again reactivated its transmitter in June 2020, and became an affiliate of
ABS-CBN
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, due to the latter's expiration of their franchise; currently airing as
A2Z Channel 11 since October 2020.
ZOE Broadcasting began its test broadcast in UHF Channel 33 in May 2006. At that time, it with its airing of job opening program ''Future Finder'' on limited broadcast hours in preparation for a relaunch of DZOZ-TV's new branding on November 27, 2006. On that day, after the series of test broadcasts, it began broadcasting, then under a blocktime agreement between ZOE and Makati-based Estima, Inc. The result of the deal was student-oriented channel UniversiTV. The channel has proven to be a hub for college and university students, catering them with evening and overnight programs every day. By that time, it operated from 4 pm to 8 am the following day, but eventually retracted its broadcast hours until 4 am during its last few months of airing. However, on March 10, 2008, UniversiTV ceased its agreement with Channel 33, possibly due to poor ratings and lack of advertisers' support. This made ZOE TV left with almost no programming to offer along with its old Station ID, though, they surprisingly aired entertainment programs in the evening and a weekday morning TeleRadyo-formatted news program under the ZTV 33 brand. UniversiTV on the other hand, was then relaunched as a Pay TV channel via satellite and cable operators, but totally ceased operations by 2010.
On March 1, 2011, (a day after the network's sister station
Channel 11 was relaunched as
GMA News TV, seen on
Channel 27 until 2021; which is now known as
GTV), Channel 33 was rebranded as Light TV 33, introducing new programs produced by ZOE, and at the same time, the network launched its flagship newscast entitled ''
News Light''. Soon, Channel 33 regained all of its programming with programs mostly dedicated to religious formats. On March 31, 2014, Light TV 33 was renamed as Light Network, launched its refreshed logo, and had a new slogan called ''"Experience Light"'', while retaining the slogan ''"Kaibigan Mo"'' (Your Friend).
On February 12, 2018, Light Network was renamed back as Light TV with its new slogan "God's Channel of Blessings". At the same time, the channel started live broadcasts of
JIL Worship Services during Sunday mornings (simulcast via A2Z Channel 11 since November 1, 2020) and Jesus the Healer Friday Night Healing Services.
On March 4, 2019, Light TV has launched the new radio-on-television format show Light TV Radio which aired Daylight Devotions, News Light sa Umaga, and Bangon na Pilipinas. Then followed by the Edge TV. These programs are streamed online via Light TV Facebook Page, and simulcast on
DZJV 1458 kHz in Laguna and
DWZB 91.1 FM in Palawan, while Edge TV is also streamed online through their Facebook page. But on October 5, 2019, since UCAPehan has successfully launch on Light TV, the station signs on at 9:00 am every Saturday, but on January 4, 2020, it retracted its Saturday hours of operations from 12:00nn to 11:00pm, a week after the last airing of UCAPehan on December 28, 2019.
Digital television
Digital channels
DZOZ-TV operates on UHF Channel 33 (587.143 MHz), and is multiplexed into the following subchannels:
Analog-to-digital conversion
On March 1, 2017, Light Network became the first television network in the country to abandon analog transmissions and migrated to digital television.
The night before, network chief engineer Antonio Soriano permanently ceased Channel 33's analog signal, triggering the country's shift to all-digital television. The station then
flash-cut the digital signal to the abandoned analog channel for post-transition operations. However, the arrangement had ended, when the management decided to reactivate its old
flagship station, Channel 11 (currently as
A2Z Channel 11), one year after
GMA News TV (now
GTV) left the frequency and moved to
UHF 27.
Areas of coverage
Primary areas
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Metro Manila
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Cavite
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Rizal
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Laguna
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Bulacan
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Secondary areas
* Portion of
Bataan
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* Portion of
Pampanga
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* Portion of
Nueva Ecija
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See also
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ZOE Broadcasting Network
ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc. (ZOE TV) is a Philippine broadcast media arm of the Jesus Is Lord Church. Based in Ortigas Center, Pasig, it operates a network of television and radio stations each in Mega Manila, Puerto Princesa City, Visay ...
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DZOE-TV
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A2Z
References
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ZOE Broadcasting Network
Digital television stations in the Philippines
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Television stations in Metro Manila