Palawan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) is a
Philippine
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
media network. Its corporate office is located in
Puerto Princesa
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History
PBC was established in 1965 by Ramon Oliveros (Ray Oliver) Decolongon. It launched DYPR, the first local radio station to serve the island of
Palawan
Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...
.
The station faced many difficulties in its early years. Although Palawan could receive some broadcasts from
Manila
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and neighbouring
Visayan
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islands, radio ownership among the 20,000-strong population was not high. The Tinio Electric Plant provided electricity only from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and to less than half the population. Then, in 1966, Decolongon was killed in a plane crash: his father, Emilio Decolongon, took over as company president.
In September 1972,
martial law
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Use
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was declared throughout the Philippines and all broadcasting stations were shut down, but DYPR was able to reopen fairly quickly after making its case as a provider of essential services. The station had become a part of the communications of the island, broadcasting urgent personal messages—known as ''Panawagans''—as a free service to the community. , radio broadcast languages include
Tagalog and
Ilocano, and DYPR is affiliated to Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. (RMN).
In 1986, PBC began television broadcasts. The station has been affiliated with
ABS-CBN
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, which provides some television content until the
National Telecommunications Commission
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issued a
cease and desist order
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after the latter failed to obtain a franchise from the
Philippine Congress
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on May 5, 2020.
On March 9, 2021, PBC President Lourdes Ilustre, who was also dubbed as the 'Mother of Broadcast in Palawan,' announced the relaunch of DYPR through a daily newscast program in one local station as a starter. It currently supplied news content and produces morning and afternoon news programs from Monday to Friday initially on
DWIZ Palawan of
Aliw Broadcasting Corporation
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from April 2021 to January 2022 and on
One FM Palawan of Radio Corporation of the Philippines from January 2022.
PBC Stations
TV stations
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TV-7 Puerto Princesa
Translators:
* DYEP-TV 10 Sofronio Española, Palawan
''Cable TV Stations in Palawan:''
*Calamianes Cable Television, Inc. -
Coron, Palawan
Coron, officially the Municipality of Coron ( tgl, Bayan ng Coron), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,855 people.
The main population center of the muni ...
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Cignal Digital TV
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Cignal's prepaid electronic ...
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Palawan
Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...
*Culion CATV Services, Inc. -
Culion, Palawan
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Culion consists primarily of Culion ...
*Cuyo Cable TV Corporation -
Cuyo, Palawan
Cuyo, officially the Municipality of Cuyo ( cyo, Banwa 'ang Cuyo, tgl, Bayan ng Cuyo), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,489 people.
Its territory incl ...
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Destiny Cable
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Puerto Princesa City
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Dream Satellite TV
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Broadcasting from the Dream Broadcast Center located at the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga. Content is rec ...
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Palawan
Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...
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Puerto Princesa City
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*Puerto Princesa CATV, Inc. -
Puerto Princesa City
Puerto Princesa, officially the City of Puerto Princesa ( Cuyonon: ''Siyudad i'ang Puerto Princesa''; fil, Lungsod ng Puerto Princesa), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 censu ...
*Roxas Cable Television, Inc. -
Roxas, Palawan
Roxas, officially the Municipality of Roxas ( tgl, Bayan ng Roxas), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 69,624 people.
Roxas was created under Republic Act No ...
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Sky Direct
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Palawan
Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...
*Taytay CATV Service -
Taytay, Palawan
Taytay, officially the Municipality of Taytay ( tgl, Bayan ng Taytay ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 83,357 people.
Since 2002, its Cathedral of St ...
*Treasure Cable Television, Inc. -
Cuyo, Palawan
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Its territory incl ...
*Vinta Cable Services -
Brooke's Point, Palawan
Brooke's Point, officially the Municipality of Brooke's Point ( tgl, Bayan ng Brooke's Point), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 73,994 people.
It is named ...
*Vinta Cable Services -
Narra, Palawan
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Besides spelling out the local name for ...
Radio stations
Former Stations
References
Further reading
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