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. It serves as the new transmitter facility for flagship stations

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, with broadcast licenses owned by the stations founder

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History

In July 2013, BMPI Chairman and CEO

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announced the network's plan of upgrading its facilities, in preparation for its transition from analog to the Japanese

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digital system. The construction of the new transmitter began in early 2013, completed before the end of the year and became fully operational in January 2014. Upon the launch, the tower replaced its old transmitter under a lease agreement at Crestview Subdivision in Antipolo, Rizal since 2001. In July 2014, when BMPI took over the management of PBC's 107.5, DWNU also shifted its transmitter to the UNTV Tower.

Features

Transmitter

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. The tower uses highly efficient SyES complete antenna system (COEL brand) to produce a wide coverage of UHF analog and digital TV reception in

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TPO in UHF 37 (analog) and up to a maximum of 10,000-watt TPO in UHF 38 (digital). It serves as the originating transmitter for its relay stations in the provinces. On October 2, 2014, UNTV began its simulcast test broadcast on UHF channel 38 (617.143 MHz) with two standard definition (SD) channels, one high-definition (HD) channel and one

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channel. UNTV's low-powered DTV test broadcast can be received in Metro Manila and nearby provinces using ISDB-T set top boxes, LED TV sets and mobile devices with built-in ISDB-T tuners. In a DTV signal testhttp://www.starmobile.ph/blog/starmobile-concludes-metro-manila-dtv-signal-testing/ conducted by Starmobile last April 2015, UNTV was present in eight out of 14 locations in Metro Manila with decent signal strength of three (3) up to the maximum of four (4) signal bars. For FM, BMPI transferred the 25-kilowatt Nautel NV30 FM transmitter, acquired in 2010 by PBC for its former partnership with ZimZam Management of Mr. Manuelito Luzon, from Crestview Subdivision to Emerald Hills when it acquired the operations of 107.5 FM in 2014. Win Radio meanwhile transferred its Manila station to

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91.5 FM, which transmits programs to an in-house facility at the Summit One Tower in Mandaluyong. Wish FM initially suffered a poor signal reception during its grand launching but later on, it dramatically improved its signal reception in

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after a series of technical adjustments on its transmission settings. The transmitter is being controlled from UNTV headquarters in Quezon City via studio/transmitter link (STL) facility.

Transmitter facility

A concrete transmitter control room was built on the ground beneath the tower. It houses the transmitter equipment for UNTV, Truth Channel and Wish FM, power supply, cooling system and backup generator sets. The site also has satellite uplink and downlink facility inside the compound.

References

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History

Features

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