Palawan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) is a

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media network. Its corporate office is located in

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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 t ...

. The station faced many difficulties in its early years. Although Palawan could receive some broadcasts from

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and neighbouring Visayan 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,

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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

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and Ilocano, and DYPR is affiliated to Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. (RMN). In 1986, PBC began television broadcasts. The station has been affiliated with

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, which provides some television content until the

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issued a

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after the latter failed to obtain a franchise from the Philippine Congress 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

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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

* 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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*Culion CATV Services, Inc. -

Culion, Palawan Culion, officially the Municipality of Culion ( tgl, Bayan ng Culion), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,213 people. 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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*Palawan Cable Television Corporation -

*Puerto Princesa CATV, Inc. -

*Roxas Cable Television, Inc. - Roxas, Palawan *

Sky Direct Sky Direct was a direct-broadcast satellite subscription television service in the Philippines owned and operated by Sky, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN. Sky Cable had been eyeing for a DBS service and considered on acquiring Dream Satellite TV from A ...

*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 ...

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*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 n ...

*Vinta Cable Services -

Narra, Palawan Narra, officially the Municipality of Narra ( tgl, Bayan ng Narra), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,948 people. Besides spelling out the local name for ...

History

PBC Stations

TV stations

Radio stations

Former Stations

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