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"GMA-7" redirects here. For the article about the television network, see GMA Network.For the radio station, see DZBB-AM.
DZBB-TV (GMA 7) Metro Manila City of license Quezon City Branding GMA TV-7 Manila Slogan Kapuso ng Bawat Pilipino Channels Analog: 7 (VHF) Translators D-5-ZG 5 Iba, Zambales
D-5-ZB 5 Baler, Aurora
D13ZR 13 Occ. MindoroAffiliations GMA Network Owner GMA Network, Inc. Founded October 29, 1961 Call letters' meaning DZ
Bisig
Bayan (named after sister radio station DZBB)
(or BoB Stewart)Sister station(s) DZOE-TV (GMA News TV)
DZOZ-TV (ZOE TV) (affiliator for GMA News TV Channel 11)Former callsigns None Transmitter power 100.000 Watt TPO
(1,000.000 Watt ERP)Height 236.8 m (777 ft) Transmitter coordinates 14°40′12″N 121°3′0″E / 14.67°N 121.05°E Website iGMA.tv DZBB-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of Philippine television network GMA Network, Inc. Its studios are located at the GMA Network Center, at the corner of Timog Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in Quezon City. Its transmitter station is located at Barangay Culiat, Tandang Sora in Quezon City.
History
DZBB-TV traces its history to Metro Manila radio station DZBB, owned by Loreto F. de Hemedes, Inc.,[1] later renamed Republic Broadcasting System, Inc. of Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart. After the success of its radio station, the company ventured into television. On October 29, 1961, RBS Channel 7, the third television station in the Philippines, started operations with just 25 employees (other stations had 200), a surplus transmitter, two old cameras and no lighting equipment and props.
The station was always in the red and Stewart was about to give up when the program "Dancetime with Chito" became a big hit and advertising revenues rolled in. Canned programs from the United States further sustained its success.
In 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines and the station was forced to shut down. It was not until 1974 that the station went back on-air. RBS, including its TV and radio stations, were sold to a triumvirate composed of Felipe Gozon, Gilberto Duavit, Sr., and Menardo Jimenez who introduced a programming concept catering to the new audience. The new management acquired new equipment and introduced new programs, a new name, GMA (Greater Manila Area) Radio-Television Arts, and a new identity, "Where You Belong."
When democracy in the Philippines was restored in the People Power Revolution in 1986, other television stations began to air, some with their original owners. The political instability of the country also added to the station's burden, when soldiers stormed into its studios for two days in a part of coup attempt to topple then President Corazon Aquino.
On November 7, 1988, the GMA Tower of Power, the tallest man-made structure in the country at that time was inaugurated.[2] With its 100,000 Watts TV transmitter and a high-gain corner reflector antenna, GMA dramatically improved its reach and signal in Luzon. The tower's height is 777 ft (236.8 m).
In 1998, Channel 7 greatly improved its TV signal after switching on their 100,000 Watts transmitter facility in Tandang Sora, Quezon City.
References
- ^ GMA Network Corporate Information, GMANetwork.com
- ^ Pres. Aquino switched GMA-7's 'Power Tower, Manila Standard, November 7, 1988
- "GMA Turns Gold". Manila Bulletin. 2000, June 14. pp. S1-S12.
- Anastacio & Badiola. "what's the story, pinoy tv?". Archived from the original on 2005-09-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20050908073707/http://www.geocities.com/pinoytv/index.htm. Retrieved August 21, 2006.
See also
Broadcast television in the Mega Manila market VHF channels UHF channels Inactive stations Defunct stations GMA Network stations in Luzon DZBB 7 (Metro Manila) - Batangas) - DWBB 44 (Pililla, Rizal) - DWAS 5 (Laoag) - Baguio) - Mt. Amuyao, Mountain Province) - DWGD 10 (Dagupan) - DWBB 7 (Tuguegarao City, Cagayan) - Basco, Batanes) - Quirino) -
DWNS 10 (Olongapo City) - Occidental Mindoro) - Romblon) - DWAI 7 (Naga City) - Iriga City, Camarines Sur) - Legazpi City, Albay) - Masbate) - Catanduanes) - Brooke's Point, Palawan) - Coron, Palawan)See also TV5, ABS-CBN, IBC, NBN, RPN and GMA Network stations in Visayas and MindanaoChairman and CEO: Felipe Gozon · President and COO: Gilberto Duavit Jr. · Founder: Robert Stewart
Board of Directors: Anna-Teresa Gozon-Abrogar · Joel Marcelo Jimenez · Judith Vazquez · Laura Westfall · Felipe Yalong
Artemio Panganiban (independent director) · Jaime Laya (independent director) · Roberto Parel (corporate secretary)Subsidiaries RGMA Network · GMA Films · GMA Worldwide · Alta Productions Group, Inc. · GMA Artist Center · GMA Records · GMA News and Public Affairs · GMA Kapuso Foundation · GMA Marketing and Productions · New Media Inc. · Scenarios, Inc.Radio Networks Broadcast Television Networks GMA Network · GMA News TVInternational Channels GMA Pinoy TV · GMA Life TV · GMA News TV · DZBB 594 kHZ (Audio Only) · Barangay LS 97.1 FM (Audio Only)Defunct Broadcast Television Networks Productions and Affiliates Categories:- Television stations in Metro Manila
- Television channels and stations established in 1961
- GMA Network stations
- GMA Network
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