DWTE-TV
Appearance
Channels | |
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Branding | 5 Laoag |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 5 (O&O) |
Ownership | |
Owner | TV5 Network, Inc. |
D___-TV 43 (One Sports) | |
History | |
Founded | 1972 |
KBS/RPN (1972-1995) | |
Call sign meaning | DW Tan Edward (former owner, deceased) |
Technical information | |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 18°12′39″N 120°33′28.5″E / 18.21083°N 120.557917°E |
Links | |
Website | www.tv5.com.ph |
DWTE-TV, channel 2, is a television station of Philippine television network 5. Its studio and transmitter are located at Talingaan Street, Barangay 31, Laoag City.
History
- 1972 - DWTE-TV channel 2 was launched by Kanlaon Broadcasting System during the Martial Law period, and in 1975, KBS was formally re-launch as RPN, the acronym for its franchise name, Radio Philippines Network.
- January 25, 1997 - Associated Broadcasting Company opened its TV station ABC Channel 2 Laoag as an relay (satellite-selling) station of ABC-5 Manila, with the inaugurated its studio and transmitter complex in Talingaan Street, Barangay 31, Laoag City.
- August 8, 2008 - The station aired a countdown to its re-launch for much of the next day until 19:00 PHT, when the network officially re-launched under its new name of TV5.
- February 17, 2018 - as the recent changes within the network and in celebration of its 10th anniversary, TV5 Laoag was relaunched as The 5 Network Laoag with a new logo and station ID entitled Get It on 5 whereas the TV on the northeastern quadrant of the logo has been dropped, making it more flexible for the other divisions to use it as part of their own identity.
- January 13, 2019 - 5 Laoag introduced a variation of the current numerical 5 logo, similar to the newly network, 5 Plus.
See also