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{{Infobox broadcasting network|
network_name = ''Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation<br />(City 2 Television)'' |
| network_name = Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation<br />(City 2 Television)
network_logo = ] |
| network_logo = City2 Television 1981.svg
country = {{flagicon|Philippines}} ] |
| country = ]
network_type = ] ] |
| network_type = ] ] and ]
available = Defunct |
| available = Defunct
owner = Salvador Tan, Roberto Benedicto |
key_people = ] | | owner = ]
| key_people = ], Salvador Tan, ]
launch_date = November 1973 |
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1973|11|4}}<br />(initial)<br />{{start date and age|1996}}<br />(radio under the management of Asia Pacific News and Features)
closure_date = July 15, 1986 |
| dissolved = {{End date and age|1986|7|15}}<br />(radio)<br />{{End date and age|1986|9|7}}<br />(television)
| replaced = ]<br>DZAQ-TV<br>DZXL-TV <small>(1st iteration, ])</small>
| replaced_by = ]<br> ] <small>(2nd iteration, ])</small>
}} }}


'''Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation''' was a ] television network that started its operations in November 1973. Upon its opening, the network operated the ] owned by ], which was then shut down after the declaration of Martial Law, and changed the station's call sign from DZAQ-TV to DWWX-TV (which is still in use today even after the station was returned to ABS-CBN). The '''Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation''' ('''BBC''') was a Philippine television network that began operations on November 4, 1973, and ceased transmission on September 7, 1986.

The network was well-remembered for its theme song, "Big Beautiful Country", composed by ] and sung by Chan with ], ], Alice Bell and Nonong Pedero.


==History== ==History==
Following the ] in September 1972, ]'s frequencies and facilities were seized by the government.
BBC originally operated out of the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center on Sgt. Esguerra (formerly Bohol) Avenue in Quezon City. Roberto Benedicto, a crony of former President ] and owner of ] (alternately known at that time as Kanlaon Broadcasting System), took over the broadcast facility after the KBS Studios at Roxas Boulevard in Pasay (which were, incidentally, sold to them by ABS-CBN in 1969) were destroyed by fire in June 1973, a few months before BBC went on the air. In 1976, BBC, RPN and another Benedicto-owned network, ] (which originally aired from San Juan), transferred to the Broadcast City compound in Old Balara, Quezon City, leaving ] (also formerly owned by ABS-CBN, but was taken over and reopened by the government as ] in 1974) at the ABS-CBN compound, then renamed Broadcast Plaza.


In June 1973, ], a ] of then-] ] and owner of the ] (KBS), took over the ABS-CBN frequencies and facilities in Quezon City. Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation was established to take over DZAQ-TV 2. Upon commencement of operations, the callsign DZAQ-TV 2 was changed to ] (BBC-2), complementing its new sister radio stations ] FM and ] AM. DZXL-TV 4 was appropriated to the Philippine government to become ] (GTV-4) in 1974. Both stations as well as KBS' ] (later RPN-9) shared the use of the ] (renamed Broadcast Plaza during the Martial Law era).
In December 1973, the network also operated ] in Cebu and ] in Bacolod, both of which were also originally owned by ABS-CBN. However, their call signs were also changed to DYCW-TV and DYBW-TV, respectively. The Cebu and Bacolod stations switched affiliations to GTV-4 (later MBS) in 1978 (and reverted to their former call letters), and were finally returned to ABS-CBN in 1986.


By December 1973, the network also operated ] in ] and ] in ], both originally owned by ABS-CBN. Their call signs were also changed to DYCW-TV and DYBW-TV, respectively. The Cebu and Bacolod stations switched affiliations to GTV (Government Television; later the Maharlika Broadcasting System) in 1978 and reverted to their original call letters respectively.
BBC-2 was rebranded as City 2 Television from 1980 to 1984, and rebranded again as BBC-2 with a different logo during its last years of broadcast before the People Power EDSA Revolution. After Corazon Aquino became Philippine president in 1986, BBC was shut down after being sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government or PCGG, due to its part in the Marcos regime. Channel 2, which was vacant from February 25, was given back to the ABS-CBN network on July 16, 1986.


In 1978, BBC-2 and RPN-9 would relocate from Broadcast Plaza to Benedicto's new ] complex, along with ] (]) (originally from ]) which was also controlled by Benedicto. GTV-4 would remain in Broadcast Plaza and became MBS-4 (Maharlika Broadcasting System) in 1980.
The network was well-remembered for its trademark jingle, "Big, Beautiful Country", composed by ].


BBC-2 was rebranded as City 2 Television from 1980 to 1984 when it reverted back to BBC-2. City 2 was the first in the Philippines to incorporate computer-generated graphics using the ] system for its station identity and promo spots, followed only by RPN in 1981. Beginning in 1983, BBC-2 trailblazed another first, as it became the first-ever television network to broadcast 24 hours every Fridays and Saturdays.
==Programming (Local)==

*]
At the height of the ] in 1986, the operations of the Benedicto networks were halted after reformist soldiers disabled the transmitter that was broadcasting Marcos' inauguration from ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stuartxchange.com/DayFour.html|title=Day Four (EDSA: The Original People Power Revolution by Angela Stuart-Santiago)|website=StuartXchange}}</ref> Upon ]'s subsequent accession to the presidency, BBC, RPN, IBC and the Broadcast City complex were sequestered by the ] and placed under the management of a Board of Administrators tasked to operate and manage its business and affairs subject to the control and supervision of ].<ref name="EO11">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1986/04/08/executive-order-no-11-s-1986/|title=Executive Order No. 11, series 1986|work=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|date=April 8, 1986|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>
*2 Plus 2

*] (retitled "City 2 Balita Nationwide" after the "City 2" rebranding)
BBC shut down its operations on March 20, 1986, due to the sequestration of the facilities.<ref name="EO11"/> BBC returned its operation in April 1986.<ref name="EO11"/> The ] approved the return of the network's flagship station Channel 2 and a portion of the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center to the Lopezes in June 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1989/oct1989/gr_78389_1989.html|title = G.R. No. 78389}}</ref> The Lopez family continued to own ABS-CBN during the Marcos regime and all lease arrangements it entered into with the Philippine government and the Benedicto group for the use of its frequencies and facilities were never entirely recovered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/06/18/20/ruthless-people-how-marcos-and-his-cronies-took-abs-cbn-from-the-lopezes|title=Ruthless people: How Marcos and his cronies took ABS-CBN from the Lopezes|date=June 18, 2020|website=ABS-CBN News}}</ref> Despite the handover of ownership, DWWX-TV continued to be used as the callsign of the network's flagship station in ]. BBC shut down its radio operations on July 15, 1986. Later, BBC shut down its television operations on September 7, 1986.
*]
== Logo Evolution ==
*The Big, Big Show
=== BBC-2 Metro Manila era ===
*]
<gallery>
*Dos Por Dos
Bbc2logo 1984.svg|1973-1977
*]
BBC2 Philippines 1977.svg|1977-1978
*]
BBC2Phils.svg|1978-1981
*]
</gallery>
*]

*Eliza
=== City2 Television era ===
*]
<gallery>
*]
City2 Television 1981.svg|1981-1986
*Kiddie Pow!
City2 1985.svg|1985-1986
*]
</gallery>
*Ariel con Tina

*Odyssey 2
==Programming==
*]
{{main article|List of programs broadcast by Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation}}
*Ladies and Gentlemen...

*Buhok-Pinoy
==Television stations==
*JQ on Cue
* ] - Metro Manila. The frequency was awarded to ] from 1986 to 2020. Now known as ] (]) since 2022.
*Karnabal Dos
* ] - Baguio. Now known as PTV Cordillera (Baguio).
*Blu
* ] - Cebu. Now known as PTV Cebu.
*]
* ] - Zamboanga. Now known as GMA Zamboanga.
*]
* ] - Cagayan de Oro. Now known as IBC Cagayan de Oro.
*Broadcast Campus
* DXMC-TV 12 - Cotabato. Now known as GMA Cotabato.
*]
* ] - General Santos. Now known as TV5 General Santos.
*Ilaw ng Tahanan
* ]- Davao. Now known as RPN Davao.
*Tang-tarang-tang
*]
*]
*Banana Sundae


==Radio stations== ==Radio stations==
*] - Metro Manila (call letters changed to DWAN and later owned by ]; now under the management of ]) *] - Metro Manila. Call letters were changed to DWAN; it was later owned by ] and then under the management of ]. The station was re-acquired by IBC in 2024.
*] - Metro Manila (frequency given to ] in 1986, currently known as Tambayan 101.9) *] - Metro Manila. The frequency was awarded to ] from 1986 until its ] due to its expired broadcast franchise and its denial last July 10, 2020.
*DWLW 675 - Laoag
*DWBW 740 - Baguio<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=The Philippines - A Country Profile |url=https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNAAK322.pdf |publisher=Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220044746/https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNAAK322.pdf |archive-date=December 20, 2023 |location=Washington, D.C. |date=August 1979 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*DWDW 1017 - Dagupan
*DWNW 756 - Naga
*DWGW 684 - Legazpi
*DYBQ 870 - Bacolod<ref name=":0" />
*] - Cebu. Now known as DYMR Radyo Pilipinas 576 Cebu.<ref name=":0" />
*DXCT 690 - Cagayan de Oro
*DXWW 640 - South Cotabato<ref name=":0" />


==See also== ==See also==
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==References== ==References==
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==External links==
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Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
(City 2 Television)
TypeBroadcast radio and television network
CountryPhilippines
AvailabilityDefunct
OwnerRoberto Benedicto
Key peopleRoberto Benedicto, Salvador Tan, Peter Musñgi
Launch dateNovember 4, 1973; 51 years ago (1973-11-04)
(initial)
1996; 29 years ago (1996)
(radio under the management of Asia Pacific News and Features)
DissolvedJuly 15, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-07-15)
(radio)
September 7, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-09-07)
(television)
ReplacedABS-CBN
DZAQ-TV
DZXL-TV (1st iteration, pre-martial law)
Replaced byABS-CBN
DWWX-TV (2nd iteration, post-martial law)

The Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was a Philippine television network that began operations on November 4, 1973, and ceased transmission on September 7, 1986.

The network was well-remembered for its theme song, "Big Beautiful Country", composed by José Mari Chan and sung by Chan with Basil Valdez, Tillie Moreno, Alice Bell and Nonong Pedero.

History

Following the declaration of Martial Law in September 1972, ABS-CBN Corporation's frequencies and facilities were seized by the government.

In June 1973, Roberto Benedicto, a crony of then-President Ferdinand Marcos and owner of the Kanlaon Broadcasting System (KBS), took over the ABS-CBN frequencies and facilities in Quezon City. Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation was established to take over DZAQ-TV 2. Upon commencement of operations, the callsign DZAQ-TV 2 was changed to DWWX-TV 2 (BBC-2), complementing its new sister radio stations DWWK 101.9 FM and DWWA 1160 AM. DZXL-TV 4 was appropriated to the Philippine government to become DWGT-TV 4 (GTV-4) in 1974. Both stations as well as KBS' DZKB-TV 9 (later RPN-9) shared the use of the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center (renamed Broadcast Plaza during the Martial Law era).

By December 1973, the network also operated DYCB-TV 3 in Cebu and DYXL-TV 4 in Bacolod, both originally owned by ABS-CBN. Their call signs were also changed to DYCW-TV and DYBW-TV, respectively. The Cebu and Bacolod stations switched affiliations to GTV (Government Television; later the Maharlika Broadcasting System) in 1978 and reverted to their original call letters respectively.

In 1978, BBC-2 and RPN-9 would relocate from Broadcast Plaza to Benedicto's new Broadcast City complex, along with IBC-13 (Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation) (originally from San Juan) which was also controlled by Benedicto. GTV-4 would remain in Broadcast Plaza and became MBS-4 (Maharlika Broadcasting System) in 1980.

BBC-2 was rebranded as City 2 Television from 1980 to 1984 when it reverted back to BBC-2. City 2 was the first in the Philippines to incorporate computer-generated graphics using the Scanimate system for its station identity and promo spots, followed only by RPN in 1981. Beginning in 1983, BBC-2 trailblazed another first, as it became the first-ever television network to broadcast 24 hours every Fridays and Saturdays.

At the height of the People Power Revolution in 1986, the operations of the Benedicto networks were halted after reformist soldiers disabled the transmitter that was broadcasting Marcos' inauguration from Malacañang Palace. Upon Corazón C. Aquino's subsequent accession to the presidency, BBC, RPN, IBC and the Broadcast City complex were sequestered by the new government and placed under the management of a Board of Administrators tasked to operate and manage its business and affairs subject to the control and supervision of Presidential Commission on Good Government.

BBC shut down its operations on March 20, 1986, due to the sequestration of the facilities. BBC returned its operation in April 1986. The Presidential Commission on Good Government approved the return of the network's flagship station Channel 2 and a portion of the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center to the Lopezes in June 1986. The Lopez family continued to own ABS-CBN during the Marcos regime and all lease arrangements it entered into with the Philippine government and the Benedicto group for the use of its frequencies and facilities were never entirely recovered. Despite the handover of ownership, DWWX-TV continued to be used as the callsign of the network's flagship station in Metro Manila. BBC shut down its radio operations on July 15, 1986. Later, BBC shut down its television operations on September 7, 1986.

Logo Evolution

BBC-2 Metro Manila era

  • 1973-1977 1973-1977
  • 1977-1978 1977-1978
  • 1978-1981 1978-1981

City2 Television era

  • 1981-1986 1981-1986
  • 1985-1986 1985-1986

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation

Television stations

  • DWWX-TV 2 - Metro Manila. The frequency was awarded to ABS-CBN Corporation from 1986 to 2020. Now known as All TV (DZMV-TV) since 2022.
  • D-8-XM-TV 8 - Baguio. Now known as PTV Cordillera (Baguio).
  • DYCW-TV 11 - Cebu. Now known as PTV Cebu.
  • DXLA-TV 9 - Zamboanga. Now known as GMA Zamboanga.
  • DXCC-TV 10 - Cagayan de Oro. Now known as IBC Cagayan de Oro.
  • DXMC-TV 12 - Cotabato. Now known as GMA Cotabato.
  • DXER-TV 12 - General Santos. Now known as TV5 General Santos.
  • DXWW-TV 9- Davao. Now known as RPN Davao.

Radio stations

See also

References

  1. "Day Four (EDSA: The Original People Power Revolution by Angela Stuart-Santiago)". StuartXchange.
  2. ^ "Executive Order No. 11, series 1986". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. April 8, 1986. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. "G.R. No. 78389".
  4. "Ruthless people: How Marcos and his cronies took ABS-CBN from the Lopezes". ABS-CBN News. June 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Philippines - A Country Profile" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. August 1979. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 20, 2023.

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