DYPT-TV

DYPT-TV (PTV-11 Cebu)

"Ang Pambansang TV sa Bagong Pilipinas"
CityCebu City
Channels
BrandingPTV-11 Cebu/PTV-11 Central Visayas
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerPeople's Television Network, Inc.
History
FoundedSeptember 11, 1963 (1963-09-11)
August 29, 2015 (2015-08-29)
Former call signs
DYMT-TV (1963-1972)
DYCW-TV (1973-1986)
As GTV/MBS:
DYCB-TV (1978-1986)
Former channel number(s)
As GTV/MBS:
3 (1978-1988)
Associated Broadcasting Corporation (1963-1972)
BBC (1973-1986)
Call sign meaning
DY
People's
Television
Technical information
Licensing authority
NTC
PowerAnalog: 10 kW
Digital: 1 kW
ERPAnalog: 30 kW
Transmitter coordinates10°21′50.6″N 123°51′17.4″E / 10.364056°N 123.854833°E / 10.364056; 123.854833
Links
Websitewww.ptni.gov.ph
ptv11cebu.weebly.com

DYPT-TV (channel 11) is a television station in Metro Cebu, Philippines, serving as the Visayas flagship of the government-owned People's Television Network. The station maintains hybrid analog/digital transmitting facility at Sitio Babag, Brgy. Busay, Cebu City.[1]

The station is currently planning to upgrade to an originating station in the future after the Visayas Media Hub in Mandaue City will be completed in 2025.

History

  • September 11, 1963 - PTV began broadcasting in Cebu on Channel 11, a frequency originally owned by Associated Broadcasting Corporation (now TV5 Network, Inc.) under the call sign DYMT-TV, until operations ceased following the declaration of Martial Law by President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972.
  • February 2, 1974 - During the Martial Law era, the station resumed operations as DYGT-TV and became an owned-and-operated outlet of the National Media Production Center, broadcasting as Government Television (GTV). Initially overseen by Lito Gorospe and later by then-Press Secretary Francisco Tatad, it marked the establishment of the first television station in Central Visayas.
  • 1978 - DYGT-TV later switched its network affiliation to the Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation and adopted a new call sign, DYCW-TV. In the same year, Government Television (GTV) was transferred to Channel 3 under the call sign DYCB-TV, and was subsequently rebranded as the Maharlika Broadcasting System (MBS) in 1980.
  • February 24, 1986 - The station was officially rebranded as People's Television (PTV).
  • 1988 - PTV eventually returned to Channel 11 after Channel 3 was taken over by ABS-CBN, adopting the new call sign DYPT-TV. At the time, its studios were housed in the former NMPC building along A.C. Cortes Avenue in Mandaue, which was later demolished in 2011.
  • January 15, 2011 - The station temporarily ceased broadcasting to undergo facility upgrades.
  • August 29, 2015 - After four years of silence in the region, PTV-11 Cebu resumed operations with a brand-new 10,000-watt transmitter from Advanced Broadcasting Electronics (ABE) Elettronica of Italy, paired with a 250-foot transmission tower located in Sitio Babag, Barangay Busay, Cebu City. The relaunch coincided with the hosting of the APEC Summit in the city.[2]
  • June 1, 2018 - PTV Cebu started its ISDB-T digital test broadcasts on UHF Channel 42.
  • December 16, 2021 - PTV Cebu went off the air for the second time after Typhoon Rai (Odette) struck Cebu, Bohol, and Leyte, damaging the station’s transmitter.
  • January 2022 - The station resumed broadcasting once power was restored in Barangay Babag.

Digital television

Digital channels

DYPT-TV broadcast its digital signal on UHF Channel 42 (641.143 MHz) and is multiplexed into the following subchannels:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming Note
11.01 1080i 16:9 PTV HD1 PTV Cebu (Main DYPT-TV programming) Test Broadcast (1 kW)
11.02 480i PTV HD2 PTV Sports
11.03 PTV SD3 Test Feed
11.04 240p 4:3 PTV 1seg PTV 1seg

Areas of coverage

Primary areas

Secondary areas

See also

References

  1. ^ "NTC Region 7 Radio and TV Broadcast Station". region7.ntc.gov.ph. September 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "PTV 11 Cebu back on air". Philippine Information Agency. September 4, 2015. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.