Broadcast City

Broadcast City
General information
Type	Radio studio Television studio
Address	Capitol Hills, Old Balara
Town or city	Quezon City
Country	Philippines
Construction started	1970
Completed	1976
Inaugurated	1978
Renovated	2013
Demolished	2020[citation needed]
Owner	Roberto Benedicto (1978-1986) Government of the Philippines (1986-2018)

Broadcast City was the headquarters and broadcast complex of the television and radio networks owned by Roberto Benedicto, namely - Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Radio Philippines Network (RPN) and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC). It was located at Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and served as the three network's main television and radio production center and main transmission facility. It was inaugurated in July 1978 and was the most modern broadcast facility at that time.

After the 1986 People Power Revolution toppled the government of Ferdinand Marcos, Broadcast City and the three networks 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 (PCGG).^[1]

BBC ended its operations on March 20, 1986, and its radio (101.9 FM) and television frequencies and one frequency from RPN (630 AM) were awarded back to ABS-CBN in July 1986.

In 2011, IBC entered into a joint venture agreement with Prime Realty, an affiliate of R-II Builders Group of Reghis Romero Jr. The agreement called for the development of 3.5 hectares of Broadcast City.^[2]

In October 2012, RPN's news and sales department were disbanded by Solar TV Network (which acquired a 34% controlling stake in the network since 2011) and discontinued use of the Broadcast City facilities in favour of its modern facilities in Mandaluyong.

IBC has discontinued the use of Broadcast City since December 2018. Broadcast City was demolished on 2020 to give way for the Larossa Condominium project of Primehomes Real Estate Development Inc.^{[citation needed]}

Television and Radio stations located in Broadcast City

BBC/City 2

• DWWX-TV 2 - Frequency returned to ABS-CBN Corporation in 1986 as ABS-CBN. Now known as All TV.
• DWWA 1160/DWAN 1206 - Defunct in 2010. Later re-acquired by IBC
• DWWK/DWOK-FM 101.9 - Frequency returned to ABS-CBN Corporation in 1986.

RPN

• DZKB-TV 9
• DWWW 630 - Frequency returned to ABS-CBN Corporation in 1986 as DZMM. Now known as DWPM.^[3]

IBC

• DZTV-TV 13
• DWKW 1280/DZTV-AM 1386 - Defunct in 1999.
• 89 DMZ (Danz Music Zone) - Sold in 2001 to Blockbuster Broadcasting System. Now known as AWR 89.1.

References

See also

• Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
• Radio Philippines Network
• Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

14°39′53″N 121°04′39″E / 14.664765°N 121.077543°E / 14.664765; 121.077543

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