DWCP-TV

DWCP-TV
Metro Manila
City Mandaluyong City
Branding ETC TV-21 Manila
Slogan Take it. Own it. Flaunt it.
#feistierETC
Channels Analog: 21 (UHF)
Digital: 22/30 (UHF) (ISDB-T) (test broadcast)
Virtual: 22.02(LCN)
Affiliations ETC
Owner Southern Broadcasting Network
(an subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation)
Founded May 30, 1992 (1992-05-30)
Transmitter power (TPO:60 KW) (ERP:500 KW/Max ERP:1500 KW)
Website etc.com.ph

DWCP-TV, channel 21 is a television station owned by Southern Broadcasting Network, a subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation, and is currently the flagship station of Philippine television network ETC. Its studios are located at the Third Floor Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard corner EDSA, Mandaluyong City, with transmitter facilities located at the Solar Entertainment Complex along Nuestra Señora de la Paz Subdivision, Barangay Sta. Cruz, Antipolo City, Rizal.[1] SBN-21 became the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila that broadcast in May 1992 and formerly known as World TV 21. It broadcasts daily from 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM on both analog and digital signals.

History

Southern Broadcasting Network of Davao launched SBN Channel 21, the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila since 1992. It was then known as World TV 21 by Kampana Television Corporation, which provided programming content from ABC, CNN and ESPN on this channel then. The idea is to bring back programming similar to the forcibly shut-down FEN Channel 17 of the former Clark US Air Base a year earlier due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.

Beginning on January 1, 2008, Solar Entertainment began to lease airtime on SBN, choosing to broadcast programming from its entertainment channel ETC.[2] This partnership ended in March 2, 2011, as Solar transferred ETC to RPN. As a result, SBN renewed partnership with Solar Entertainment to create the news network Talk TV. On October 30, 2012, the channel was renamed as the Solar News Channel.

On December 1, 2013, SNC's programming was moved to RPN for wider national coverage, with ETC returned to SBN a day before.

In 2015, SBN ceased using its old analog transmitter tower in 22/F Strata 2000, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center in Pasig City (which was obvious to consider even after Solar's purchase of SBN due to the old Sign-on and Sign-off sequences) and began using its newly constructed tower located near Nuestra Señora de la Paz Subdivision, Bo. Sta. Cruz, Antipolo City province of Rizal (a Solar-owned facility) for a clearer and better signal reception as well as broadcasting SBN and RJTV in the analog and digital signals.

Coverage areas

Digital television

SBN launches its digital television broadcast in 2015. Solar Entertainment supplies its DTV channels through the new platform. For unknown reasons, the transmitter's encryption system was activated throughout its run, making two of the station's subchannels receivable only on set-top boxes with this capability. The technical issue was fixed by September 25, 2017.

Digital channels

DWCP-TV operates on UHF Channel 22 (521.143 MHz).

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming Note
22.02480i4:3ETCETCTest Broadcast
22.09Shop TVShop TV

In addition, Solar operates its secondary channel on UHF Channel 30 (569.143 MHz).

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming Note
30.08480i4:3ReservedEasy TV promotional channelTest Broadcast

See also

References

  1. ↑ TV Stations in the Philippines
  2. ↑ ETC Available on SBN 21
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