DXEC-TV

DXEC-TV

Cagayan de Oro
Branding	ABS-CBN TV-2 Cagayan de Oro
Slogan	In the Service of the Filipino
Channels	Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 22/40 (UHF) (ISDB-T) (test broadcast) Virtual: 11.16 (LCN)
Subchannels	See list
Translators	(see article)
Affiliations	ABS-CBN
Owner	ABS-CBN Corporation
Founded	1968
Sister station(s)	DXCE-TV (ABS-CBN) DXCO-TV (S+A)
Former channel number(s)	Digital: 24 (UHF) (2016-2018)
Former affiliations	IBC (1973–1986)
Transmitter power	30 kW ERP
Website	www.abs-cbn.com

DXEC-TV (ABS-CBN Cagayan de Oro) is the sister station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios and transmitter (with an ERP of 60 kilowatt) are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, Macapagal Drive (formerly Greenhills Road), Barangay Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City. It is the third largest ABS-CBN station in Mindanao after Davao and General Santos.

History

• 1968 – DXEC-TV Channel 2, the first television station in Northern Mindanao, was launched by ABS-CBN.
• 1973 – During the declaration of Martial law by then-president Ferdinand Marcos, and takeover ABS-CBN by his crony Roberto Benedicto, DXEC-TV was shut down and relaunched as the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation.
• 1986 – DXEC-TV channel 2, reopened under ABS-CBN, its original network.
• July 8, 1989 – DXEC-TV offically debuted its Star Network ident with a gold tri-ribbon channel 2 with a star at the tail, following the lead of the national flagship channel of the same name in Manila alongside other regional stations such as Channel 3 (DYCB-TV in Cebu and D-3-ZO-TV, now DZRR-TV in Baguio) and Channel 4 (DYXL-TV in Bacolod and DXAS-TV in Davao). With the later change to a red-green-blue version, the ident also served as a reminder of the station's broadcast of local and national programming via satellite relay to viewers in Region 10.
• May 1, 1995 – TV Patrol Northern Mindanao becomes the station's flagship newscast.
• May 27, 2016 - ABS-CBN Cagayan de Oro started its ISDB-T digital broadcast for the launching of ABS-CBN TV Plus in Cagayan de Oro.
• July 2, 2018 - TV Patrol North Mindanao was relaunched, which expands the entire Caraga region carried over the Butuan-based relay TV station (TV-11 Butuan) replacing TV Patrol Caraga.

ABS-CBN TV-2 Cagayan de Oro programs

• TV Patrol North Mindanao
• Pamahaw Espesyal
• Higalaay Festival (yearly)

Previously aired programs

• Agri Tayo Dito
• Arangkada
• Chuy
• Halo-Halo Sunday Special
• Kapamilya Sabado Party
• Kapamilya, Mas Winner Ka!
• MAG TV Na, Asenso Ta!
• Tsada (1997-2005)
• TV Patrol Cagayan de Oro
• TV Patrol Northern Mindanao

Digital television

Rebroadcasters

The station is also seen in nine relay/rebroadcasting stations in the whole Northern Mindanao and Caraga since 2018. The Iligan station was previously an originating station, with TV Patrol Iligan as its local newscast until it was absorbed into TV Patrol North Mindanao. The Ozamiz and Pagadian stations, however, are affiliated to MIT-RTVN Incorporated. The Butuan station was previously an originating station, with TV Patrol Caraga as its local newscast until it was absorbed into TV Patrol North Mindanao. The Surigao station is also affiliated to St. Jude Thaddeus Institute of Technology.

See also

• List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels and stations