DYCB-TV

DYCB-TV

Cebu City
Branding	ABS-CBN TV-3 Cebu
Slogan	In The Service of The Filipino
Channels	Analog: 3 (VHF) Digital: 36/37 (UHF) (ISDB-T) (test broadcast) Virtual: 11.16 (LCN)
Subchannels	See list
Translators	TV-12 Dumaguete TV-9 Bohol
Affiliations	ABS-CBN
Owner	ABS-CBN Corporation
Founded	June 14, 1961
Call letters' meaning	Chronicle Broadcasting Network (former owner prior to its merger from ABS)
Sister station(s)	DYAC-TV 23 (S+A)
Former callsigns	DYCW-TV (1973–1978)
Former affiliations	Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (1973-1978) GTV/MBS (1978–1986)
Transmitter power	50,000 watts (200,000 watts ERP)
Website	www.abs-cbn.com

DYCB-TV, channel 3, is a VHF television station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Complex, North Road, Jagobiao, Mandaue City while its transmitter is located at Mt. Busay, Brgy. Babag 2, Cebu City.

Its radio stations MOR 97.1 For Life! Cebu on the FM band, formerly known as LS-FM 97.1 The Great Romance Cebu (1992-1994), 97.1 Star Radio Cebu (1994-1997), 97.1 ABS-CBN Radio Cebu (1997-1999) and ABS-CBN LS 97.1 Cebu (1999-2001), was first aired on January 20, 1992 & DYAB Radyo Patrol 1512 Cebu on the AM band, was first aired on June 12, 1995. ABS-CBN Cebu can be also heard/seen in the entire province of Cebu and the whole parts of Central Visayas.

Timeline

• June 14, 1961 – DYCB-TV channel 3, the first provincial TV station in the Philippines, was launched by ABS-CBN (then known as Bolinao Electronics Corporation). It first aired a four-hours-a-day schedule (6:00–10:00 p.m.), transmitting on a 50-mile radius within Cebu and nearby islands. The station's 390 ft (118.9 m) transmission tower (then the tallest structure in Cebu) was originally from the network's flagship TV station, DZAQ-TV 3, used during the first telecasts in 1953. The station's former studios were located at P. Del Rosario cor. Leon Kilat St., Cebu City.
• 1973 – After the declaration of Martial Law by then-President Ferdinand Marcos, and the takeover of ABS-CBN by his crony, Roberto Benedicto, DYCB-TV reopened as DYCW-TV, and became part of the Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (followed by DYXL-TV 4 in Bacolod).
• 1978 – Channel 3 became an owned-and-operated station of the government-owned GTV (later the Maharlika Broadcasting System, now People's Television Network). The call letters were reverted to the original DYCB-TV.
• 1986 – DYCB-TV channel 3 reopened under ABS-CBN, its original network.
• June 28, 1988 – As part of the nationwide relaunch of the ABS-CBN network which began the year before with the flagship station in Manila, DYCB introduced the Star Network ident with the famous numerical gold tri-ribbon channel 3 logo with a star at the end, with the number 3 being made up of three white stripes (later changed to the red, green and blue stripes, matching that of Channel 2 Manila's later idents).
• August 29, 1988 – TV Patrol Central Visayas (first known as TV Patrol Cebu), the channel's flagship newscast launched. With this feat DYCB became the first regional station to introduce local newscasts.
• 1989 – DYCB-TV started domestic satellite broadcasts to bring programs live from Manila.
• January 20, 1992 - MOR 97.1 For Life! Cebu, its FM radio station was launched as LS-FM 97.1 The Great Romance Cebu.
• March 1995 - The Regional Network Group was offically launched airing Cebu-produced ABS-CBN programs; the others being ABS-CBN 2 Cagayan de Oro, ABS-CBN 3 General Santos, ABS-CBN 3 Zamboanga and ABS-CBN 4 Davao during the launching of two Visayan drama series such as "Kang Kinsa Isabwag ang Mga Bulak" and "Siya ug Ako sa Kangitngit" along with the original sitcom "Milyonaryong Mini". In 1996, the RNG expanded further to other parts of the Visayas and into the rest of Mindanao, later that year the RNG was launched for regional Luzon viewers, first in Bicol and later in northern parts of the island.
• June 12, 1995 - DYAB Radyo Patrol 1512 Cebu, its AM radio station was launched as a news and talk station, twenty three years after DYCB-AM 570 kHz was forced to shut down, the station began its operations in 1957 as part of the nationwide radio expansion drive of the network.
• March 12, 1998 - ABS-CBN Cebu transferred to its bigger complex at the North Road, Jagobiao, Mandaue City.
• February 22, 2015 - ABS-CBN Cebu started broadcasting its ISDB-T digital broadcast on UHF 37 with the launching of ABS-CBN TV Plus in Cebu.

ABS-CBN 3 Cebu Programs

• Christ the Healer
• Living Word TV (2011–present)
• Maayong Buntag Kapamilya (2005–present)
• Maayong Buntag Kapamilya Sabado (2016–present)
• News Patrol Central Visayas
• Sinulog (annually)
• TV Patrol Central Visayas (2001–present)

ABS-CBN 3 Cebu Previously Programs

• Agri Tayo Dito
• Alas Diyes Na
• Amor Chicko
• Ang Dumuduong sa Sto. Nino (1997-98)
• Angelina: Hulog Sang Langit (1999–2000)
• Ang TV Cebu
• Awitanghalan
• Banat Visayas, Sulong Mindanao!
• Chika-hai Ta!
• For Life Presents
• Halad sa Kapamilya
• Kang Kinsa Isabwag ang mga Bulak (1995-1996)
• Kapalaran (2002–04)
• Kapamilya, Mas Winner Ka! (2007–2018)
• La Roca Negra (1998–99)
• Let's Do Business
• Little Big Star Cebu
• MAG TV Na! (2008–18)
• Mayor Otik (1999–2000)
• Milyonaryong Mini (1995-1996, remake 2006–07)
• Primitivo Ala Swerte
• Sabado Na, Game Na! (2005–07)
• Sabado Na Gyud (later retitled as "Sabado Na Gyud, Ngiga Gud", 1997–2005)
• Siya ug Ako sa Kangitngit (1996-97)
• Summer Sunshine
• Tubag! with Leo Lastimosa
• TV Patrol Cebu (1988–2000)

Current personalities

• Leo Lastimosa

Digital television

See also

• List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels and stations
• DWWX-TV
• ABS-CBN (TV network)
• DYAB Radyo Patrol 1512
• MOR 97.1
• S+A
• Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation