DWGT-TV Channel 4 is a Philippine broadcast television station licensed to broadcast to the Metro Manila region on VHF Channel 4 with a radiated power of 40 kW's.
DWGT-TV is the flagship station of the National Broadcasting Network.
DWGT-TV first came on air as a government owned station in 1974 under the name Government Television or shortened to GTV 4.
The NBN network is government owned I am unsure how politically tied to the government it is.
DWGT-TV and NBN's programming is very varied with News and Affairs Shows, Sports, Drama, to Religious shows.
The last two letters of DWGT-TV call sign refer to Government Television.
The Video
First of we begin with a standard test pattern with NBN PHIL on it, then a short video explaining I guess that the stations affiliated to NBN are now signing on, the various stations location on a map and their channel number, sadly I can not make out much more, maybe someone who reads this blog can comment here and fill me in.
Broadcasting Radio and Television in The Philippines it is customary and even recommended by the government to play the National Anthem at Sign-off and Sign-On.
So this is the next video which I will let speak for itself, featuring various phrases in English tagged to various Presidents with their slogans of their day..
Then a what's on next and on tonight slides, and finally a NBN ident/bumper which has a very North American Local News feel to me.
Call Sign Information
Broadcast television and radio in The Philippines aimed for public consumption all use call signs their call signs begin with either:
- DZ for Luzon
- DW for Luzon
- DY for Visayas
- DX for Mindanao
Broadcasting in The Philippines is regulated by The National Telecommunications Commission.
I hope you all enjoy...
Mabuhay! I've been a regular visitor to your site, in fact I always make it a habit to watch your videos (especially whenever you release new ones). I also record sign-ons and sign-offs, but on radio stations though, and I am not that young though (just a teen)
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw your video on one of the stations broadcasting here in our country (the Philippines), I was so excited, as my wish for a Filipino TV station to appear here became true :)
National Broadcasting Network was formerly known as People's Television (used after the EDSA Revolution, until about a few years later), Maharlika Broadcasting System and before that, Government Television/GTV ,like you have told (both used during the Marcos Era). In addition, the government controls 2 other stations under a separate commission: Radio Philippines Network, broadcasting on channel 9, and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, on channel 13
Onto the video, the contents are almost the same as with the other stations broadcasting in the country; they usually have the following (they are like those in America, only longer and more detailed):
-Name of the broadcast company
-call sign (in some stations)
-the authorization from the National Telecommunications Commission, with the station license number, as well as the duration/expiration (in NBN's case, as with the gov't owned radio stations, they do not disclose the license numbers)
-the location where they broadcast (studios and transmitter)
-in some cases, the time they operate (although no longer practiced on Manila-based TV stations, as they sign-off at either 2-4am, or for some, no longer sign-off)
-transmission output
-list of station electronics and communications engineers and radio-telephone operators (with the line: "duly licensed by the NTC and the Professional Regulations Commission)
-list of stations; several stations do this (in the video where the stations are displayed, the majority of the channels mentioned are owned by the network, and used as relays or originating stations, only a few are actual affiliates owned by different local organizations.)
-the assurance that the stations' programs were approved by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, an organization that rates well what it inspects, movies and TV shows
-and finally, the line "this is (insert station name), now signing on/off".
The national anthem shown is also aired also on other stations, although one, ABS-CBN Channel 2, has its own Nat'l Anthem video featuring its own talents, and if I could remember, the video was a bit new, but the audio (the anthem itself) was produced many years ago (it was somewhat recycled in my opinion).
I hope that the information helps.
More power and more videos!
Cheers,
Irving
Hello! I'm the "telstar" from that Network Six thingy. I'm happy that my country's TV network had shown up on your blog! I have a suprise for everyone!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting!
Hello Irving and Paolo.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much both for the comments.
Irving your post is very detailed and that's what I love to read, stuff that's in depth that I have no way of providing.
I really do appreciate that, I've noticed a lot of hits from The Philippines hence why I thought I better go record a video for this blog.
Have a good weekend.
Cheers
The people presented in the video are Presidents of the Philippines. The English phrases is what slogan they used to define their era. For example, the current President Gloria Arroyo's slogan is "Strong Republic." The text at the start of the video is Tagalog (ang pambansang awit) for (the) national anthem.
ReplyDeleteHi Zach I have added the information you have a provided to the main post.
ReplyDeleteCheers
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