![]() ![]() Damayang Lagi New Manila, Quezon City in 2006 and later to its own building at 907 Philam Homes along EDSA Quezon City in J(until 2019). Īs it needs a larger space for its growing public service initiatives, the station transferred to Brgy. In November 2005, the station became a household name after one of its cameraman captured an exclusive four-minute raw footage of a shooting incident in front of its studio in Ortigas which was aired in TV Patrol, the top-rated primetime newscast of ABS-CBN. 2004 marks UNTV's entry into satellite broadcasting using Agila 2 satellite then moved to ABS 5/ABS 3 satellite in late 2011, and later moved to Measat 3A satellite as well as the start of its 24-hour broadcast through its official website. UNTV started from scratch with a one-room broadcast studio located at the AIC Gold Tower in Ortigas Center, Pasig. It comes with a new Station ID, own website, and new tagline "In Service to Humanity. The relaunch aims to introduce the station to a larger demographic range of audience. Later, the station was re-branded as "UN Television (UNTV)" (the letters were spelled out, and did not appear to have any meaning). Since then, UNTV started airing and eventually became the permanent home of the religious program Ang Dating Daan ( The Old Path) after leaving GemCom Holdings-owned UHF TV network SBN 21 (which GemComm sold to Solar Entertainment Corporation in 2010 for P 368.8 million). Henares also had a deal with MCGI for religious programming at night since 2003. Later, news and public affairs programs were introduced and Sonza became its station manager. In 2004, UNTV gradually reduced and eventually ceased airing rock music videos (The rock-oriented format would later be picked up in 2019 through RJ DigiTV's digital subchannel RJ Rock TV, formerly known as Rock of Manila TV, owned by the Rajah Broadcasting Network) after its blocktime slots were acquired by Tapatan, Inc., a multimedia and consultancy firm headed by veteran broadcaster Jay Sonza as chairman and CEO. The channel also aired the TV version of the iconic NU107 radio show "In the Raw" as well as clips from the previous editions of the now-defunct NU Rock Awards and NU 107 events such as Summer Shebang, NU 107 Pocket Concerts, and Party Monsters on the Loose. In its early years on television, UNTV gained a cult following through comedy and reality show Strangebrew. It carved a niche in the radio broadcast history as one of the first alternative radio stations that played artists who break new ground in music. NU 107 was a brainchild of Henares and radio veteran Mike N. After almost a year of test broadcast, UNTV (pronounced as "un-TV", implying "the opposite of TV") was launched in May 2002 as a television counterpart to PBC's FM radio station NU 107 ( DWNU 107.5 FM), airing rock and alternative rock music videos. ![]() In July 2001, the Progressive Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) owned by businessman Alfredo "Atom" Henares ventured into UHF television through UNTV 37, which initially branded as NUTV Channel 37. See also: Progressive Broadcasting Corporation Original network, 2001 to 2004 Razon is also known as the co-host of Ang Dating Daan and MCGI's Overall Servant. UNTV's public service programs and free services are manned by BMPI chairman and CEO, Daniel Razon. ![]() Eli Soriano of the Members Church of God International (MCGI). UNTV is known for its broadcast of Ang Dating Daan ( The Old Path), the longest-running religious program in the Philippines, hosted by radio and televangelist Bro. The 16-storey UNTV Broadcast Center, also referred to as The Millennial Tower and now called The Philippine Broadcast Hub along EDSA Philam is currently under construction to serve as its new headquarters. UNTV transmitter is located at Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway in Antipolo, Rizal. In 2019, UNTV transferred its studios from the old UNTV Building at 907 EDSA Quezon City to La Verdad Christian College (LVCC) Caloocan Building, 351 EDSA, Brgy. DWAO-TV is one of very few NTSC-System M stations in the world that broadcast on Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Channel 37. ![]() UNTV, (formally known as UNTV News and Rescue and UNTV Public Service), is the flagship Philippine television network of the Progressive Broadcasting Corporation (known on air as UNTV-PBC), together with Breakthrough and Milestones Productions International (known on air as UNTV-BMPI), the network's content provider and marketing arm, and Christian religious organization Members Church of God International (MCGI), its major blocktimer. ![]()
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