Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

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Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp.
Type Broadcast television network
Country Flag of the Philippines Philippines
Availability National
Owner Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp.
Key people Roberto Benedicto, Founder
Launch date February 1, 1975
Former names Islands Broadcasting Corporation
Island TV 13
Website
IBC.com.ph

Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is at San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City.

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[edit] History

February 1, 1975 saw the beginning of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) when the Benedicto Group of Companies purchased the network consisting of the Manila station and another relay station in Visayas and Mindanao owned by the late Andres Soriano. In 1976, IBC metamorphosed into one of the country's most viewed TV network with its full length local and foreign films aired on primetime. This catapulted IBC in the number one slot among all television networks.

Through the sweat of its employees and the income generated from its programs, the network built and finally moved into its present home, Broadcast City, in 1977. The complex was a 55,000 square metre tract located at Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City.

After the EDSA revolution, IBC was sequestered by the government. A board of administrators was created to run the station. All of the stocks and assets of IBC, and its sister networks Radio Philippines Network and Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation were sequestered by the Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG). President Corazon Aquino IBC and RPN were turned over to the Government Communications Group and awarded BBC through an executive order to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. When BBC closed down, IBC absorbed majority of its displaced employees, thus doubled the operating expenses of the network. Cost of programs went up by threefold. Line produced shows and co-production ventures with Viva, Regal, and Seiko were favored. The top rated shows of IBC were pirated by rival networks. Cost of programs, talent fees and TV rights increased tremendously. IBC could no longer afford to produce its own shows. IBC took a new image in 1988, Pusong Pinoy Pusong Trese, to recapture the glory days it once had. But because of the sequestration, periodic change of management and the internal problems, the network started to lose the support of advertisers.

Island Broadcast Corporation took over the management and the marketing of IBC (which came to be known as Islands TV 13) in 1989. It was in the later part of its operations that ratings and income suffered due to mismanagement which caused labor unrest.

In 1993, IBC became a 100% government owned station by virtue of a compromise agreement between PCGG and Roberto Benedicto, management and marketing were returned to the IBC Board of Directors. Programming remained at a standstill in preparation for the launching of a new image.

It was May 1994 when IBC launched Pinoy ang Dating with a visually enticing music video, an innovation in terms of station identification. Despite limited resources, programming improved but the battle for audience share continued. Advertisers became more responsive to marketing efforts.

Vintage Television (VTV), later merged with VIVA Television in 2000, entered the scene in 1996 with PBA Games as its major program and continued until 2002. Rehabilitation of the transmitter and other technical facilities where initiated in the central and provincial stations.

There were plans to auction the TV frequency rights currently in use by IBC and RPN in the future.

[edit] IBC Programs

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

[edit] IBC Slogans

Branding Slogan Years Active
IBC 13 Enjoy Yourself 1978-1986
IBC 13 Basta Pinoy sa Trese 1986-1987
IBC 13 Life Begins at 13 1987-1988
IBC 13 Pusong Pinoy, Pusong Trese 1988-1989
Islands TV 13 The Newest Network 1989-1992
IBC 13 Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation-13 1993-1994
IBC 13 Pinoy Ang Dating 1994-2002
IBC New Face, New Attitude 2002-2003
IBC Ang Bagong Pilipino 2003-present

[edit] IBC Stations Nationwide

[edit] IBC TV Stations

Branding Callsign Ch. # Power kW Station Type Location
IBC 13 Manila DZTV-TV TV-13 50 kW Originating Metro Manila
IBC 13 Laoag DWCS-TV TV-13 6 kW Relay Laoag
IBC 6 Baguio DWHB-TV TV-6 0.1 kW Relay Baguio
IBC 12 Iloilo DYJB-TV TV-12 5 kW Originating Iloilo
IBC 12 Bacolod DYBD-TV TV-12 5 kW Relay Bacolod
IBC 13 Cebu DYTV-TV TV-13 12.5 kW Originating Cebu
IBC 13 Zamboanga DXZB-TV TV-13 0.1 kW Originating Zamboanga
IBC 10 Cagayan De Oro DXCC-TV TV-10 0.5 kW Originating Cagayan De Oro
IBC 13 Davao DXTV-TV TV-13 5 kW Originating Davao

IBC on Cable Television

Cable/Satellite Provider Ch. # Coverage
Cablelink 14 Metro Manila
Dream Satellite TV 08 Nationwide
Global Destiny Cable 16 Metro Manila
Las Piñas Cable 14 Las Piñas
Muntinlupa Cable 14 Muntinlupa
Parañaque Cable 14 Parañaque
SkyCable 15 Metro Manila
SkyCable CAMANAVA 15 CAMANAVA
Sun Cable CAMANAVA 15 CAMANAVA
SunVision Cable 15 Taguig City
Cable Star 12 Iloilo

-With several cable affiliates nationwide.

[edit] IBC Radyo Budyong Stations

Callsign Frequency Power (kW) Location
DWLW 657 kHz 5 kW Laoag
DWDW 1017 kHz 10 kW Dagupan
DWNW 756 kHz 5 kW Naga
DWGW 684 kHz 1 kW Legaspi
DYRG 1251 kHz 1 kW Kalibo, Aklan
DYSJ 1359 kHz 1 kW San Jose, Antique
DYJJ 1296 kHz 5 kW Roxas City*
DYBQ 981 kHz 10 kW Iloilo
DXAM 1278 kHz 10 kW Maramag, Bukidnon
DXWG 855 kHz 1 kW Iligan
* - Not in broadcast, off-air

[edit] Trivia

  • The person behind the voice-over of IBC is "Peewee", a former disc jockey at the now-defunct 89 DMZ.

[edit] See also

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Broadcast television networks in the Philippines
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State-controlled networks:
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation · National Broadcasting Network · Radio Philippines Network
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