DWAD-TV

DWAD-TV was a commercial television station operated by ABS-CBN Corporation in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. The station formed part of ABS-CBN's regional terrestrial television network, which distributed the company's national programming while also providing selected local content for audiences outside Metro Manila. Its studio and transmitter were located in Barangay Magsaysay, Bayombong, positioning the station as a local broadcast facility for Nueva Vizcaya and the wider Northern Luzon area. The station's programming included the ABS-CBN regional news service TV Patrol North Luzon and other programming associated with the ABS-CBN network. As with other provincial ABS-CBN television outlets, DWAD-TV connected its local audience to the network's national entertainment, news, and public-affairs services while maintaining a regional presence through locally oriented broadcasts. DWAD-TV ceased broadcasting on May 5, 2020. The shutdown followed a cease-and-desist order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission after ABS-CBN's legislative franchise expired on May 4, 2020. The order affected ABS-CBN's nationwide television and radio operations, including DWAD-TV, the network's flagship television station DWWX, radio station DZMM, and MOR station DWRR. The station's cessation was therefore part of the broader regulatory interruption of ABS-CBN's terrestrial broadcasting operations rather than a separately documented local programming or commercial decision. No reliable source in the supplied material establishes a founding date, a separate founder, or a subsequent resumption of DWAD-TV broadcasts.

DWAD-TV was an ABS-CBN commercial television station based in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Its studio and transmitter were located in Barangay Magsaysay, where the station served as part of ABS-CBN's provincial broadcast infrastructure. The available reference material does not specify the station's launch date, call-sign history, transmission power, channel allocation history, or the precise extent of its coverage area. Operationally, DWAD-TV combined ABS-CBN's national television service with regional programming intended for viewers in Northern Luzon. Its listed local output included TV Patrol North Luzon, a regional edition of ABS-CBN's TV Patrol news brand. This arrangement reflected the network's broader model of using provincial stations to distribute national programming while producing or carrying news relevant to local communities. The station's operation ended during the nationwide disruption of ABS-CBN's broadcast network in 2020. On May 4, 2020, ABS-CBN's legislative franchise expired. On May 5, the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order that required the network's television and radio stations to stop broadcasting. DWAD-TV was among the affected stations, alongside ABS-CBN's flagship television station DWWX, radio station DZMM, MOR station DWRR, and other ABS-CBN outlets. The supplied sources do not document a later return to terrestrial broadcasting, so the station is treated here as defunct.

• 2020

  Cease-and-desist order ends broadcasts

  [1]DWAD-TVen.wikipedia.org

  DWAD-TV ceased broadcasting on May 5 after the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order following the expiration of ABS-CBN's legislative franchise.

A regional terrestrial television outlet extending ABS-CBN's national broadcast network into Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, and the surrounding Northern Luzon market.

• Regional television news

  TV Patrol North Luzon

  A regional edition of ABS-CBN's TV Patrol news programming serving Northern Luzon audiences. It provided locally relevant news within the wider ABS-CBN television schedule carried by provincial stations such as DWAD-TV.

• Television broadcasting

  ABS-CBN network programming

  National ABS-CBN television content distributed through DWAD-TV's terrestrial signal. The service connected Bayombong-area viewers with the network's broader programming portfolio in addition to its regional news output.

• 2020

  Broadcast operations discontinued after regulatory orderOther

  Background

  ABS-CBN's legislative franchise expired on May 4, 2020, and the National Telecommunications Commission subsequently issued a cease-and-desist order covering the network's television and radio stations.

  Action taken

  DWAD-TV stopped broadcasting on May 5, 2020, as part of the nationwide suspension of ABS-CBN terrestrial broadcast operations.

  Aftermath

  The station is treated as defunct in the available reference material; no later resumption of DWAD-TV broadcasting is documented.

  Source

1. 1DWAD-TVen.wikipedia.org