D-13-ZA-TV

D-13-ZA-TV was a local television station associated with ABS-CBN Corporation and serving Botolan in the province of Zambales, Philippines. The station belonged to ABS-CBN's network of provincial broadcast facilities, which extended the company's television programming beyond its principal metropolitan operations and provided local audiences with access to the network's national service. Available reference material identifies the station as a television outlet in Botolan and places it within the former ABS-CBN station network; detailed information about its launch, call-sign history, transmitter specifications, local programming, management, and branding is not established in the supplied sources. The station's operating history ended as part of the wider shutdown of ABS-CBN's terrestrial broadcast operations in 2020. On May 5, 2020, the Philippine National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order after the expiration of ABS-CBN's legislative franchise. The company subsequently failed to secure a new franchise when its application was denied on July 10, 2020. ABS-CBN's free-to-air television operations consequently ceased, and its former analog stations, including provincial outlets in the network, were no longer operating under the previous terrestrial structure. D-13-ZA-TV should therefore be understood as a defunct regional broadcast-station brand rather than as a currently operating national channel or an independent consumer brand. Its connection to ABS-CBN is central to its identity: the station functioned within the corporation's broader Philippine television network, while the available material does not support separate claims about independent ownership, products, executives, revenue, or a distinct post-2020 successor service.

D-13-ZA-TV was a local television station in Botolan, Zambales, operated within the ABS-CBN Corporation station network. ABS-CBN developed a broad Philippine broadcast footprint that combined its principal network service with provincial transmitters and relay or affiliate facilities. These stations enabled viewers outside the largest urban centers to receive the corporation's television programming. The supplied reference identifies D-13-ZA-TV specifically as a television station in Botolan, but does not provide a documented launch date, original owner, technical channel history, call-sign chronology, local news operation, or details of its programming schedule. The station's institutional history is consequently best described through its relationship with ABS-CBN. It was not presented as an autonomous nationwide channel; rather, it formed part of the corporation's former terrestrial television infrastructure. Its service area was associated with Botolan and the surrounding Zambales market, while the network supplied the broader programming identity. No reliable source in the supplied material establishes a separate corporate headquarters, founder, senior executive roster, financial performance, or independent product portfolio for the station. The decisive event in the station's later history was the regulatory shutdown of ABS-CBN's terrestrial operations. On May 5, 2020, the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order after ABS-CBN's legislative franchise expired. The order brought the corporation's free-to-air broadcasting operations to a halt, including the operation of its former television-station network. On July 10, 2020, ABS-CBN's application for a new franchise was denied. As a result, the former network structure was not restored in its previous form, and D-13-ZA-TV is treated as defunct in this dossier. ABS-CBN continued to maintain or develop other forms of media activity after the terrestrial shutdown, including cable, satellite, digital, and international services, but the supplied material does not establish that D-13-ZA-TV itself was converted into, renamed as, or succeeded by any of those services. The station therefore remains a historical regional broadcast outlet associated with ABS-CBN's pre-2020 free-to-air network. Further archival research would be needed to document its exact years of operation, transmitter and channel details, local programming, staffing, and any changes in ownership or affiliation.

• 2020

  Cease-and-desist order ends terrestrial broadcasting

  [1]List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels and stationsen.wikipedia.org

  The National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order on May 5, 2020 after ABS-CBN's legislative franchise expired, ending the corporation's terrestrial broadcast operations and the operating context for its former television stations.

• 2020

  ABS-CBN franchise application denied

  [1]List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels and stationsen.wikipedia.org

  ABS-CBN's application for a new legislative franchise was denied on July 10, 2020, leaving its former free-to-air station network, including D-13-ZA-TV, defunct.

Regional terrestrial television service associated with ABS-CBN's Philippine broadcast network.

• Television broadcasting

  D-13-ZA-TV terrestrial television service

  A regional terrestrial television service associated with ABS-CBN Corporation and serving Botolan, Zambales. The available reference does not document a separate programming slate or technical profile beyond its identification as a television station within ABS-CBN's former Philippine station network. The service is defunct following the 2020 cessation of ABS-CBN's terrestrial operations.

• 2020

  Cessation of terrestrial operationsOther

  Background

  ABS-CBN's legislative franchise expired, and the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order affecting the corporation's terrestrial television network.

  Action taken

  ABS-CBN stopped its terrestrial broadcast operations on May 5, 2020, taking its former provincial station network out of service.

  Aftermath

  The former operating structure was not restored after the corporation's franchise application was denied on July 10, 2020.

  Source

1. 1List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels and stationsen.wikipedia.org