DXAI-TV

DXAI-TV was a television station associated with ABS-CBN Corporation and serving Cotabato City in the Philippines. It belonged to ABS-CBN's network of regional broadcast outlets, which extended the company's television programming beyond Metro Manila and other major urban centers. Through its affiliation with the ABS-CBN network, the station functioned as a local broadcast outlet carrying the network's programming and identity for viewers in the Cotabato area. The station's business activity was terrestrial television broadcasting rather than the sale of consumer products. Its role was to distribute ABS-CBN content through a local broadcast operation, connecting national network programming with audiences in the region. As with other ABS-CBN stations, its significance was tied to the company's wider broadcast infrastructure, regional reach, and use of local transmitters and facilities. DXAI-TV stopped operating on May 5, 2020, following a cease-and-desist order issued by the Philippine National Telecommunications Commission. The order followed the expiration of ABS-CBN Corporation's legislative franchise. The company's application for a new franchise was subsequently denied on July 10, 2020. These regulatory developments ended the station's operation as an ABS-CBN broadcast outlet. The station is therefore treated as a defunct former television station rather than an active broadcaster.

DXAI-TV was a Cotabato City television station connected with ABS-CBN Corporation. It formed part of ABS-CBN's Philippine broadcast-station network, whose regional outlets carried the company's television service to audiences outside its principal metropolitan markets. The available reference material identifies DXAI-TV as an ABS-CBN television station in Cotabato City, but does not provide a confirmed launch date, a detailed call-sign history, or a separately documented ownership chronology for the station. The station's primary function was terrestrial television broadcasting. Rather than operating as an independent national media brand, DXAI-TV served as a local outlet within the ABS-CBN network structure. Its role was to transmit ABS-CBN programming in its assigned regional coverage area and to provide viewers in and around Cotabato City with access to the network's television service. The station's identity and operating context were consequently closely tied to ABS-CBN Corporation and its broader group of television and radio assets. DXAI-TV's operating history ended during the 2020 regulatory crisis affecting ABS-CBN. On May 5, 2020, the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order after the company's legislative franchise expired. The order resulted in the cessation of ABS-CBN's terrestrial television operations, including the operations of its associated regional stations. On July 10, 2020, ABS-CBN's application for a new legislative franchise was denied. Without the required franchise, the former terrestrial network and its regional stations could not continue their previous broadcast operations. DXAI-TV is therefore classified as defunct.

• 2020

  Broadcast operations ceased

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

  The station ceased operations on May 5, 2020, following the National Telecommunications Commission's cease-and-desist order issued after the expiration of ABS-CBN's legislative franchise.

• 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, preventing the former terrestrial network and its regional stations from returning to their previous operations under that franchise.

• DXAI-TV operated as an ABS-CBN regional television station

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

  DXAI-TV served Cotabato City as part of ABS-CBN Corporation's network of Philippine television stations. The available reference does not establish a precise start year.

A regional broadcast outlet extending ABS-CBN's national television service to Cotabato City and the surrounding Philippine market.

• Television broadcasting

  DXAI-TV terrestrial television service

  The station's core offering was terrestrial television broadcasting for Cotabato City and its surrounding market. As an ABS-CBN regional outlet, it distributed programming associated with the ABS-CBN network through a local broadcast operation. The service ended in 2020 after the regulatory shutdown of ABS-CBN's terrestrial network.

• 2020

  Compliance with the cease-and-desist orderOther

  Background

  ABS-CBN's legislative franchise expired, and the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order affecting the company's terrestrial broadcast operations.

  Action taken

  DXAI-TV ceased operations on May 5, 2020, together with the affected ABS-CBN television stations.

  Aftermath

  The station remained off air after ABS-CBN's franchise application was denied on July 10, 2020.

  Source

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