DXAR-TV

DXAR-TV was a Philippine television station associated with the broadcast-station network of ABS-CBN Corporation and serving Koronadal in South Cotabato. It formed part of the regional television infrastructure through which ABS-CBN distributed national programming and locally relevant content outside Metro Manila. As a terrestrial station, its role was geographic rather than that of a standalone national consumer brand: the call sign identified a local transmission facility and its coverage area within the southern Philippine broadcasting system. The station is documented in reference material concerning former ABS-CBN-owned or affiliated television stations. That material identifies DXAR-TV as a television station in Koronadal and places it within ABS-CBN’s former network of provincial broadcast outlets. Such stations generally extended the reach of the network’s news, entertainment, public-affairs, and other television programming to local audiences, although the available reference material does not provide a complete account of DXAR-TV’s launch date, channel assignment, technical facilities, management, or programming schedule. DXAR-TV’s operating history ended in the context of the shutdown of ABS-CBN’s terrestrial television operations in 2020. On May 5, 2020, the Philippine National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order after ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise expired. The company subsequently failed to secure a new franchise when the House of Representatives committee handling the application recommended denial and the application was denied on July 10, 2020. The resulting cessation affected ABS-CBN’s network of terrestrial television stations, including regional facilities listed among its former stations. The available sources do not establish a separate closure date or a distinct post-2020 ownership history for DXAR-TV. DXAR-TV should therefore be treated as a former regional broadcast-station identity rather than as a currently operating national television network. Its historical significance lies in its role as part of ABS-CBN’s provincial distribution footprint in Mindanao and in the broader effect of the 2020 franchise dispute on Philippine television broadcasting.

DXAR-TV was a regional Philippine television station identified with Koronadal, South Cotabato. It was included among the former television stations connected with ABS-CBN Corporation, one of the country’s largest broadcasting groups. The station’s principal function was to provide a local transmission point for network television service in and around Koronadal, linking viewers in the area to programming distributed through ABS-CBN’s broader provincial station system. The available reference material does not establish the station’s exact founding year, original owner, transmitter specifications, channel number, or the names of station managers and executives. It also does not provide a detailed chronology of changes to the call sign or affiliation. Accordingly, DXAR-TV’s history is best documented at the network and regional-service level rather than through unsupported technical or corporate detail. ABS-CBN’s regional television model combined centrally produced programming with a network of provincial stations and affiliates. Stations in this system helped distribute national entertainment, news, public-affairs, and other programming to markets beyond the main metropolitan centers. A Koronadal station would have served an important local distribution role in South Cotabato and the surrounding area, although the supplied sources do not identify which programs were locally originated by DXAR-TV itself. The station’s later history was shaped by the regulatory crisis involving ABS-CBN’s congressional franchise. The company’s legislative franchise expired in 2020. On May 5 of that year, the National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order, bringing ABS-CBN’s terrestrial broadcast operations to an end. The network later sought a new franchise, but its application was denied on July 10, 2020. Reference material listing ABS-CBN’s stations records the resulting terrestrial network as defunct and identifies its former regional outlets among the stations that ceased operating. Because DXAR-TV was part of that former terrestrial station system, it is treated as defunct. The sources available here do not document an independent continuation under another owner, a subsequent relaunch, or a conversion into a different branded service. Its historical importance is consequently tied to ABS-CBN’s regional broadcasting footprint and to the 2020 termination of that network’s terrestrial service.

• 2020

  Cessation of ABS-CBN 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. The order ended the network’s terrestrial broadcast operations, affecting its former regional station network.

• 2020

  Renewed 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, including its regional stations, from resuming operations under the same franchise arrangement.

A regional terrestrial television station serving Koronadal and surrounding areas as part of the former ABS-CBN broadcast network.

• Television broadcasting

  DXAR-TV terrestrial service

  The station’s core offering was terrestrial television transmission for Koronadal and nearby areas. As part of ABS-CBN’s former regional network, it carried programming distributed by the network, while the available sources do not specify the complete schedule or the extent of locally produced content.

• 2020

  Broadcast shutdown following franchise expirationOther

  Background

  ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise expired while its renewal application remained unresolved.

  Action taken

  The National Telecommunications Commission issued a cease-and-desist order on May 5, 2020, stopping the network’s terrestrial broadcasts.

  Aftermath

  ABS-CBN’s terrestrial station network, including its former regional outlets, ceased operating. The company’s subsequent franchise application was denied on July 10, 2020.

  Source

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