DZOX-TV

DZOX-TV, is a Fox owned-and-operated licensed to Pampanga.
== History ==
=== Early years; sold to Metromedia ===
DZOX-TV was launched as DWME-TV on April 21, 1958. Like an independent station that time, it is broadcasting cartoons, movies, and others. It is also broadcasting syndication programs that time. It is formerly owned by Kaiser Broadcasting
On 1963, it was sold to Metromedia, which went to Philippine broadcasting in 1960 with DZXX-TV in Manila (now defunct; channel replaced by DWFV-TV). The station would be part of a duopoly with NBC (later independent, Fox, now NBC) affiliate DWNC-TV (channel 2).
On September 1972, Marcos declared Martial Law, and some stations voluntarily temporarily closed to avoid breakouts. But Marcos decided not to close stations because all of the owners weren't critical to the Marcos regime, and DZOX-TV remained on the air, along with channel 2.
In 1980, due to a controversial event happened during a live promo for the 10pm news at DWFS-TV (now DWCW-TV) in Manila, Metromedia was forced to sell channel 2 to Hearst Broadcasting (now Hearst Television), but kept channel 8 and offending stations DWFS and DMET.
=== Fox affiliation ===
In May 1985, Metromedia sold most of its television stations to Australian-American newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch, and the company sold DWFS to VGC but included channel 8 and sister station DMET. to the Murdoch deal. Following Murdoch's control of the station, on October 1986, it became a charter station of the Fox Broadcasting Company.
In 1997, following the purchase of New World Communications, then-owner of then-independent channel 2, channel 8 was sold to Eastman Media, owners of PhiNet owned-and-operated station DWPZ-TV (channel 16), but was held seperate from the PhiNet stations group, through an independent company called Philippine Media Group. Despite the sale, it remained with Fox, with rendered a similar situation between channel 2 and DWNP-TV with 2 affiliates during the former's NBC years.
In 1999, Trinome Media purchased Eastman, along with PhiNet, but sold PMG back to Fox, and bought channel 2, which returned to NBC.
== Gallery ==
dzoxtv1963to1985.png|Logo from 1963-1985.
Bandicam 2019-10-13 18-06-15-327.jpg|Logo from 1999-2007.
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