Southern Broadcasting Network

SBN (Southern Broadcasting Network, Inc.) is a Philippine television network owned by Filipino-Chinese tycoon Lucio Co, the owner of Puregold Price Club Inc., a supermarket chain. Its main broadcast facilities at Solar Media Center, Ground Floor, WCC Building, EDSA cor. Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City with transmitters at 22/F Strata 2000 Bldg., F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, which the former SBN studios were located. Its TV station (DWCP-TV 21) became the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila in May, 1992.
==History==
Southern Broadcasting Network of Davao launched SBN Channel 21, the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila starting 1992. It was then known as World TV 21. The idea is to bring back programming similar to the forcibly shut-down FEN Channel 17 of the former Clark US Air Base a year earlier due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.
Beginning on January 1, 2008, Solar Entertainment began to lease airtime on SBN, choosing to broadcast programming from its entertainment channel ETC.ETC Available on SBN 21 This partnership ended in March 2, 2011, as Solar transferred ETC to RPN. As a result, SBN renewed partnership with Solar Entertainment to create the news network Talk TV, and since October 30 2012, it is now known as the Solar News Channel, the first 24-hour English news channel on free-to-air TV.
==Programming==
:Main article: List of programs broadcast by Solar News Channel
==SBN/Solar News Channel Slogans==
Branding 	Slogan 	Years Active
SBN 21/World TV 21 	Your Kind of Life 	1992-1996
SBN 21 	The Only One 	1996-2004
SBN 21 	Dito Ikaw Ang Una! 	2004-2007
SBN 21/ETC 21 	It's All Good, All Free!	2007-2011
SBN 21/Talk TV 21 	Be Talktv (Talkative) 	2011-2012
SBN 21/Solar News Channel	Inform. Inspire. 	2012-Present
==Southern Broadcasting Network stations nationwide==
===Solar News Channel stations===
Branding 	Callsign	Ch. #	Power kW 	Station Type	Location (Transmitter site)
Solar News Channel TV-21 Manila 	DWCP-TV 	TV-21	40 kW (500 kW ERP)	Originating 	Metro Manila
Solar News Channel TV-21 Laoag 	DWAP-TV 	TV-21	1 kW 	Relay 	Laoag
Solar News Channel TV-43 Tuguegarao 	DW__-TV 	TV-43	5 kW 	Relay 	Tuguegarao
Solar News Channel TV-22 Naga 	DZSS-TV 	TV-22	1 kW 	Relay 	Naga
Solar News Channel TV-21 Legazpi 	DWJP-TV 	TV-21	1 kW 	Relay 	Legazpi
Solar News Channel TV-32 Iloilo 	DYSN-TV 	TV-32	10 kW 	Relay 	Iloilo
Solar News Channel TV-5 Bacolod 	DYLP-TV 	TV-5 	10 kW 	Originating 	Bacolod
Solar News Channel TV-6 Cebu 	DYCP-TV 	TV-6 	5 kW 	Originating 	Cebu
Solar News Channel TV-22 Tacloban 	DYJP-TV 	TV-22	1 kW 	Relay 	Tacloban
Solar News Channel TV-27 Zamboanga 	DXJP-TV 	TV-27	1 kW 	Relay 	Zamboanga
Solar News Channel TV-5 Cagayan De Oro 	DXCS-TV 	TV-5 	10 kW 	Originating 	Cagayan De Oro
Solar News Channel TV-7 Davao 	DXSS-TV 	TV-7 	10 kW 	Originating 	Davao
Solar News Channel TV-13 Iligan 	DXYL-TV 	TV-13	5 kW 	Affiliate 	Iligan
Solar News Channel TV-28 General Santos	DXKM-TV 	TV-28	5 kW 	Relay 	General Santos
Solar News Channel TV-31 Butuan 	DXTL-TV 	TV-31	25 kW 	Originating 	Butuan
Solar News Channel TV-26 Surigao 	DXSN-TV 	TV-26	10 kW 	Originating 	Surigao
===Solar News Channel via cable and satellite Television===
All of these cable and satellite channels carry DWCP-TV-21 Manila.
Cable/Satellite Provider	Ch. #	Coverage
Cablelink 	14 	Metro Manila
Cignal Digital TV 	10 	Nationwide
Destiny Cable 	28 	Metro Manila
Cable Star Iloilo 	41 	Iloilo City
SkyCable 	16 	Metro Manila
 
-With several cable TV affiliates nationwide.
===Mom's Radio stations===
Branding 	Callsign	Frequency 	Power (kW) 	Location
Mom's Radio 97.9 Laoag 	DWSN-FM 	97.9 MHz 	5 kW 	Laoag
Mom's Radio 95.9 Naga 	DZRB-FM 	95.9 MHz 	10 kW 	Naga
Mom's Radio 90.3 Bacolod 	DYCP-FM 	90.3 MHz 	5 kW 	Bacolod
Mom's Radio 88.3 Cebu 	DYAP-FM 	88.3 MHz 	5 kW 	Cebu
Mom's Radio 101.5 Tacloban 	DYJP-FM 	101.5 MHz	2.5 kW	Tacloban
Mom's Radio 101.9 Zamboanga	DXJP-FM 	101.9 MHz	5 kW 	Zamboanga
Mom's Radio 97.9 Davao 	DXSS 	97.9 MHz 	10 kW 	Davao
===El Nuevo-Bantay Radyo stations===
==References==
==External links==
*Asean Media: SBN
Category:Philippine television networks
Category:1970 establishments in the Philippines
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Category:Solar Entertainment Corporation