DWVG-DTV

DWVG-DTV, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 24), is the flagship station of the VGC television network, licensed to Parañaque City, Metro Manila and serves the "Mega Manila" area. The station is owned by the VGC Television Stations division of VGC Television Inc., as part of a duopoly with DWCH-DTV (channel 50). It is sister to radio stations DWVG (1260), DWMT-FM (100.7), and DWVG-FM (96.7). All five stations share facilities at the VGC Plaza Studios in Parañaque City.
== Satellite/relay stations ==
Station	City of license 	Channels(RF / VC) 	First air date 	Call letters meaning 	ERP
 	Makati City, Metro Manila	42.01 (UHF)50.01 (PSIP)	June 30, 1992 	CHannel or former owner CHUM Limited 	100 kW
 	Olongapo City 	8 (VHF)(analog only) 	June 6, 1974 	DZVC-TV(Former call letters of DWVG-DTV)	2 kW
 	Subic, Zambales 	15 (UHF)(analog only) 	February 1, 1973	DZVC-TV(Former call letters of DWVG-DTV)	10 kW
Notes:
* 1. DWCH-DTV's frequency was formerly owned by the US Department of Defense as part of the Far East Network (now American Forces Network). It was dark for a few months following the sale of the station to CHUM Limited resulting from the withdrawal of the United States from Clark Air Base. CHUM Limited sold its independent stations to VGC and became part of the V+ television service until it shut down in 2004, after which VGC sold its stations, with DWCH-TV ending up under the ownership of CanWest Global. DWCH-TV, along with Canwest's assets in the Philippines were sold to Greater East Media in 2010. DWCH-DTV is currently a testing ground for both VGC and NBS (through DZNB-TV, channel 8). DWVG-DTV is simulcast in 1080i high definition on DWCH.
== History ==
===Experimental operations===
DWVG-DTV traces its history to The Manila Post's experimental television station, founded by the Post's Villena Corporation of Eduardo "Ka-Eddy" Villena. Programming when it first began operations in 1946 consisted of nightly newsreels from the Post, as well as some live programming retransmitted for television from DZVC radio (850 AM, now DWVG 1260). The station briefly broadcast on "channel 5" but later moved to channel 6 after channel changes on the NTSC system in the United States by its Federal Communications Commission.
===Second-oldest commercial television station===
On September 1, 1949, almost six months after the sign on of DZNB-TV (channel 8) of the Alpha Electronics Corporation (precursor to today's NBS) of the Montecarlos family, the company, now called Villena Group of Companies after purchasing a radio group in the United States, and now VGC (legal name with no meaning), received a commercial license for its channel 6 station under the call letters DZVC-TV to align with its radio sisters (which by that time included 102.9 FM, now DWVG-FM).
Its first ever advertisment came in the form of a sponsored newsreel. The Manila Post Newsreel became the Stanvac Newsreel, as it was sponsored for the first time by the Standard Vacuum Oil Company (later the Philippine version of Esso and is now Petron Corporation). Programming from the VGC network was limited to telecasts of radio programs from DZVC radio, including bodabil-based Asiavaude.
It did not take long for a third competitor to arrive in 1953—the Alto Broadcasting System with DZAQ-TV (channel 3, later DWWX-TV on channel 2, now defunct). In 1954, VGC expanded to certain parts of the country through owned-and-operated markets—Pampanga, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cebu (now Central O&Os), and Koronadal (now a GMA affiliate), as well as affiliate partnerships with the Del Fonso Company (precursor to Greater East Media), Westinghouse Broadcasting (all but two stations owned by Citycom Multimedia and Productions, mostly Central affiliates; one station is now a VGC O&O), and the Dela Vera family (most are now Central affiliates).
=== Broadcast media at time of martial law ===
On September 23, 1972, all of VGC's owned-and-operated radio and television stations were shut down under government order, but some VGC affiliates, notably the ones owned by the Dela Vera group, remained on air and kept contracts with network import distributors to keep most programming on the air as they did not receive a closure order. However the station went back on air on January 1, 1973 under time-limited permits from the government. VGC resisted takeovers, most notably after a press freedom parade organized by Ka-Eddy Villena after the death of Don Eugenio Lopez, calling for the release of his son Geny, which ultimately escaped prison and went to the United States in exile.
Despite the political pressure, VGC went on to become the number-one television network in the country, almost always beating the three Roberto Benedicto-owned television channels (KBS/RPN, BBC–which replaced ABS-CBN, and IBC) It even received stronger affiliates in the early 1980s due to the ratings decline of NBS.
=== Post-EDSA Revolution (1986-present) ===
On March 31, 1986, in order to reimage itself after the EDSA People Power Revolution that ousted President Ferdinand Marcos, VGC renamed the station to DWVG-TV in order to match the new call letters of DWVG radio.
==Digital television==
===Digital channels===
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
6.01 	720p 	16:9 	VGC 6 	Main DWVG-DTV programming / VGC
6.02 	720p 	16:9 	Eyewitness 24/7	Independent
6.03 	1080i	16:9 	DWVG-AM 	Simulcast of DWVG
6.04 	240p 	16:9 	VGC 1SEG 	1seg simulcast of DWVG-DTV
==Programming==
For almost the entirety of the station's lifespan, DZVC/DWVG has never acquired any syndicated programming, only focusing on movies as VGC was investing more heavily into local newscasts. Metro Circle, DWVG-DTV's only syndicated show, is set to premiere nationally on stations, mostly VGC stations or VGC-owned independents, later this year.
=== Sports ===
DWVG-DTV has local rights to the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) through a deal with the Parañaque Patriots basketball team, located in VGC's home. Meanwhile, ABS-CBN provides national coverage of the MPBL. As of now, its free-to-air coverage is relegated to DZOE-TV (channel 11), which ABS-CBN operates through a time brokerage agreement ("blocktime") with religious broadcaster ZOE Broadcasting Network.
==News operation==
Presently, DWVG-DTV on its main feed provides 57 ½ hours of local news a week (8 ½ hours on weekdays, 7 ½ on weekends). However, its total news output if DWVG-DT2 is included goes to 140 hours a week. DWVG-DT2 broadcasts 20 hours of local news a day, with the remaining 4 on early mornings (12-4am) being a straight simulcast of VGCN.
The Stanvac Newsreel was initally produced by the Post's newsroom, but DZVC-TV later established its own news department and in 1966, Eyewitness News premiered.
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