DXXL-TV

DXXL-TV, channel 3 (digital VHF channel 4), is a XL owned-and-operated station licensed to Surigao City and serves its province of Surigao del Norte. It is owned by XL Network.
== History ==
=== Beginning under JBN ===
DXMS-TV signed on in April 20, 1969 as part of the Jangco Broadcasting Network. After Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, JBN, along with other media outlets were forced to close down. Other entities were brought back, but JBN was forced to shut down and sell their licenses to unrelated companies, citing oppositions and rivalry with the Marcos government. As ordered, the network sold DXMS to Surigao Broadcasting Corporation, a locally-owned and approved company. In the interim between JBN's closedown and the closing of the sale to SBC, channel 3 went dark and produced no programs.
=== SBC ownership; acquisition by Eastman Media and later affiliation with PhiNet ===
SBC operated channel 3 as a bilingual and multicultural independent station, airing a mix of English and Filipino-language programming geared towards various ethnic communities, plus bilingual newscasts.
Channel 3 kept the format after SBC was purchased in 1982 by Eastman Media, then-owner of the PhiNet network. Eastman decided to keep the format, although adding some PhiNet programs, instead of transferring the network altogether from its secondary status at then-VGC affiliate DXCQ-TV (channel 11, now a PlayStation TV owned-and-operated station). The other PhiNet programming then moved to channel 11 after VGC decided to return to then-ENetwork affiliate DXTW-TV (channel 2).
However, channel 3's stint as an independent ended in 1987 when DXCQ, a very strong affiliate, disaffiliated from the network and switched to CBS, citing that a continuation of the affiliation would force the station to remove English programming. Instead of selling the English programming to other stations, Eastman moved some of their other programs to their newly-signed secondary station DXPW-TV (channel 5).
=== Purchase by XL ===
To free up cash for other business ventures, Eastman sold DXMS to the upstart XL Network, which caused PhiNet to move to channel 5 and deciding to sell some of its programs to rivals once and for all. XL Network is jointly owned by relatives of the Jangco family, effectively returning the station to its former roots under a new network. Shortly after the switch to XL, the station changed its call letters to DXXL-TV,
Category:Surigao City
Category:Surigao Del Norte
Category:Philippines
Category:XL Network
Category:Former PhiNet affiliates
Category:Former Eastman Media stations
Category:Channel 3
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1969