ABS-CBN Regional Channel
CountryPhilippines
Broadcast areaDefunct (television)
Philippines (iWantTFC)
NetworkABS-CBN Regional
HeadquartersQuezon City, Philippines
Ownership
OwnerABS-CBN Corporation
Creative Programs
History
LaunchedAugust 1, 2016 (2016-08-01) (test broadcast)
March 20, 2017 (2017-03-20) (official launch)
ClosedJanuary 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)[1]
Replaced byLiga (channel space on Sky Direct)

ABS-CBN Regional Channel was a Philippine pay television channel which aired programming from the regional television and radio stations owned by ABS-CBN.[2] The channel was launched as a test broadcast on August 1, 2016, and was officially launched on March 20, 2017.

ARC was the network's second attempt to have a subscription-television channel solely dedicated to regional programming. In 1996, when the then-Sarimanok Channel 37 (now ABS-CBN News Channel) was launched, 80% of its programming were produced in the network's regional operations centers located in Baguio, Bacolod, Cagayán de Oro, Cebú, Davao, Naga, Zamboanga, among others. The programming consists of newscasts which is aired live via satellite, public affairs shows such as Banat Visayas, Sulong Mindanao, drama, comedy and musical programs.[3]

On January 10, 2018, ABS-CBN Corporation and Creative Programs announced that the channel would closedown on January 14, 2018, alongside Tag. Meanwhile, ABS-CBN Regional Channel on Sky Direct was rebranded as Liga, a sports channel that complements the programming of S+A with international football and local sports events, which was silently launched earlier on January 1.

Though it ceased broadcasting locally, ABS-CBN Regional Channel continued its international broadcast via iWantTFC until January 1, 2021.[4][5]

Final programming

Newscasts

TV Patrol Regional versions

Luzon

  • TV Patrol North Luzon (Baguio/Dagupan/Laoag/Isabela/Pampanga)

Delivered in Filipino - Anchored by Dobie de Guzman, Cris Zuñiga, Grace Alba, Harris Julio and Gracie Rutao.

  • TV Patrol Southern Tagalog (Batangas)

Delivered in Filipino - Anchored by Jonathan Magistrado.

  • TV Patrol Bicol (Naga)

Delivered in Bicolano - Anchored by Gerard Lorbes and Rizza Mostar.

Visayas

  • TV Patrol Panay (Iloilo)

Delivered in Ilonggo - Anchored by Regi Adosto.

  • TV Patrol Negros (Bacolod)

Delivered in Ilonggo - Anchored by Barbara Mijares

  • TV Patrol Central Visayas (Cebu)

Delivered in Cebuano - Anchored by Leo Lastimosa.

  • TV Patrol Eastern Visayas (Tacloban)

Delivered in Waray - Anchored by Ranulfo Docdocan.

Mindanao

  • TV Patrol Chavacano (Zamboanga)

Delivered in Chavacano - Anchored by Jewel Reyes.

  • TV Patrol North Mindanao (Cagayan de Oro)

Delivered in Cebuano - Anchored by PJ dela Peña.

  • TV Patrol Southern Mindanao (Davao)

Delivered in Cebuano - Anchored by Paul Palacio and Melanie Severino.

  • TV Patrol South Central Mindanao (General Santos)

Delivered in Filipino - Anchored by Jay Dayupay.

Current affairs reruns

  • Ano Ngani? (Tacloban)

Delivered in Waray - Hosted by Ranulfo Docdocan.

  • Arangkada (Cagayan de Oro)

Delivered in Cebuano - Hosted by PJ dela Peña.

Delivered in Kapampangan - Hosted by Richie Bondoc.

  • Salandigan (Bacolod)

Delivered in Hiligaynon - Hosted by Ryan Gamboa.

Magazine shows

Variety

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tag, ABS-CBN Regional Channel and Hero TV End of Broadcast
  2. ↑ "ABS-CBN Regional Channel now on SKY". SkyCable. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ "THE SARIMANOK CHANNEL". ABS-CBN Corporation. Archived from the original on June 17, 1997. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ethnic channel ABS-CBN Regional Channel launches outside the Philippines to reach the global Filipino audience". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ ABS-CBN Regional Channel Livestream, retrieved February 12, 2019
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