DWTE-TV (TV5 Ilocos Norte)
CityLaoag City
Channels
BrandingTV5 Ilocos Norte
Programming
SubchannelsSee list
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerTV5 Network Inc.
History
Founded1972
KBS/RPN (1972-1995)
ABC Laoag (1995–2008)
5 Laoag (2018–2020)
Call sign meaning
DW
Tan
Edward
(former owner, deceased)
Technical information
Licensing authority
NTC
PowerAnalog: 2.5 kW
Digital: 5 kW
ERP15 kW
Transmitter coordinates18°12′39″N 120°33′28.5″E / 18.21083°N 120.557917°E / 18.21083; 120.557917
Links
Websitewww.tv5.com.ph

DWTE-TV, Channel 2, is a commercial television station owned and operated by TV5 Network Inc. Its studio and transmitter are located at Talingaan St., Brgy. 31, Laoag City.

History

  • 1972 - DWTE-TV channel 2 was launched by Kanlaon Broadcasting System during the Martial Law period, and in 1975, KBS was formally re-launch as RPN, the acronym for its franchise name, Radio Philippines Network.
  • January 25, 1997 - Associated Broadcasting Company opened its TV station ABC Channel 2 Laoag as a relay (satellite-selling) station of ABC-5 Manila, with the inaugurated its studio and transmitter complex in Talingaan Street, Barangay 31, Laoag City.
  • August 8, 2008 - The station aired a countdown to its re-launch for much of the next day until 19:00 PHT, when the network officially re-launched under its new name of TV5.
  • February 17, 2018 - as the recent changes within the network and in celebration of its 10th anniversary, TV5 Laoag was relaunched as The 5 Network with a new logo and station ID entitled Get It on 5 whereas the TV on the northeastern quadrant of the logo has been dropped, making it more flexible for the other divisions to use it as part of their own identity.
  • January 13, 2019 - 5 Laoag introduced a variation of the current numerical 5 logo, similar to the newly network, 5 Plus.
  • August 15, 2020 - 5 Laoag was reverted to TV5 while retaining the 2019 numerical 5 logo.

Digital channels

DWTE-TV's digital signal operates on UHF Channel 18 (497.143 MHz) and broadcasts on the following subchannels:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming Notes
2.01 480i 16:9 TV5 TV5 (Main DWTE-TV programming) Commercial broadcast (5 kW)
2.02 OnePH One PH
2.03 4:3 One Sports One Sports
2.35 240p 16:9 One Seg S1 TV5 1seg broadcast

Areas of coverage

Primary areas

Secondary areas

See also


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