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DXBN-TV

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DXBN-TV (PTV-9 Butuan)
Channels
BrandingPTV-9 Butuan
Programming
AffiliationsPTV
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedApril 27, 1960 (1960-04-27)
Former call signs
DXAJ-TV (1974-1986)
DXNS-TV (1986-1995)
Former channel number(s)
11 (1974-1986)
7 (1986-1995)
CBN (1960-1967)
ABS-CBN (1967-1972)
BBC/City2 (1973-1986)
GMA Network (1986-1995)
Call sign meaning
DX
ButuaN City
Technical information
ERP5 kilowatts
Links
Websitewww.ptv.ph

DXBN-TV (channel 9), was a television station of Butuan City Fil-Products and affiliate of People's Television Network. Its studio, transmitter and broadcast facility are located at Libertad, Butuan. Currently the station is inactive.

History

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  • April 27, 1960 - DXBN-TV channel 9 was originally used by ABS-CBN, the first television station in Caraga, was launched by CBN (later merging into ABS-CBN from ABS).
  • 1973 - During the declaration of Martial Law by then-President Ferdinand Marcos, and takeover of ABS-CBN by his crony, Roberto Benedicto, DXBN-TV was reopened and became part of the Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation.
  • 1986 - DXBN-TV channel 9 was launched by GMA Network as an affiliate station of the Butuan City Fil-Products.
  • 1995 - DXBN-TV channel 9 became an affiliate station of the People's Television Network, Inc. (PTNI) under Butuan City Fil-Products. The same year, GMA Butuan was also launched on Channel 7 under its affiliate, Northern Mindanao Broadcasting System (later it moved its regional station to UHF Channel 26 in 2015) and ABS-CBN Butuan started its broadcasting on Channel 11 in 1999 until it became a semi-satellite station of Channel 4 Cagayan de Oro (formerly TV-2), effective from July 2018 to August 2020.
  • July 16, 2001 - Under the new management appointed by the former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, PTNI adopted the name National Broadcasting Network (NBN) carrying new slogan "One People. One Nation. One Vision." for a new image in line with its new programming thrusts, they continued the new name until the Aquino administration in 2010.
  • 2011 - After it was lasted for sixteen years in Butuan, the station is currently off the air.