DXBN-TV

DXBN-TV (PTV-9 Butuan)

Butuan
Channels	Analog: 9 (VHF) Digital: TBA (UHF)
Branding	PTV-9 Butuan
Programming
Affiliations	PTV
Ownership
Owner	People's Television Network, Inc. (Butuan City Fil-Products)
History
Founded	April 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)
Former affiliations	CBN (1960-1967) ABS-CBN (1967-1972) BBC/City2 (1973-1986) GMA Network (1986-1995)
Call sign meaning	DX ButuaN City
Technical information
ERP	5 kilowatts
Links
Website	www.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 were located at Libertad, Butuan. Currently the station is inactive.

History

• 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.