DXFA-TV

DXFA-TV

Zamboanga City
Channels	Analog: 43 (UHF) Digital: N/A
Branding	GNN TV-43 Zamboanga
Programming
Affiliations	Defunct
Ownership
Owner	FUBC
Sister stations	DXRH (FUBC-AM 1080kHz)
History
Founded	1977
Call sign meaning	DX First United BroAdcasting Corporation (former branding)
Technical information
ERP	20,000 watts
Links
Website	GNN Website

DXFA-TV/GNN TV43 was a TV station owned by First United Broadcasting Corporation and currently an affiliate of Global News Network in the Philippines. Its studios and transmitter are located at Zamboanga City.

Currently, GNN Channel 43 Zamboanga is inactive.

History of GNN TV43 Zamboanga

• GNN TV43 Zamboanga/FUBC was founded by Ma. Clara "Caling" L. Lobregat and Basilio "Bong" Apolinario II.
• It brought to Zamboanga City its first FM station and its first color television station in 1977.
• The television station, DWLA 9Alive, was characterized by 9 "lovely" ladies.

Later years of GNN TV43 Zamboanga

• The network is on a massive expansion drive.
• In 1995, its original TV station, VHF channel 9 in Zamboanga city was sold to GMA.
• However it operates UHF 43 in Zamboanga.
• FUBC's FM station, DXLA-FM 99.5 MHz, and its AM station, DXRH-AM 1080 kHz have moved to Basilan/ARMM.
• However, its present goal seems to reinvent itself in the UHF spectrum nationwide rather than expand in the radio business.

Personalities

• Cathy Veloso Santillan (one of the original 9Alive Girls who became a broadcaster and NewsWatch anchor of RPN-9 in the early 1990s)
• Erico Basilio "Erbie" Fabian (Zamboanga City District II Congressman)
• Pal Marquez (ABS-CBN Correspondent for Western Mindanao and former anchor)

See also

• Global News Network