Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

*Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp.*
	File:IBC-TV.png ; Ang Bagong Pilipino
Type	Broadcast television network
Country	Philippines
Availability	National
Owner	Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp.
Key people	Roberto Benedicto, Founder
Launch date	February 1, 1975
Former names	Islands Broadcasting Corporation (1961-1975); Island TV 13 (1989-1992)

Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is at San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City.

History

February 1, 1975 saw the beginning of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) when the Benedicto Group of Companies by the late Roberto S. Benedicto (1916-2000), purchased the network consisting of the Manila station and another relay station in Visayas and Mindanao owned by the late Andres Soriano. In 1976, IBC metamorphosed into one of the country's most viewed TV network with its full length local and foreign films aired on primetime. This catapulted IBC in the number one slot among all television networks.

Through the sweat of its employees and the income generated from its programs, the network built and finally moved into its present home, Broadcast City, in 1977. The complex was a 55,000 square metre tract located at Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City.

After the EDSA revolution, IBC was sequestered by the government. A board of administrators was created to run the station. All of the stocks and assets of IBC, and its sister networks Radio Philippines Network and Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation were sequestered by the Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG). President Corazon Aquino IBC and RPN were turned over to the Government Communications Group and awarded BBC through an executive order to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. When BBC closed down, IBC absorbed majority of its displaced employees, thus doubled the operating expenses of the network. Cost of programs went up by threefold. Line produced shows and co-production ventures with Viva, Regal, and Seiko were favored. The top rated shows of IBC were pirated by rival networks. Cost of programs, talent fees and TV rights increased tremendously. IBC could no longer afford to produce its own shows. IBC took a new image in 1988, Pusong Pinoy Pusong Trese, to recapture the glory days it once had. But because of the sequestration, periodic change of management and the internal problems, the network started to lose the support of advertisers.

Island Broadcast Corporation took over the management and the marketing of IBC (which came to be known as Islands TV 13) in 1989. It was in the later part of its operations that ratings and income suffered due to mismanagement which caused labor unrest.

In 1993, IBC became a 100% government owned station by virtue of a compromise agreement between PCGG and Roberto Benedicto, management and marketing were returned to the IBC Board of Directors. Programming remained at a standstill in preparation for the launching of a new image.

It was May 1994 when IBC launched Pinoy Ang Dating with a visually enticing music video, an innovation in terms of station identification. Despite limited resources, programming improved but the battle for audience share continued. Advertisers became more responsive to marketing efforts.

Vintage Television (VTV), later merged with VIVA Television in 2000, entered the scene in 1996 with PBA Games as its major program and continued until 2002. Rehabilitation of the transmitter and other technical facilities where initiated in the central and provincial stations.

There were plans to auction the TV frequency rights currently in use by IBC and RPN in the future.

In 2007, IBC had been recently existing a deal with the Makisig Network, led by Hermie Esguerra. Makisig was accepted as a block-timer of IBC. There were no announcements yet about when will be airing the blocktime.

IBC Programs

IBC Slogans

Branding	Slogan	Years Active
IBC 13	New Beginning	1975-1978
IBC 13	Enjoy Yourself	1978-1981
IBC 13	Basta Pinoy sa Trese	1981-1984
IBC 13	Life Begins at 13	1984-1986
IBC 13	Pusong Pinoy, Pusong Trese	1986-1987
Islands TV 13	The Newest Network	1987-1992
IBC 13	The Return	1992-1993
IBC 13	All The Way at 13	1993-1995
IBC 13	Pinoy Ang Dating	1995-2001
IBC	New Face, New Attitude!	2001-2007
IBC	Ang Bagong Pilipino (The New Filipino)	2007-present

IBC Stations Nationwide

IBC TV Stations

Branding	Callsign	Ch. #	Power kW	Station Type	Location
IBC 13 Manila	DZTV-TV	TV-13	50 kW	Originating	Metro Manila
IBC 13 Laoag	DWCS-TV	TV-13	6 kW	Relay	Laoag
IBC 6 Baguio	DWHB-TV	TV-6	0.1 kW	Relay	Baguio
IBC 13 Naga	DWNC-TV	TV-13	1 kW	Relay	Naga
IBC 5 Daet	DZDT-TV	TV-5	1 kW	Relay	Daet, Camarines Norte
IBC 2 Roxas*	DYXX-TV	TV-2	5 kW	Relay	Roxas
IBC 12 Iloilo	DYJB-TV	TV-12	5 kW	Originating	Iloilo
IBC 12 Bacolod	DYBD-TV	TV-12	5 kW	Relay	Bacolod
IBC 13 Cebu	DYTV-TV	TV-13	12.5 kW	Originating	Cebu
IBC 12 Tacloban	DYPR-TV	TV-12	5 kW	Originating	Tacloban
IBC 7 Basey, Samar	DYHF-TV	TV-7	0.1 kW	Relay	Basey, Samar
IBC 13 Zamboanga	DXZB-TV	TV-13	0.1 kW	Originating	Zamboanga
IBC 10 Cagayan De Oro	DXCC-TV	TV-10	0.5 kW	Originating	Cagayan De Oro
IBC 13 Ozamis	DXWV-TV	TV-13	0.05 kW	Relay	Ozamis
IBC 13 Davao	DXTV-TV	TV-13	5 kW	Originating	Davao
IBC 10 General Santos	DXSA-TV	TV-10	1 kW	Relay	General Santos

* - This station is currently inactive (off-air)

IBC on Cable Television

Cable/Satellite Provider	Ch. #	Coverage
Cable Star Iloilo	12	Iloilo
Cablelink	14	Metro Manila
Dream Satellite TV	07	Nationwide
Global Destiny Cable	16	Metro Manila
SkyCable	15	Metro Manila
SkyCable CAMANAVA	15	CAMANAVA

-With several cable affiliates nationwide.

IBC Radyo Budyong Stations

Callsign	Frequency	Power (kW)	Location
DZTV-AM	1386 kHz	25 kW	Metro Manila
DWLW	657 kHz	5 kW	Laoag
DWDW	1017 kHz	10 kW	Dagupan
DWGW	684 kHz	1 kW	Legaspi
DYBQ	981 kHz	10 kW	Iloilo
DYJJ**	1296 kHz	5 kW	Borongan
DXTV	1278 kHz	10 kW	Davao
DXWG	855 kHz	1 kW	Iligan

* - Start broadcast in October 2008.

** - Return as of September 2008.

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