Draft:DWRA-TV
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 "Keeping it Good" | |
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| Channels | |
| Branding | GTV-22 Pangasinan (Dagupan) GTV-22 North Central Luzon |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | GTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | GMA Network, Inc. |
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| History | |
| Founded | November 11, 2005 |
Former call signs | DWNT-TV (2005-2018) |
Former channel number(s) | 38 (2005-2018) |
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Call sign meaning | DW RAdio |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | NTC |
| Power | 10 kW |
| ERP | 120 kW |
| Translator(s) | DWUD-TV (Channel 27) (Urdaneta) |
| Links | |
| Website | GTV |
DWRA-TV (channel 22) is a television station in Balungao, Philippines, airing programming from the GTV network. It is owned and operated by GMA Network, Inc. alongside GMA outlet DWGD-TV (channel 10). Both stations share transmitter facilities atop Mount Balungao.
Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, DWRA-TV is considered a straight simulcast of GTV's flagship station, DWDB-TV (channel 27) in Metro Manila.
History[edit]
As QTV/Q, GMA News TV and to Channel 38[edit]
On November 11, 2005, the station returned its operations. DWNT-TV, together with other GMA's sister UHF stations nationwide, were launched as an all-female lifestyle channel QTV (standing for Quality Television; later renamed as simply Q in March 2007). With the return of its TV operations, its flagship station in Metro Manila was DZOE-TV—which GMA lease as part of a partnership with the religious broadcaster ZOE Broadcasting Network (gaining control of the station in exchange for providing equipment for ZOE, and allowing airtime for ZOE-produced programming on QTV), with the GMA-owned flagship station in Manila serving as a UHF translator (GMA had previously operated as the independent station Citynet 27, before it went silent in the middle of 2001). The new network would feature a lineup predominantly aimed towards women, with a mixture of domestic and imported lifestyle programs and dramatic series. On February 7, 2011, GMA Network announced that it would replace Q with the news channel GMA News TV. As Q's programming ended on February 20; the network, broadcasting under transitional branding Channel 11 (along with other stations nationwide), continued to air teasers for the impending re-launch from February 21–25, and signed off completely on the 26th and 27th of the same month in preparation for its re-launch of a secondary network a day later. On February 28, 2011, DWDG-TV and other GMA's sister UHF stations nationwide were reformatted and formal re-launch as news and public affairs channel GMA News TV, and as part of GMA News and Public Affairs's plans to expand its presence on free-to-air television. And in 2015, GMA News TV Benguet was transferred its channel assignment to Channel 38.
As GTV[edit]
On February 9, 2021, GMA Network announced that GMA News TV will officially rebrand to GTV on February 22, 2021, as the new news, entertainment and sports channel (simulcast of GTV-22 Baguio).
Digital television[edit]
Digital channels[edit]
DWRA-TV's feed is broadcast on DWGD-TV digital subchannel operates on UHF channel 38 (617.143 MHz) and broadcasts on the following subchannels:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming | Note |
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| 10.01 | 480i | 16:9 | GMA | GMA Dagupan (Main DWGD-TV programming) | Commercial broadcast (15 kW) |
| 10.02 | GTV | GTV Dagupan (Main DWRA-TV programming) | |||
| 10.03 | HEART OF ASIA | Heart of Asia | |||
| 10.06 | HALLYPOP | Hallypop | |||
| 10.07 | I HEART MOVIES | I Heart Movies | |||
| 10.08 | PINOY HITS | Pinoy Hits | |||
| 10.11 | (UNNAMED) | Unknown | Black screen | ||
| 10.31 | 240p | GMA 1Seg | GMA Dagupan | 1seg broadcast |
See also[edit]
Category:GTV (Philippine TV network) stations Category:Television channels and stations established in 1995 Category:Mass media in Dagupan