''Ang Iglesia ni Cristo'' () is the first religious television program produced by the international Christian religious organization
Iglesia ni Cristo (through the
Christian Era Broadcasting Service International) and its currently broadcast by INC TV (
DZCE-TV) and
Net 25
Net 25 (capitalized and stylized as NET25) is a Philippine television network owned and operated by Eagle Broadcasting Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DZEC-TV, which is carried on UHF Channel 25 on a ...
. The program premiered on February 13, 1983 on MBS (now known as
PTV 4) and
RPN 9,
along with City 2 Television (reverted to
BBC-2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
) from the same year until 1986 when BBC-2 was signed off after
EDSA Revolution
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of ...
. One of its first panelists of the program was Bro.
Eduardo V. Manalo which he's now a current
executive minister of the church. After the
People Power Revolution
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular Demonstration (people), demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a ...
, the program transferred to
Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network, Inc. (RPN) is a Philippine television and radio company based in Quezon City. It is the flagship media property of Nine Media Corporation of the ALC Group of Companies; along with the Office of the Press Secretar ...
. It later aired on
ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under L ...
in 1990.
When
Net 25
Net 25 (capitalized and stylized as NET25) is a Philippine television network owned and operated by Eagle Broadcasting Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DZEC-TV, which is carried on UHF Channel 25 on a ...
was launched, most of its INC programs (including "Iglesia ni Cristo") began to air on the said network.
Ang Iglesia ni Cristo was also aired when Iglesia ni Cristo (through its religious broadcast arm, Christian Era Broadcasting Service) established its own TV network, GEM TV in 2005 and it later replaced by INC TV in October 2012.
References
{{Iglesia ni Cristo
Philippine religious television series
People's Television Network original programming
Radio Philippines Network original programming
ABS-CBN original programming
1983 Philippine television series debuts
Iglesia ni Cristo
Filipino-language television shows