Salaam TV was a Philippine government-owned

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channel owned by the Presidential Communications Office through the

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(PTV). The channel's main programming is solely focused on

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and other Islamic communities in the country. At present, the channel is on test broadcast via digital terrestrial television on PTV's digital subchannel (via UHF 14) and Expand to

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and

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Channel 4 depending on the digital boxes' channel availability from 12 noon to 8:00 p.m. It was also the second Islamic television network based in the

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, following the launch of Davao-based Islamic cable channel Mensahe TV. The channel launched on July 23, 2017. Former

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presenter Princess Habibah Sarip-Paudac, the first Filipina newsreader to wear a hijab on a national television newscast, took role as the station manager of the station.

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, in his first State of the Nation Address on July 25, 2016, stated that the government will put up two state-run TV channels for Filipino Muslims and the

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, hence Salaam TV was established, while the channel for the Lumad is still being planned. The channel ceased broadcast on September 12, 2023 after 6 years and a month and was replaced by the TeleRadyo Channel of '' Radyo Pilipinas 1''.

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