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, Philippines, serving as the

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of the

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network. The station is owned by the

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of Alfredo "Atom" Henares.

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, headed by veteran broadcaster

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, operate the station through an airtime lease agreement. The station maintains studios at the LVCC Bldg, EDSA, Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City; its hybrid digital transmitter facility is located at UNTV Transmitter Complex, Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway, Brgy. Santa Cruz,

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with SFN Relay Towers are located at Kingdom of Jesus Christ Compound, Brgy. Sauyo, Novaliches,

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and Brgy. Maraouy,

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as well as in Mabalacat,

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and Biñan, Laguna.

History

In July 16, 2001, the

(PBC) owned by businessman Alfredo "Atom" Henares ventured into UHF television through UNTV-37 (pronounced as "un-tee-vee"). It serves as television counterpart to PBC's FM radio station

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, airing rock and alternative rock

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. The station gained a cult following through comedy and reality show

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known as "Ang show na may tama" and "In the Raw." In 2004, UNTV gradually reduced, until it eventually abandoned airing rock-oriented music videos after its airtime were acquired by Tapatan, Inc. headed by veteran broadcaster

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. The station also began airing MCGI religious programs after Henares had a deal with the ''Ang Dating Daan'' group. Since then, UNTV became the permanent home of the religious program

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( The Old Path) after leaving SBN 21. Later, the station was rebranded as "UN Television (UNTV)" (pronounced as "you-en-tee-vee.") The new UNTV humbly started with a one-room broadcast studio located at the AIC Gold Tower in Ortigas Center, Pasig. The station transferred to Brgy. Damayang Lagi New Manila, Quezon City in 2006 as it needs bigger space for its growing public service initiatives. In 2008, UNTV transferred to its own building at 907 Philam Homes along

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Quezon City. Since then, UNTV became a 24/7 station (however, the network continues to sign-off the air every Monday mornings from 12:05 am to 3:55 am due to regular transmitter maintenance on terrestrial TV only) on free-to-air TV airing news, entertainment and religious programs. In 2007, Breakthrough and Milestones Production International under the leadership of Kuya

acquired the main operations of the network and in turn, relaunched as the "public service channel," another first in the history of Philippine Television. UNTV began using DJI

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aerial drones for their live news reporting in 2013. In 2013, UNTV ceased using its old tower in Crestview Heights Subdivision, Brgy. San Roque, Antipolo, Rizal and began using its new digital-ready transmitter located at Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo, Rizal to improve signal reception. The tower is shared by UNTV and Wish FM 107.5. On June 26, 2014, UNTV held the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of

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, that will serve as its new headquarters. It is located along EDSA, in front of

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's TriNoma mall and just a few meters away from its current building. On August 10, 2014, BMPI acquired the operations of PBC's FM station on 107.5 MHz. It was formally launched as 107.5 Wish FM (now Wish 107.5) with a free concert featuring OPM artists at the World Trade Center in Pasay. On August 26, 2015, UNTV was officially rebranded as UNTV Life, with a new logo, in a concert held at the

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. On July 18, 2016, UNTV undergoes a major rebranding to a global news and rescue company and officially became UNTV News and Rescue. The station meanwhile retained its long-time slogan, "Your Public Service Channel". After the refresh, its programs were classified into two programming blocks, UNTV News and Rescue and UNTV Public Service. On January 1, 2025, UNTV ceased its analog broadcast on UHF Channel 37. However, their plans to flash cut their digital signal into the former analog channel 37 was not materialized yet.

Programming

Digital television

Digital channels

UHF Channel 38 (617.143 MHz)

Areas of coverage

Primary areas

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* Laguna *

Secondary areas

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* Portion of

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* Portion of

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Satellite broadcast

UNTV can be received via satellite in the Philippines and other countries in Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe and Africa.

Pay television

Internet streaming

UNTV can be received via online streaming through its website, through encoding the network's streaming link

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in the

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installed on personal computers and mobile devices, and through the 24/7

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livestream.

Mobile application

In 2013, BMPI launched the UNTV Mobile App for

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Android and Windows mobile and tablet devices. By downloading the

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lication, users with stable internet connection will be able to watch the broadcast feed of UNTV News and Rescue and listen to UNTV Radio La Verdad 1350 kHz for free.

References

External links

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Breakthrough and Milestones Productions International
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