IBC Transmitter Tower
| IBC Transmitter Tower | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Communications tower |
| Location | Quezon City, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°38′58″N 121°1′8″E / 14.64944°N 121.01889°ECoordinates: 14°38′58″N 121°1′8″E / 14.64944°N 121.01889°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Construction started | 1977 |
| Completed | 1978 |
| Opening | 1978 |
| Owner | Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 200.5 m (658 ft) |
IBC Transmitter Tower is a 500 ft (152.4 m), 50,000 watt TPO communications tower of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation located at Roosevelt Avenue, San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City. It serves as a transmitter facility for flagship stations DZTV-TV 13 (analog and digital). The site formerly has a transmitter facility used by 89.1 FM from 1978 as KB 89.1 until 2014 as Wave 89.1.
History[edit]
The IBC Transmitter Tower was constructed on a huge vacant lot in 1977 at the Coca Cola Plant in Roosevelt Avenue, San Francisco Del Monte in 1977, as a new edifice for the network to replace an old 50-kilowatt transmitter located at the corner of P. Guevarra St. (formerly Little Baguio) in San Juan City, and to clear TV and FM reception. The tower's construction uses 500 tons of steel from a local steel mill, costing PHP 150 Million pesos for the building of this tower. Antennas are also provided to enhance signal strength. After several months of planning, the tower completed and inaugurated in 1978 as the tower became operational, transmitting television and radio for IBC. In 1996, IBC installed and equipped a new 60-kilowatt Harris transmitter for clearer TV reception with a new 52-panel Jampro corner reflector TV antenna: meaning clearer, stronger and crisper audio-video.
On November 8, 2018, during the 2nd day of the KBP 44th Top Level Management Congerence, 8BTSI installed the 2.5 kW transmitter and 6 panel antenna for IBC for its digital broadcast on UHF 26 registers a large signal and quality.
Since 2018, the transmitter is being controlled from IBC headquarters in Quezon City via studio/transmitter link (STL) facility.
Features[edit]
The tower[edit]
The IBC Transmitter Tower uses its high-gain corner reflector antennas and UHF panel antennas to produce a wide coverage of Analog (VHF TV and UHF TV) and Digital (ISDB-T) TV reception in Metro Manila, Region 3 (Central Luzon) and 4-A (Calabarzon). It is including Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales, Tarlac, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Batangas, Cavite, Quezon, Aurora and Rizal in both grades A and B for the broadcasts of DZTV-TV.
From 1978 to 2014, 89.1 FM's signal strength utilized by a circular bay Jampro FM antenna provides listeners with clear FM reception of 25 kilowatts and to spread out in Metro Manila and nearby provinces as well.
The transmitter facility[edit]
The transmitter facility houses television transmitter for DZTV-TV containing sets of transmitter equipment imported by Harris and RCA of the United States, and JVC of Japan. At the same time, the satellite downlink facility housed all satellite broadcasts directly to the United States and other countries to produce foreign programmes.
See also[edit]
- Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
- DZTV-TV
- DWAV
- DZMZ
- List of famous transmission sites
- List of tallest towers in the world
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