Country Philippines Founded 2007 | Official website www.cltv36.tv | |
Owner Radioworld Broadcasting Corporation Key people Liberato "Levy" P. Laus, President and CEO, Laus Group of Companies
Sonia P. Soto, President and General Manager
Billy San Juan, Deputy GM and Vice President
Joey Hernal, Deputy Head for Integrated Content and Production Cluster Launch date March 19, 2007 (as CLTV 36)
April 11, 2016 (as CLTV 36 Metro Central Luzon) Type of business Independent Broadcast television network | ||
Central Luzon Television (CLTV 36 Metro Central Luzon) is a regional television network, based in the Central Luzon region in the Philippines. The network is owned and managed by RadioWorld Broadcasting Corporation, a subsidiary of the Laus Group. The network's offices and studio complex located at 3rd Floor, Corporate Guarantee and Insurance Company Building, Jose Abad Santos Ave., City of San Fernando, Pampanga, while its 10-kilowatt (100 kilowatt ERP), 68.5 meters high transmitter and station tower is located at C.P. Garcia Street, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga. This station operates everyday from 7:30 am to midnight (PST)
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Background
As one of the youngest terrestrial television stations in the Philippines, it was created when Philippine Congress granted a franchise under Republic Act No. 8219 (lapsed into law) on September 12, 1997 and duly licensed by the NTC dated January 10, 2007.
It was launched on March 19, 2007. In 2008, CLTV 36 relegated into an all-news and infotainment channel. It was on the same year that the station received the first KBP Golden Dove Award (Sonia Soto - Best Provincial Public Affairs Program Host). From 2007, CLTV 36 pioneered the extensive and most updated coverage of national and local elections and natural disasters that hit the region including typhoons, northeast monsoon, among others. In 2013, CLTV 36 launched their entertainment programming thru the StarMill Talent Search.
CLTV 36 Metro Central Luzon focuses on a centralized media coverage from news, public affairs and entertainment programming, covering all the provinces of Metro Central Luzon. These are the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Bataan, Tarlac, Zambales, Aurora and its homebase, Pampanga. CLTV 36 can also be seen in some areas in Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Ilocos Region, and Cordillera Administrative Region thru a better, wider, crisp and stronger signal reception from its transmitter in Clark Freeport Zone. The tower was inaugurated in December 9, 2015.
CLTV 36 Metro Central Luzon is the official broadcaster of the Giant Lantern Festival every December from 2008 and the United Central Luzon Athletic Association games since 2015.
CLTV 36 Metro Central Luzon was honored as the three-time Best Provincial TV station by the KBP Golden Dove Awards, organized by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) for the 2012, 2014 and 2015 edition, along with the award for their programs Balitang Central Luzon (Best TV Newscast, Provincial) and So To Speak (two-time Best TV Public Affairs Program, Provincial).
In time for the station's 9th anniversary, on April 2, 2016, CLTV 36 was rebranded as "CLTV 36 Metro Central Luzon" during the station-organized event at the newly launched LGC Events Center in City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Along with the station's rebranding and new theme song performed by Chocolate Factory Band, Jeneal Mariano and Andy Pangan, new programs centered on news and public affairs and entertainment was launched.
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Current Affairs
Infotainment
Entertainment
Religious
Former Programs
Station
CLTV 36 can also be seen in 40 cable & satellite affiliates in Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija and Cavite and on Cignal Channel 115 nationwide. The network also operates the radio station DWRW (RW 95.1).