Branding BEAM Channel 31 Davao | Affiliations Independent | |
Channels Analog: 31 (UHF)
Digital: 32 (UHF) (ISDB-T) (under test broadcast)
Virtual: 12.1 (LCN) Owner Broadcast Enterprise and Affiliated Media, Inc. Founded 1995 (RMN TV)
July 3, 2011 (BEAM TV) Former affiliations CTV 31
E! Entertainment
Silent
The Game Channel
CHASE
Jack City | ||
DXKC-TV channel 31, is a television station of Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. In Davao City. Its studios and transmitter are located at Unit 308, 3/F, GB CAM Building, Alvarez cor. Monteverde st., Davao City. DXKC-TV is an originated station of Metro Manila's BEAM Channel 31.
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History
It was started as Cinema Television (or CTV-31) in 1995. It was also the first UHF station to be inspired by a movie television. And on year 1997, it had its broadcast rights form E!, an American-cable network channel that features fashion and lifestyle show, which is lately known as E! Philippines. But in the year 2003 RMN decided to cancel its operation to TV network, citing financial constraints and poor ratings.
On July 3, 2011, UHF 31 in Davao and all RMN TV stations nationwide returned as a test broadcast, as the frequency was occupied by Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, following the latter was bought up by Bethlehem Holdings, Inc. (funded by Globe Telecom's Group Retirement Fund) from RMN. And then on it was branded as BEAM Channel 31 and The Game Channel on August 15, 2011. Recently, The Game Channel limited to its broadcast on December 24, 2011, to give way to its new sister station CHASE which it was broadcast in evening block. Recently The Game Channel leased its operation on BEAM and transferred its operation to cable, while CHASE remains on this network and took its 24‑hour broadcast. On September 7, 2012, when they aired 24 on CHASE, an animation signage plugged and written like this: "Another Jack TV is rising, coming soon on this channel". This was the part of Solar TV Network, Inc. plans to use this channel assignment to aired the said network. The network is planned and it was launched as the secondary Jack TV network named JACK City on October 20, 2012. But it lessen it's on air limits on free TV into 18 hours a day, due to National Telecommunications Commission's guidelines on free-to-air broadcasters, however it continues broadcasting 24/7 on cable networks. Somehow it ended operations and affiliation partnership with BEAM on August 31, 2014 and was moved to cable networks. Currently BEAM Channel 31 Davao, along with other BEAM TV stations nationwide is currently affiliated with Essentials Broadcasting Network thru TBN Asia and O Shopping (an ABS-CBN-owned shopping network channel).
Digital channels
UHF Channel 32 (581.143 MHz)
With the exception of Radyo Inquirer, programming for the analog signal and digital subchannels is supplied by BEAM's management. Though Radyo Inquirer and have round-the-clock broadcasts (Radyo Inquirer would air music on its livestream during off-air hours of its radio counterpart), BEAM's digital signal follows the analog signal's broadcasting hours.