ZTV (Philippine TV channel)

**ZTV**
Type	Broadcast television and radio network
Country	Philippines
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Network	ZOE TV
Slogan	Your Favorite Network
Headquarters	For ZOE; 22nd floor, Strata 2000 Bldg., F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Programming
Language	Filipino; English
Picture format	480i (SDTV); 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	ZOE Broadcasting Network
Key people	Eddie Villanueva (Founder, ZOE Broadcasting Network); Sherwin Tugna (President and Chairman, ZOE Broadcasting Network); Rene Gonzalez (General Manager and Officer-in-Charge, ZOE Broadcasting Network); Engr. Antonio T. Soriano (Vice President for Technical Operations, ZOE Broadcasting Network); Jonathan "JJ Sparx" Jabson (Station Manager, ZTV); Antony "Ka Tony" Israel (Head, ZTV News and Public Affairs); Anthony Villamayor (Head, ZTV Entertainment); Hermie Esguerra (Head, ZTV Sports)
Sister channels	Under ABS-CBN; A2Z; Under ZOE; Light TV; Under ZTV; Z 100
History
Launched	October 13, 2008
Closed	July 3, 2022
Replaced	UniversiTV (2006–2008) and Channel 33 (2006) (UHF 33 channel space)
Replaced by	ZOE TV (new incarnation)
Links
Official Website	http://www.ztv33.ph/

ZTV (standing for ZOE TeleVision) is a Philippine UHF free-to-air digital broadcast television and radio network. It is a flagship property of ZOE Broadcasting Network, the religious broadcaster and the Philippine broadcast media arm of the Jesus Is Lord Church owned by JIL leader Bro. Eddie Villanueva as the owner and operator. ZTV's flagship television station is DZOZ-TV which carries the UHF Channel 33 (digital broadcast). The network's name is the version of ZOE TV (UHF 33 channel space) with an abbreviation derived from the letter of the name of television network: Z is ZOE and TV is Television. ZTV broadcast in the greater Metro Manila area, and is on a ‘must carry basis’ on cable and satellite service providers. The station's studios, offices and broadcast facilities are located at 22/F Strata 2000 Bldg, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, while its analog and digital transmitter are located at ZOE Compound Center, Crestview Heights Subdivision, Brgy. San Roque, Antipolo City.

The network also operating ZFM 100.1, the 24-hour FM nationwide satellite radio station in the Philippines.

ZTV was composed of broadcasting and entertainment. This includes a nationwide network of 5 UHF originating TV stations and 5 UHF relay TV stations, and 1 FM radio station in Manila, and a bar along Juputer St. The interactive broadcast station was known to be the prime movers of locally produced music, discovering many talents, who have become name-brand entertainers in the Philippine music scene.

History[]

Main article: DZOE-TV

Before 2006, ZOE Broadcasting Network operated on VHF Channel 11, after being acquired and awarded from its previous owner Delta Broadcasting System in 1998. By 2005, ZOE Broadcasting agreed to lease the entire airtime of ZOE-TV Channel 11 to Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, Inc., a subsidiary of GMA Network, Inc., in exchange of airing programs of ZOE-TV in GMA Network and an upgraded transmitter facilities for ZOE-TV on GMA Tower of Power. However, due to increasing lease payments of GMA Network to ZOE Broadcasting which is accompanied with decreased revenues of the former, GMA/Citynet terminated its agreement by June 4, 2019, with Channel 11 shutting down on the following day.

On September 1, 2005, channel 11 quietly went off the air as GMA installed, upgraded and rehabilitated the transmitter and studios of ZOE TV. At the same time, Channel 11's 40 kW transmitter in Ortigas was decommissioned in favor of an upgraded 100 kW transmitter facility purchased by GMA located at the GMA Tower of Power site in Brgy. Culiat, Quezon City, with ZOE maintaining transmitter operations for the station (due to current ownership restrictions requiring only one station per broadcaster per frequency).

Channel 33 test broadcast[]

ZOE TV transmitter tower in Antipolo City.

In May 1, 2006, ZOE Broadcasting launched its new call letters DZOZ-TV Channel 33 (a variant of DZOE-TV Channel 11) by using its newly constructed 30 kW transmitter tower station located in Antipolo, while retaining the Ortigas Center studios as its master control facility and began on test broadcast in UHF Channel 33 with its airing of the job opening program Future Finder on limited broadcast hours as part of its test broadcast operations.

UniversiTV[]

In November 27, 2006, after the series of test broadcasts in preparation for a relaunch of DZOZ-TV's new branding, it began broadcasting, then under a blocktime agreement between ZOE and Makati-based Estima, Inc. The result of the deal was student-oriented channel UniversiTV. The channel has proven to be a hub for college and university students, catering them with evening and overnight programs everyday. By that time, it operated from 3 pm to 8 am the following day, but eventually retracted its broadcast hours until 4 am during its last few months of airing.

ZOE TV-33[]

However, on March 10, 2008, UniversiTV ceased its agreement with Channel 33, possibly due to poor ratings and lack of advertisers' support and the same day, it reverted into ZOE TV, the television arm of Jesus is Lord Church led by Eddie Villanueva. This made ZOE TV left with almost no programming to offer along with the return of its old station ID from 1998 until 2005 and a corporate slogan and motto Give Love, Celebrate Life, though, they surprisingly airs mostly religious and infomercial programs, Diyos at Bayan, Adyenda, Jesus the Healer, PJM Forum, Midnight Prayer Helps and Legal Forum retained its programming lineup, which are also aired on DZOE-TV. UniversiTV on the other hand, was then relaunched as a Pay TV channel via satellite and cable operators, but totally ceased operations by 2010.^[1]

Launch and broadcasting[]

ZTV 33 logo from 2008 to 2018

On September 15, 2008, the new management led by the former station manager of KY 91.5, 99.5 RT and RJTV himself Jonathan "JJ Sparx" Jabson acquired and upgraded Channel 33's 30 kW transmitter tower station in Antipolo City, the master control facility of the Ortigas Center studios and transmitter operations for the station and production operations of ZOE TV Channel 33 to form and rebrand as ZTV 33 (ZOE Television 33), which was branded and launched on October 13, 2008 as Channel 33 regained its programming by airing entertainment programs in the evening, children's programming in the afternoon, a weekday morning TeleRadyo-formatted news program and its primetime news program under the ZTV 33 brand as a tie-up of ZOE TV and maintained by Studio 26 Productions. Since then, Jabson became ZTV station manager. Since then, Jabson became ZTV station manager. ZOE TV's Diyos at Bayan, Adyenda, Jesus the Healer, PJM Forum, Midnight Prayer Helps, Legal Forum, This New Life and the animated Bible series Superbook and The Flying House were retained and integrated to ZTV's programming.

In October 13, 2009, ZTV celebrated on its 1st year anniversary of UHF interactive broadcasting since October 13, 2008. In 2009, ZTV 33 won the "Outstanding TV station" award at the 2009 KBP Golden Dove Awards, with all programs on the network also earning awards in their respective categories.

Expansion to sports programming[]

ZTV 33 logo from October 13, 2008 to September 30, 2018

In May 2013, ZTV acquired the broadcast rights of the revitalized Philippine Basketball League (PBL), which marks the return of Philippine basketball after 2 year hiatus and airing the basketball on ZTV with one game on Wednesday and Friday, and two doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday premiering May 5, 2013. For the first time ever, ZTV has been venture into a foray of sports programming of the network headed by horseowner-businessman Hermie Esguerra through Herma Group, Inc., the former chairman of TV Xtreme Broadcasting Company (formerly Makisig Network). In October 2013, in celebration of its 5th anniversary, ZTV debuted its local sporting events, including boxing, horse racing (from San Lazaro Leisure Park), motoring and URCC as part of the ZTV Sports, a division catering to the male viewers. Since then, it became the network's shift to an interactive sports and entertainment station.

On October 13, 2014, ZTV started its broadcast on digital terrestrial television.

On February 28, 2017, DZOZ-TV for both ZTV and Light TV formally ceased its traditional analog terrestrial television signal, while officially launching its digital terrestrial television signal, using the ISDB-T standard. Upon doing so, it became the first Philippine television station to permanently shut down analog transmissions, as part of the country's wider transition rollout to digital TV.

On February 19, 2018, ZTV and Light TV started live broadcasts of JIL Worship Services during Sunday mornings (simulcast via A2Z Channel 11 since November 1, 2020).^[2]

In October 1, 2018, ZTV 33 relaunched as ZTV with its new gold logo, similar to the original ZOE TV logo, which has the same golden color, and station ID to reflect the change, in line with the network's celebration of its 10th anniversary with a new journey serving God and the Filipino people, the network is the best type of programming and bring glory to the Lord above and focuses in music, entertainment, news and public affairs, lifestyle, educational, children and educational, sports and religious programs. The month-long celebration started as ZTV invited past and present talents for the grand ZTV Homecoming, which was aired on October 6, 2018. The next day, on October 7, 2018, it also has the airing of the ZTV @ 10 documentary on October 7, 2018. Finally, the network concluded the celebration with the launch of new shows such as My Fit, Life with Karyn, Z Online Show (ZTV's own music show as a radio-TV concept simulcast on its sister FM station Z 100), Legacy Fighting Alliance, An Evening with Raoul, Kiddie Kwela, Music Playlist, Celebrity Page and Jazz Hour with Bong, and the returning The Lynn Sherman Show, Urban Nights and Oh No! It's Johnny! (now known as OhLINE It's Johnny!); and the same day is Happy 10: The ZTV 10th Anniversary Party on October 13, the launching day of ZTV wayback in 2008.

Programming[]

Main article: List of programs broadcast by ZTV 33

ZTV's program lineup are news and public affairs programs, entertainment programs ranging from music and variety shows, music videos, reality and game shows, talk shows, informative, children and educational programs, and religious programs. The entertainment programs are produced by ZTV Entertainment, while news and public service programs are produced by ZTV News and Public Affairs. Meanwhile, ZTV will also feature content from ZOE TV's sister station Light TV, the majority of which are produced by ZOE Broadcasting Network and its content partners CBN Asia and Trinity Broadcasting Network, which retained and integrated to ZTV's programming.

List of ZTV stations[]

Radio stations[]

FM stations (ZFM)[]

Branding	Callsign	Frequency	Power (kW)	Station Type	Coverage
ZFM 100.1 Manila	DZOZ-FM	100.1 MHz	1 kW (Max ERP: 5 kW)	Originating	Metro Manila

ZTV stations[]

Main article: ZOE Broadcasting Network#TV stations

References[]

External links[]

[1] ttp://universitv.net/utv/cablechannel_assignments.html

[2] TV Stations in the Philippines

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