In July 16, 2001, the
Progressive Broadcasting Corporation (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
NU 107, airing rock and alternative rock
music videos. The station gained a cult following through comedy and reality show
Strangebrew 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
Jay Sonza. 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
Ang Dating Daan (
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
EDSA 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
Daniel Razon 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 Phantom 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
UNTV Broadcast Center, that will serve as its new headquarters. It is located along EDSA, in front of
Ayala Land'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
SM Mall of Asia Arena. 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==