Pioneer operators (1962–1972) On April 11, 1962, at 7:30 pm, the Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC), through its subsidiary, the Metropolitan Broadcasting Company, launched DZRH-TV on VHF channel 11, owned by the Elizalde family. On January 9, 1972, MBC inaugurated its new building for the TV station. President
Ferdinand Marcos attended the ceremony. However, a few months later on September 23, 1972, the government forced the TV station along with
DZRH AM 650 and other assets of the company to cease operations in the wake of Marcos'
declaration of martial law. The status of the pre-martial law program archives of channel 11 is unknown.
Failed bid of restoration After the 1986
People Power Revolution, MBC attempted to bring it back on the air; however in January 1992, the
NTC disqualified them for a VHF frequency application because the agency found MBC "not legally, technically and financially qualified to operate the station". As a result, the license was eventually acquired by
El Shaddai-led
Delta Broadcasting System, Inc. in 1995, with the frequency's new callsign
DWXI-TV. DBS later moved to channel 35, when
ZOE Broadcasting Network. ZBN head
Jesus Is Lord Church leader Brother
Eddie Villanueva bought channel 11 from DBS in 1998 and created
DZOE-TV, which was occupied by
GMA News TV (formerly
ZOE TV and
QTV/Q). It discontinued operations in June 5, 2019, because the blocktime agreement between ZOE Broadcasting Network and GMA Network was not renewed, so GMA News TV moved to
DWDB-TV Channel 27 (renamed as
GTV on February 22, 2021), for the remainder of the analog transmission run. Channel 11 became affiliated with
ABS-CBN as
A2Z, 5 months after
channel 2's shutdown due to a
cease and desist order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission for an expired franchise on May 5, 2020, and their frequencies were later recalled, with channel 2's frequency taken over by
AMBS'
All TV. Ironically, MBC was one of the two remaining pre-Martial Law TV operators who did not revive at the height of the sequestrations months after the 1986 Revolution, along with
ABC-5. It relaunched in 1991 with different calls,
DWET-TV; and a different corporate name,
Associated Broadcasting Company. MBC returned to TV, albeit on cable as TV Natin in 2007 branded as
DZRH News Television.
Proposed plan of revival on digital television In February 2024, MBC Media Group revealed plans to revive the station, this time on Digital Terrestrial Television, as the company ventures into multimedia. It became initially available in Visayas Region (Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu only) under Test Broadcast phase. It platform has yet to start digital TV operations in Mega Manila and nearby provinces. ==Programming==