Engineering:Millennium Transmitter
Template:Use Philippine English Template:Infobox transmitter The Millennium Transmitter is a soon-to-be-demolished 219.5-meter (720 ft) tall mast transmitter owned by ABS-CBN Corporation and operated by Advanced Media Broadcasting System located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Mother Ignacia Street corner Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City. The transmitter was used by AMBS to serve as the platform for television transmission of All TV on analog Channel 2 and digital Channel 16 (frequencies formerly used by ABS-CBN itself as its flagship station DWWX-TV and transmits from this tower before it ceased broadcast operations on May 5, 2020).[1] It was also used as the main transmission site for ABS-CBN-owned DWAC-TV Channel 23, the flagship station of S+A, before shutting down on May 5, 2020 and its frequency reassigned to Aliw Broadcasting Corporation and its radio station DWRR until it was relocated to Antipolo when the transmitter was upgraded by the end of 1999.
History
Its previous height was 650 ft (198.1 m), until ABS-CBN started a major reconstruction and rehabilitation of the whole tower, which included changing cylinder antennas to the more powerful dipole antennas with reflector, and increase of its height which was finished by the 3rd quarter of 2009.[2] On June 30, 2020, the transmitter was shut off due to a cease and desist order from the National Telecommunications Commission after ABS-CBN's legislative franchise expired on May 4, 2020.[3][4]
After two years of being non-operational for transmission, ABS-CBN granted the request of AMBS to use the transmitter for the analog and digital broadcasts of All TV. This was confirmed by Willie Revillame on his show Wowowin.[1] ALLTV later beginning simulcasting several ABS-CBN programs, such as TV Patrol, Magandang Buhay and It's Showtime, since April 15, 2024. This marked the return of ABS-CBN's operations to the transmitter tower after four years since its shutdown in 2020, albeit as an airtime lease operator.[5][6][7][8]
On February 27, 2025, ABS-CBN announced that it would sell most of the Broadcast Center to Ayala Land, pending regulatory approval to the Philippine Stock Exchange.[9][10] On March 2, 2025, Ogie Alcasid shared a post on social media, where he casually confirmed that the Millennium Transmitter would soon be demolished.[11] On July 9, 2025, the Millennium Transmitter was closed in preparation for demolition,[12][13] the first to be dismantled before the Broadcast Center, just 5 years after the new franchise was rejected by the Congress.[14] On August 20, 2025, ABS-CBN and Ayala Land have signed the deeds of absolute sale for the purchase of the sold properties.[15]
Features
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Tower
Transmitter facility
See also
- ABS-CBN
- DWWX-TV
- DWAC-TV
- DWGT-TV
- GMA Tower of Power
- List of tallest structures in the Philippines
- List of transmission sites
- Lattice tower
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gabinete, Jojo (September 16, 2022). "Willie Revillame, nagpasalamat sa ABS-CBN sa pagbebenta ng transmitter sa AMBS". https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/cabinet-files/168504/willie-revillame-abs-cbn-transmitter.
- ↑ "A Third Generation Of Analog TV Transmitting Antenna Installation For ABS-CBN Tower In 2009". August 24, 2009. http://albcorph.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/an-improvised-tv-antenna-of-abs-cbn-of-2009.
- ↑ "ABS-CBN to go off air in compliance with NTC order". May 5, 2020. https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/05/05/20/abs-cbn-to-go-off-air-in-compliance-with-ntc-order.
- ↑ "NTC orders ABS-CBN to stop TVPlus in Metro Manila, SKY Direct". June 30, 2020. https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/06/30/20/ntc-orders-abs-cbn-to-stop-tvplus-in-metro-manila-sky-direct.
- ↑ "TV Patrol to air on ALLTV beginning April 15". ABS-CBN News. April 13, 2024. https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/13/-tv-patrol-to-air-on-alltv-beginning-april-15-1429.
- ↑ "AMBS, ABS-CBN to bring Kapamilya shows, TV Patrol to ALLTV". April 23, 2024. https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/4/23/ambs-abs-cbn-to-bring-kapamilya-shows-tv-patrol-to-alltv-1326.
- ↑ Byx Almacen (April 30, 2024). "Eere sa ALLTV: Regine Velasquez 'di iiwanan ang 'Magandang Buhay'" (in tl). https://www.abante.com.ph/2024/04/30/eere-sa-alltv-regine-velasquez-di-iiwanan-ang-magandang-buhay/.
- ↑ Richard de Leon (2024-06-18). "Tahimik lang: It's Showtime balik-Channel 2, napapanood na rin sa ALLTV". https://balita.net.ph/2024/06/18/tahimik-lang-its-showtime-balik-channel-2-napapanood-na-rin-sa-alltv/.
- ↑ "ABS-CBN to sell portion of its Quezon City property to Ayala Land". February 27, 2025. https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/2/27/abs-cbn-to-sell-portion-of-its-quezon-city-property-to-ayala-land-1328.
- ↑ "ABS-CBN sells part of HQ to Ayala Land for P6 billion". February 28, 2025. https://www.philstar.com/business/2025/02/28/2424669/abs-cbn-sells-part-hq-ayala-land-p6-billion.
- ↑ "Ogie at Regine, nagpaalam na sa Millennium Transmitter ng ABS-CBN". March 3, 2025. https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/cabinet-files/185643/ogie-regine-abs-cbn-millennium-transmitter-a734-20250303.
- ↑ "Kapamilya stars, officials, employees nagpaalam sa ABS-CBN Tower". July 10, 2025. https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/cabinet-files/187587/kapamilya-stars-officials-employees-abs-cbn-tower-a734-20250710.
- ↑ "Sofia Andres, Nikki Valdez, more stars bid farewell to ABS-CBN Tower". July 10, 2025. https://entertainment.inquirer.net/618155/sofia-andres-nikki-valdez-more-stars-bid-farewell-to-abs-cbn-tower.
- ↑ "Millennium tower ng ABS-CBN, mauunang gigibain!". July 11, 2025. https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/showbiz/2025/07/11/2457163/millennium-tower-ng-abs-cbn-mauunang-gigibain.
- ↑ "ABS-CBN Corp, Ayala Land sign Deeds of Sale for acquisition of QC property". August 20, 2025. https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/8/20/abs-cbn-corp-ayala-land-sign-deeds-of-sale-for-acquisition-of-qc-property-1518.
External links
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