ABS-CBN Corporation

ABS-CBN Corporation (also known as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation) is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation which is owned by the López family of Iloilo. ABS-CBN was formed by the merger of Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) and Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN).

History

In 1946, when James Lindenberg was about to make it a radio called Bolinao Electronics Corporation, they settled all the equipment.

In 1950, James Lindenberg was been made a new transmitter using two mango trees and it been protected by lightning rod. And then in 1964, ABS-CBN was been first time using Color television.

On February 1, 1967, the company became known as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation.

On August 2007, the conglomerate's primary name, along with the corporate name of the network of the same name, were changed to simply ABS-CBN Corporation to signify the former's diversification, with the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation name now being used secondarily and alternatively since then.

The main ABS-CBN Manila channel shut down on May 5, 2020 followed by ABS-CBN Regional channels on August 28 resulting from the non-renewal of its broadcast franchise on free television.

Other websites

• Official website