GenSan City’s new free-tv channel AMP TV 46 launched on Earth Day 2009
General Santos City has just gotten itself a new free-TV channel!
Known as TV 46 Socsargen, this new channel is owned by Asian Multimedia & Productions (AMP) chaired by former ABS-CBN President Freddie Garcia.
According to his son, Miguel, AMP’s National Managing Director, TV 46 (which is a UHF channel, just like Studio 23) will initially air purely ABS-CBN’s Tele-Radyo which is a live broadcast of its radio station DZMM’s programs.
Miguel is in the Tuna Capital to formally launch the official airing of TV 46 this morning through a tree-planting activity at Barangay Lagao, as the new entrant ’s Homage to Earth Day 2009.
The event which was attended by Vice-Mayor Flor Congson, Barangay Lagao Captain Minard Avila III and members of his council together with residents of the barangay, was meant to represent Asian Multimedia and Productions‘ desire to plant the seed as “The Alternative News and Public Information Channel“ covering the SocSarGen Region.
Eventually, added Miguel, they will be airing local news programs and features to cater to the people of South Cotabato, Sarangani and General Santos City. He envisions TV 46 to be THE Socsargen Channel in the near future. Right now, they are in talks with SKYCABLE so that their locally-produced programs would get a lower range channel.
Bariles also learned that TV 46 is their first foray into TV programming and that the company will eventually expand up north, targetting key cities with sizeable populations.
Their transmitter tower with a power of 1KW, by the way is located at the 4th floor of Perfect Image Building, Osmena South, downtown GenSan. Their signal however reaches as far as Polomolok and the coastal municipalities of Sarangani Province.
TV 46’s will start broadcasting daily from 6am to 10pm.
From us here at Bariles Republic’s GenSan News Online Mag, we can only wish AMB TV 46 all the best of luck!
Related posts:
- GenSan joins Earth Hour 2009
- More GenSan Jobs available from Kapuso Channel, GMA-8 Socsargen
- Congresswoman Custodio sponsors FREE LIVE “pay-per-view” Airing of Diaz-Pacquiao Fight in GenSan
- Official “Magandang GenSan Icon” launched at City Hall
- Free “Pacquiao vs. Hatton Fight” Live Telecast Tickets at GenSan City Gym
This blog post must be worth a cup of cappuccino or a bottle of beer. Buy Bariles one now!
Bariles is Tagalog word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
jon_kw Says:
nice to hear.i really missed to work again in broadcasting industry!
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 6:28 PM
BrAvO SiX Says:
goodluck to TV 46…
more power….
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 PM
tanchi Says:
bakit kaya iba ang spelling ng SOCCSKSARGEN?
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 7:23 PM
sheng Says:
This is cool, i love DZMM, now i hope this one’s much better news than ABS CBN’s Socsargen TV Patrol…
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 7:43 PM
Paolo Songcayauon Says:
Sa wakas! Meron nang DZMM dito sa General Santos City! DZMM Radyo Patrol 630! Una sa balita, Una Sa Public Service!
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Toinks Says:
All the Best to TV-46 GenSan!
Hope you will have more locally produced quality programs like news and entertainment. We are looking forward to that. 
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 11:01 PM
gilbertyaptan Says:
Welcome Channel 46 and thank you for launching your first TV station in the Socsargen area! I just hope that your station will come up with innovative programs.
Posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 11:09 PM
dimple Says:
one good news for the peole of southern part of mindanao..
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 at 10:49 AM
epm Says:
This is a very, very great news.
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 at 11:37 AM
gensanite Says:
TV 46!!! PASOK!!! hehehe…
good luck!!!
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 at 2:42 PM
jinky Says:
Welcome, TV 46!
Another entrant to the broadcasting industry that will surely generate more jobs for the generals.
jinkys last blog post..Proclamation No. 1752
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Ice9web.co.cc Says:
wow interesting FREE???
people really love free (^_^)
Posted on April 23rd, 2009 at 4:43 PM
tolits Says:
BONGA NA! MARAMI NA TAYONG CHOICES…
tolitss last blog post..my first plurkfiesta in envy me salon
Posted on April 24th, 2009 at 12:12 PM
epm Says:
How many channels na ba ang naa sa Gensan sa Free TV?
Posted on April 27th, 2009 at 6:41 AM
marc lohan Says:
This is very good news.this channel will be very good and hot!!!!!!!
Posted on April 28th, 2009 at 7:16 PM