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Revision as of 17:33, 17 November 2005 by 202.156.6.54 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Radio Philippines Network (RPN 9) is a Philippines VHF television network of the Goverment Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary.
RPN launched in the late 1960s as Kanlaon Broadcasting System, under Roberto S. Benedicto. Kanlaon is a volcano in the Philippine island of Negros, the home province of Mr. Benedicto. After President Ferdinand Marcos sequestered the rights of CBN-9 of Eugenio Lopez, Sr., he awarded the Channel 9 frequency thru a Presidential Decree. After the 1986 EDSA Revolution, all of the stocks and assets of RPN-9, IBC-13 and BBC-2 were sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG). President Corazon Aquino awarded BBC-2 through an executive order to ABS-CBN Brodacasting Corporation headed by Eugenio Lopez, Jr.. RPN-9 and IBC-13 assets and equipments were turned over to the Goverment Communications Group. There were plans to auction the TV frequency rights currently in use by RPN-9 and IBC-13 in the future.
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