DXNP-TV (channel 11) is atelevision station inMetro Davao, Philippines, serving as theMindanaoflagship of the government-ownedPeople's Television Network. The station maintains studios at the Mindanao Media Hub, Carlos P. Garcia Highway, Bangkal,Davao while its transmitter is located along Broadcast Ave., Shrine Hills, Brgy. Matina Crossing, Davao.
1962 - DXRH-TV channel 11 was launched byManila Broadcasting Company until the declaration of Martial Law by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972.
1974 - During the Martial Law era, the station reopened as DXAW-TV and became an owned-and-operated station of theNational Media Production Center as Government Television (GTV) under Lito Gorospe and later by then-Press SecretaryFrancisco Tatad. It was originally broadcast on Channel 2 and it is the first television station in Mindanao.
1992 - Channel 11 was later relaunched as the local station of theSouthern Broadcasting Network, with call sign changed to DXNP-TV.
1994 - After 8 years of being silence of the original channel 2 (eventually, it is now owned and handled byThe 5 Network), the station was launched by People's Television Network, Inc. (PTNI).
July 16, 2001 - Under the new management appointed byPresident Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, PTNI adopted the name National Broadcasting Network (NBN) carrying new slogan "One People. One Nation. One Vision." for a new image in line with its new programming thrusts, they continued the new name until the Aquino administration in 2010. It became an originating station in Mindanao.
October 6, 2011 - People's Television Network, Inc. (PTNI) became a primary brand and the branding National Broadcasting Network was retired.
June 2017 - PTV Davao resumed its operations asPTVisMin, with the airing of the first Visayan hourly newsbreak,PTVismin Newsbreak anchored by former ABS-CBN Davao reporter Elric Ayop. The program also aired on the national feed of PTV since October 2017.
October 16, 2017 - PTV Davao launched its own 45-minute local newscastPTV News Mindanao with Jay Lagang and Hannah Salcedo as anchors.
March 5, 2018 - PTV Davao started digital test broadcasts on UHF Channel 45.
December 5, 2020 - PTV Davao Studios and Offices transferred to the new home at the new Mindanao Media Hub in Bangkal, Davao City. Prior to this, in May 2018, the network was ground breaking for the construction of the new Mindanao Media Hub which houses forPCOO's satellite offices along with its attached agencies including PTV Davao andRadyo Pilipinas Davao and the building was finished in the end of November of the same year.[1][2][3]
