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march 15 2015 cnn philippines march 16 2015 present official website www.cnnphilippines.com radio philippines network inc. is a filipino based media company co owned by government communications group under the presidential communications operations office nine media corporation far east managers and investors inc. and several private stockholders . the network s main offices . its studios are located at broadcast city old balara capitol hills diliman quezon city and its transmitter are located at 97 panay avenue brgy . south triangle quezon city . founded by roberto benedicto and prior to the privatization it was the sister station of current government owned and controlled intercontinental broadcasting corporation . currently radio philippines network is the broadcaster and affiliate of cnn philippines the local franchise of cnn in the asia pacific region . contents 1 history 1.1 as kanlaon broadcasting system 1.2 as radio philippines network 1.3 as c s c s9 solar tv 1.4 as etc 1.5 as solar news channel 1.6 as 9tv 1.7 as cnn philippines 2 programming 2.1 cnn philippines programs 2.2 previous rpn produced programs 3 rpn stations nationwide 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit as kanlaon broadcasting system edit the congress of the philippines approved the franchise of radio philippine network on june 19 1960 . instead of using its franchise name the network instead used kanlaon broadcasting system as its initial branding . kanlaon is a volcano on the philippine island of negros the home of its founder roberto benedicto . kanlaon broadcasting system started broadcasting as a radio network with its first station dzbi in manila . by 1967 kbs had grown into a full network with seven radio stations all over the country namely dzrr and dzax in manila dzah and dzbs in baguio dztg in tuguegarao dzrl in laoag later moved to batac and dxdx in general santos . philippine radio veteran ben aniceto was the operations director at the time . 2 the broadcast network ventured into television broadcasting on october 15 1969 with the launch of kbs 9 manila as the network s flagship tv station . 3 kbs 12 baguio was also signed on the air on the same year . properties and funding for the new tv network partly came from abs cbn in the form of its old headquarters along roxas boulevard and equipment from toshiba enabling them to broadcast in color . as a result on its launch it was named accucolor 9 accucolor is the name of the color technology used as the first philippine television network to launch in full color . in 1970 kbs also acquired a color ready outside broadcast van for the remote broadcasts of major news events and sports coverages . in 1975 kanlaon broadcasting system became radio philippines network . on september 1972 kbs television and radio stations and its sister publication daily express under the benedicto group were allowed to operate during the martial law period where most of the media outfits were closed down . as radio philippines network edit in 1975 kbs formally relaunched as rpn the acronym for its franchise name radio philippines network the rpn name was first used in the provincial stations before the rpn brand would later be used for the manila station as well . it aired special coverages of the olympics thrilla in manila in 1975 and the miss universe ; and programs such as john en marsha flordeluna and superstar . rpn became the birthplace and the first home of the daytime variety show eat bulaga premiering in 1979 . rpn became also a popular and most watched longest running game show on philippine television family kuarta o kahon hosted by pepe pimentel originally aired on abs cbn then bbc 2 the show is run for almost 3 decades until 2000 . rpn also pioneered the tv newscasting as they launched the first ever newspaper format nightly newscast titled newswatch . the network also pioneered the use of computer graphics for their program plugs and station ids as well as its broadcast of the iconic digital clock shown on the lower leftmost part of the screen during the entire broadcast day except for newscasts commercials continuity plugs station id and during sign off until it was abandoned in 2007 and after the 1973 fire that razed its first studios moved to the abs cbn broadcasting center in 1973 and to its current broadcast city home in 1979 . rpn also aired anime programming making them one of the first to do so in the country and imported and syndicated programs from the united states . rpn 9 is the first network to cover the philippine basketball association games live in 1976 before the broadcasts moved on to bbc 2 . in 1980 rpn 9 began to broadcast primetime programs and eat bulaga when it was still with the network through its new domestic satellite domsat technology in which the 1980s logo resembles a satellite antenna . 4 this made rpn the first national network to achieve nationwide program simulcasting via satellite . the network also became home to from 1978 up to the early 1980s the super sentai series making it the first in the philippines to do so becoming a pioneer in broadcasting tokusatsu and sentai programs in the country in the process . these made it a reason for the network in 1982 to adopt the leader as its official slogan coupled with its number 9 and the red corporate logos due to its massive successes as the nation s number one network . in 1986 after the assumption of office of president corazon c. aquino the government sequestered radio philippines network for allegedly being part of the crony capitalism under the marcos regime . by then it was the leading network in the philippines cornering the highest audience share in the entire country . after the 1986 edsa people power revolution the stock and assets of rpn ibc and banahaw broadcasting corporation were sequestered by the presidential commission on good government pcgg . president corazon aquino awarded bbc s channel 2 frequency and its affiliates through an executive order to abs cbn and rpn s and ibc s assets were turned over to the government communications group . this was a period when the network lost much of its viewership to gma radio television arts which had rose as the leader in 1986 and ptv another government owned network causing its ratings to slump thus tarnishing rpn s popularity . this decline was worsened when one of its pre 1972 rivals abs cbn which struggled in the ratings upon its reopening in 1986 got a ratings boost in 1987 triggering an unfaltering ascent to no. 1 in 1988 causing rpn to fall to 4th place . during the post edsa revolution era rpn launched the first filipino created animated series ang panday . by 1989 some of rpn s programming such as john en marsha student canteen and superstar were cancelled and tape inc. s daytime programs eat bulaga agila . and coney reyes on camera a co production with coney reyes can television moved under a co production agreement to abs cbn as they saw the resurgent network as a vital element in the sustaining of the three shows success . during this period it was already clear that rpn was losing its status as a premier broadcaster resulting in its the leader slogan to lose its purpose . in 1989 the network was relaunched into the new vision 9 brand to recoup lost audience share in the ratings game of philippine television networks . the rebrand was took place after rpn and syndicated media access corporation smac took over the network s management and marketing . it became the third re branding of the network . the reformat and re branding instead made history for the network as it pioneered 24 hour television broadcasting in the philippines . in 1994 the new vision 9 brand was reverted to rpn and in the same year rpn became the first television channel to broadcast programs in full stereo . in 1996 though the network quickly re gained its footing when it began to broadcast a tagalog dub of the mexican telenovela marimar . the network became the pioneer in tag alog dubbed foreign programs and movies and made the popular and turnaround its ratings on the evening prime time . due to the success the other networks followed and broadcast telenovelas not only from mexico but also spanish language telenovelas from the united states colombia gma 7 s betty la fea venezuela gma 7 s samantha and all my love and argentina gma 7 s monica brava and eventually even drama series from brazil abs cbn s ana manuela and asian drama series from taiwan notably meteor garden and south korea notably bright girl . by mid 2000s a major network war in the ratings game ensued with the broadcast of korean language television series by the two superior leading networks abs cbn and gma network causing rpn into decline in the telenovelas battle . rpn renewed its congressional franchise for another 25 years on february 19 2004 . under philippine law no broadcast company will operate without franchise from philippine congress an authority that limits and regulates operations of telecommunications and broadcast media such as televisions and radios . as c s c s9 solar tv edit c s9 logo used from october 4 2008 november 28 2009 on march 11 2007 rpn began a partnership with the solar entertainment corporation an operator of a number of cable channels in the country . the company began co producing new programming for the network such as a local version of the next top model franchise . the network underwent management changes on december 24 2007 as tonypet albano undersecretary and executive director of malaca ang s office of political coalition affairs and deputy spokesperson of team unity was appointed chairman of the network replacing education undersecretary mona valisno incumbent presidential assistant for education . undersecretary robert rivera was appointed director of the board while the president and chief executive officer became former senator orlando orly mercado . 5 mercado s first major move was to expand their partnerships with solar entertainment . programming from solar s cable network c s was added to rpn s lineup at the beginning of the new year and pba basketball would also return to the network beginning in the 2008 09 season as part of solar sports new three year deal with the league after an intense bidding war with abs cbn . 6 7 in october 2008 rpn s stations ultimately took on the c s name as part of their permanent branding and rebranded itself as c s 9 . the c s 9 name would not last on november 29 2009 the network re branded again under the new name solar tv . in late 2010 it was