👍 Attached: 1 image Three years ago today, #ABSCBN went off the air and ceased their TV and AM/FM radio broadcast transmissions. The medi...

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Three years ago today, #ABSCBN went off the air and ceased their TV and AM/FM radio broadcast transmissions.

The media corporation still operates but uses alternative distribution channels including the Internet.

The non-renewal of its broadcast franchise is still one of the biggest political moves of the past #Duterte administration and was simply because its allied legislators didn’t like ABS-CBN’s news coverage.

Backgrounder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABS-CBN_franchise_renewal_controversy

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