The frequency will be revived under a new owner.
(JUNE 8, 2023) – The ALIW group is revving up to launch the new channel 23. In their social media post on Thursday, June 8, ALIW said that the station “will complete the television experience of every Filipino family.” Along with that, the date of June 23, 2023 has been set as the official launch date for ‘ALIW Channel 23.’
It was in January 2022 when the National Telecommunications Commission assigned the former frequencies occupied by ABS-CBN to other media outfits. The ALIW group was assigned channel 23. However, channel 23 will no longer be on analog as compared to its pre-2020 occupant and will only be exclusive to digital terrestrial television. Prior to the ABS-CBN shutdown in 2020, the channel was utilized for the broadcast of Studio 23 and later, ABS-CBN Sports+Action.
Late last year, ALIW held test broadcasts on their new frequency, and aired the ‘tele-radio’ version of DWIZ 882 AM, which was later branded as IZTV, before temporarily signing off to prepare for ALIW channel 23.
Programs and personalities on the new channel have yet to be named.