ABS-CBN - History

The company traces its beginnings to June 13, 1946, when James Lindenberg, an American engineer, established the Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC), which specialized in assembling transmitters. Realizing the potential of television in the country, he was the first to apply to for a license in Congress to estabish a television station in 1949, which was granted a year later. By then, due to the scarcity of raw materials and import controls imposed that time, BEC was compelled to branch into radio broadcasting instead. Image:Dzaq tv.JPG In ...