DYLS-TV


DYLS-TV, channel 27, is a commercial relay television station of Philippine television station GMA News TV, wholly owned by Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, a subsidiary of GMA Network Inc.. Its analog transmitter is located at GMA Skyview Complex, Nivel Hills, Apas, Cebu City, and its digital transmitter facilities is located at Mt. Busay, Brgy. Bonbon, Cebu City.

History

DYLS-TV signed on the air in 1995 as Citynet Television 27. It was programmed like an independent stationGMA intended Citynet 27 to be its main outlet for imported programming, freeing up slots in GMA Network's schedule for more domestic productions. However, by 1999, the station was turned into a music channel as EMC, the Entertainment Music Channelwhich was also the country's first locally operated music channel. A few months later, GMA reached a deal with Asian broadcaster STAR TV to allow this station to be a carrier of Channel V Philippines, which took effective December 19, 1999. However, the station closed down on July 25, 2001 due to financial problems.
On November 11, 2005, after four years of being silence, the station returned its operations as an all-female lifestyle channel QTV, with its flagship station in Metro Manila was DZOE-TVwhich GMA ran as part of a lease with its owner, ZOE Broadcasting Network. This would feature a lineup predominantly aimed towards of women, with a mixture of domestic and imported lifestyle programs and dramatic series. GMA Network announced that it would replace Q with the news channel GMA News TV, which was unveiled on February 7, 2011. As Q's programming ended on February 20, the network, broadcasting transitional branding Channel 11, continued to air teasers for the impending re-launch from February 21–25, and signed off completely on the 26th and 27th of the same month in preparation for the launch of the new service. On February 28, 2011, DYLS-TV and other GMA's sister UHF stations nationwide were reformatted and formal re-launch as news and public affairs channel GMA News TV, and as part of GMA News and Public Affairs's plans to expand its presence on free-to-air television.