ABS-CBN is a Philippine media company and the largest broadcaster in the country's history. It started as the Bolinao Electronics Corporation, a radio station business, and it adopted its current name after merging with the Alto Broadcasting System, which was owned by the Chronicle Broadcasting Network, in 1957. It launched the first television station in the Philippines in the 1950s. Martial law led to its closure in 1972, and it returned to the airwaves after the People Power Revolution in 1986. In 2020 the Philippine Congress declined to renew its franchise, and its free-to-air network went off the air, though it continued online and on cable.
Before and after
- 20 May 1946Birth of Cher
- 24 May 1946Birth of Tansu Çiller
- 31 May 1946Construction of London Heathrow Airport
- 6 June 1946Founding of National Basketball Association
- 13 June 1946Launch of ABS-CBN Corporation
- 14 June 1946Birth of Donald J. Trump
- from 1 July 1946 to 25 July 1946Operation Crossroads
- from 4 July 1946 to 25 October 1951Telangana Rebellion
- 6 July 1946Birth of George W. Bush
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- 25 April 1953Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNA
- 1971Email
- 1973Mobile phone
- 20 November 1985Creation of Microsoft Windows
- July 2000Discovery of livermorium
- August 2003Discovery of moscovium
The era
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