
NOTE:Solar Flix formerly ETC (stylized as etc) is a Philippine free-to-air television network in the Philippines owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation through its subsidiary Southern Broadcasting Network. Its free-to-air broadcast is carried by SBN's flagship station DWCP-DTV Channel 21 (515.143 MHz) Metro Manila. This station is currently on the air with signals of ETC, Shop TV, Reserved Channel & ETC 1Seg and DTV Channel 30 (569.143 MHz) signals of Reserved Channel.
May 30, 1992-September 15, 1995 (as World TV 21)[]
This is DWCP-TV 21 beginning/now ending another day of broadcasting activities
UHF 21 is a commercial television station owned and operated by the Southern Broadcasting Network with permit no BSD/017/92 issued by National Telecommunications Commision to expired on September 29, 1995
Channel 21 operates daily from 10:00 am to 12:00 midnight with a power of 20 kilowatts
SBN-21 studios and transmitter are located at the Strata 2000 Building, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.
Note: In December 30, 1994, World TV SBN 21 replaced the video of the Philippine National Anthem, produced by Philippine Airlines (1991-1994) with version produced by Bank of the Philippine Islands as of (1994)
September 16, 1995-May 31, 2004 (as SBN 21)[]
No Station Notice
(Sign ON) The EIA Color Bars Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) followed by SBN 21 Station ID first TV program for this station
(Sign OFF) The SBN 21 Station ID Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) and EIA Color Bars
June 1, 2004-December 31, 2007[]
No Station Notice
(Sign ON) The SMPTE Color Bars Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) followed by SBN 21 Station ID first TV program for this station
(Sign OFF) The SBN 21 Station ID Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) and SMPTE Color Bars
January 1, 2008-March 1, 2011 (as ETC)[]
ETC-SBN 21 - Sign on (December 2009)
No Station Notice
(Sign ON) The EBU Color Bars Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) followed by SBN 21 Station ID and Advisory first TV programming for this station
(Sign OFF) The SBN 21 Station ID Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) and EBU Color Bars
March 2, 2011-October 29, 2012 (as Talk TV)[]
SBN TALKTV CHANNEL 7 DAVAO SIGN ON
No Station Notice
(Sign ON) The EBU Color Bars Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) followed by SBN 21 Station ID and Advisory first TV program for this station
(Sign OFF) The SBN 21 Station ID Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) and EBU Color Bars
October 30, 2012-November 29, 2013 (as Solar News Channel)[]
SBN 21 Sign On (2012)-0
No Station Notice
(Sign ON) The EBU Color Bars Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) followed by SBN 21 Station ID and Advisory followed by the first TV program for this station
(Sign OFF) The SBN 21 Station ID Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version) and EBU Color Bars
November 30, 2013-June 30, 2016 (as ETC)[]
SBN 21 - ETC Sign on and Sign off 14-MAR 2015
No Station Notice and no Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version)
(Sign ON) The SMPTE Color Bars and the Station ID followed by the first TV program for this station
(Sign OFF) after the program followed by SMPTE Color Bars then Static
July 1-October 8, 2016[]
No Station Notice and no Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version)
(Sign ON) The SMPTE Color Bars and the Station ID followed by the first TV program for this station
(Sign OFF) after the program followed by SMPTE Color Bars then Static
October 9, 2016-August 31, 2017[]
No Station Notice and no Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version)
(Sign ON) The SMPTE Color Bars and the Station ID followed by the first TV program for this station
(Sign OFF) after the program followed by SMPTE Color Bars then Static
September 1, 2017-September 12, 2019[]
No Station Notice and no Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1994 Version)
(Sign ON) The SMPTE Color Bars and the Station ID followed by the first TV program for this station
(Sign OFF) after the program followed by SMPTE Color Bars then Static
September 13, 2019- July 10, 2022[]
SBN closed down UHF Channel 21's analog signal in preparation of the DTV transition implementation. SBN is the 5th television network in the Philippines to permanently terminate its analog TV broadcasts, and go digital only.
ETC operates daily (including the annual Paschal Triduum) 24 hours on Solar's digital free TV (under test-broadcast) as well as on most pay TV and streaming service providers.
July 11, 2022-Present (Solar Flix)[]
Note[]
They on Analog Free TV operates daily 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM until September 11, 2019, meanwhile don't go off-the-air and broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. on the air continues on digital TV, cable and satellite went don't go off the air Holy Week special from Maundy Thursday to Black Saturday from 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM and regular programming on Easter Sunday at 6AM. (2014-2019) Temporary diary from 8:00 AM to 12:00 MN.
Before sign on they are still airing EBU Color Bars 1000 Hz (1992-2013) and SMPTE Color Bars (2013-2019)
After sign off, they are still airing test card/color bars without 1000 Hz tone starting 1 AM to 5:35 AM on diary without losing it's signal. they are using programs or social media accounts test card every minutes before changing to color bars which also airing every minutes.
| Broadcast Analog and Digital Free-to-air Television stations in the Metro Manila market |
|---|
| VHF stations: DWGT 4 (PTV) | DWET 5 (TV5) | DZBB 7 (GMA) | DZKB 9 (RPN/CNN Philippines) | DZOE 11 (A2Z) | DZTV 13 (IBC) |
| Digital Television stations in the Metro Manila market |
|---|
| Digital television
15 GMA Network/GTV 479.143 MHz |
18/51 TV5 Network/One Sports 497.143 MHz |
19 RPN/CNN Philippines 503.143 MHz |
20 ZOE/A2Z 509.143 MHz |
21 SBN/ETC 515.143 MHz/569.143 MHz |
26 IBC 545.143 MHz |
29 RJTV 563.143 MHz |
32 BEAM 581.143 MHz |
33 ZOE/Light TV 587.143 MHz |
38 UNTV 617.143 MHz |
40 SMNI 629.143 MHz |
42 PTV 641.143 MHz |
49 Net 25/INC TV 683.143 MHz |
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