The ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center (also called ABS-CBN Broadcast Center; formerly known as Broadcast Plaza from 1974 to 1979 and current edifice formerly spelled officially as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Centre) in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines is the oldest headquarters of ABS-CBN. It occupies an area of approximately 34,000 square meters adjacent to ELJ Communications Center.[2] It was originally built in 1968 and was then the most advanced broadcast facility in Asia. Today it is now the country's largest and most technologically advanced media facility.[3]
Built as the headquarters of ABS-CBN, the center has since seen several management changes, such as a takeover by RPN and sister station BBC in 1973, the addition of a third tenant, the government station GTV (now PTV) in 1974, and then the departure of RPN and BBC in 1978 to Broadcast City (along with then-sister station IBC from San Juan del Monte) and the entry of NMPC and BB in 1980 which accompanied the remaining tenant MBS. From 1986 to 1992, the reopened ABS-CBN and PTV, along with PBS, shared the Broadcast Center and following PTV's departure in 1992, ABS-CBN has since regained full control of the facility.
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center ABS-CBN, side view (Sgt. Esguerra, Quezon City)(2019-05-27).jpg The ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center as viewed from Sgt. Esguerra Street.
Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap General information Status Complete - Operational (Online and cable broadcasting activities i.e. ANC, as well as news and current affairs, entertainment productions and cinema) Type Studio, office, broadcasting Architectural style Neo-modern Location Sgt. Esguerra Avenue corner Mother Ignacia Street, Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines Coordinates 14°38′22.76″N 121°02′13.91″E Construction started February 24, 1967 Opening December 18, 1968 (studios and main building) January 1, 2000 (ELJCC building) Renovated 1992 1999 2010 Owner ABS-CBN (1968–1972, 1986–2020) Roberto Benedicto (1972-1978; KBS/RPN) Government of the Philippines (1974-1992; GTV/MBS/PTV) Height Antenna spire 720 feet (Millennium Transmitter) Technical details Floor count 3 Grounds Approximately 34,000 m² Design and construction Architect Carlos Arguelles[1] Other designers Wili Fernandez (interior design)