PBA on KBS
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The PBA on KBS was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

 games on Kanlaon Broadcasting System
Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...

 (now the Radio Philippines Network), and was the first broadcaster of the PBA on television.

History

The PBA
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

 signed a contract with Kanlaon Broadcasting System (KBS) to cover its games for over a million pesos.

In 1976, it later moved to Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation was a Philippine television network that started operations in November 1973 and ended on February 25, 1986.-History:...

.After a year, it moved back to KBS before it moved again to National Broadcasting Network
National Broadcasting Network
People's Television is the flagship government television network owned by the Philippine Government through People's Television Network, Inc. . Its head office, studios and transmitter are located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City .-History:The country's government...

 Government Television a year later.

1977

  • Play-by-play - Frank Sanchez, Raffy Mejia and Dick Ildenfonso
  • Color - Caloy Prieto and Emy Arcilla
  • Courtside Reporter/interviewer - Willie Hernandez

See also

  • Philippine Basketball Association
    Philippine Basketball Association
    The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

  • PBA on Solar TV - PBA coveror using the same Channel 9 frequency.


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