Media
Davao City is the main media hub for both the region and the island of Mindanao. It is the home to many media outlets for both the million-nighttime and the 4-million daytime population of the city. Large media networks such as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Network, GMA Network, Inc., TV5, National Broadcasting Network, and RPN9 maintain their respective local stations and branches for viewership, commercial and news coverage purposes. Most of these stations broadcast local news and public affairs as well as entertainment and dramas to cater the local viewers.
Cable television operators are putting up cable TV stations in an effort to spread the TV signals all over the region. They also offer free worldwide array of television stations for various channels for news, sports, drama, cartoons, and advertisements.
Aside from the 24 national daily newspapers available, Davao City also has 20 local newspapers. Among the widely-read are the Sun Star Davao and Mindanao Times. The country's main Islamic news journal, The Voice of Islam, was founded in 1973 and published in this city.
Television networks
- ABS-CBN: Channel 4
- Studio 23: Channel 21
- ETC: Channel 9
- TV5: Channel 2
- AksyonTV: Channel 29
- GMA Network: Channel 5
- GMA News TV: Channel 27
ABS-CBN Davao TV Shows
- TV Patrol Southern Mindanao (simulcast over ABS-CBN Davao)
- Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa
- Kapamilya Winner Ka
- Maayong Buntag, Mindanao
- Mag TV Na Sadya Ta
- Barangay Patrol
- Agri Tayo Dito
GMA Davao TV Shows
- Testigo Monday-Friday 5:30 pm-6:00 pm
- Una Ka BAI! (Balita at Ibapa) Monday-Friday 6:30 am-8:30 am
- Southern Mindanao Isyu Karon Saturdays 7am-8am
TV5 Davao TV Shows
- Aksyon Alert Davao (News Update)
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