 It is the first VHF television station in Cebu, and it serves as the network's first provincial television station in the Philippines.ABS-CBN Cebu started commercial television operations on June 14, 1961 as DYCB-TV channel 3, the first provincial TV station in the Philippines.DYCB-TV was launched by Bolinao Electronics Corporation, later renamed Alto Broadcasting System to be established in Cebu City and the Central Visayas.