▁with ▁deport ation ▁when ▁Dios d ado ▁Mac ap ag al ▁became ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines . ▁ ▁The ▁TV ▁network ▁was ▁being ▁per sec uted ▁for ▁supporting ▁rival ▁and ▁former ▁president ▁Carlos ▁P . ▁Gar cia ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁president ial ▁election . ▁ ▁After ▁announ cing ▁his ▁departure ▁during ▁the ▁show ▁Uncle ▁Bob ' s ▁L ucky ▁ 7 ▁Club , ▁thousands ▁of ▁children , ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁their ▁parents , ▁r al lied ▁behind ▁him , ▁writing ▁letters ▁showing ▁their ▁support . ▁ ▁The ▁government ▁back ed ▁out ▁of ▁its ▁plan ▁as ▁a ▁result . ▁ ▁Mart ial ▁law ▁Mart ial ▁law ▁was ▁proc laimed ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁by ▁then - pres ident ▁Ferdinand ▁Mar cos . ▁To ▁stop ▁alleg ed ▁" comm un ist " ▁propag anda , ▁all ▁networks ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁were ▁taken ▁over ▁by ▁the ▁military . ▁All ▁TV ▁and ▁radio ▁stations ▁critical ▁to ▁the ▁Mar cos ▁government ▁were ▁all ▁shut ▁down ▁including ▁R BS ▁TV ▁and ▁radio ▁stations . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁government ▁forb ade ▁foreign ▁corpor ations ▁and ▁foreign ▁citizens ▁from ▁ow ning ▁any ▁media ▁facilities ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁Republic ▁Broadcast ing ▁System ▁and ▁American ▁Broadcast ing ▁Company ▁( ABC ), ▁which ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁owned ▁ 2 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁company , ▁rel in qu ished ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁to ▁the ▁tri um vir ate ▁of ▁Gil berto