The Tagalog news channel can now be watched again on free TV as an A2Z digital sub-channel.
Kapamilya viewers can now watch TeleRadyo with their digital set-top boxes again, as the ABS-CBN-operated Tagalog news channel has just returned to free TV, today, May 27, on a test broadcast. ABS-CBN TV Plus users, as well as those who have SuliTV DTT box, GMA Affotrdabox, and other similar devices, are encouraged to re-scan to find TeleRadyo. It was announced that the channel will officially get relaunched on June 1.
TeleRadyo airs via UHF Channel 20 (DZOE-TV), which also carries the digital channel, A2Z. Viewers from Metro Manila, Laguna, Batangas, Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan, and parts of Bataan, Nueva Ecija, and Pampanga, can now watch the channel on free TV. In Visayas and Mindanao, Zoe TV channels (A2Z, Light TV, and TeleRadyo) are available on free TV, in Iloilo, Tacloban, Negros provinces, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao.
It can be recalled that the Kapamilya news channel, departed from free TV, when ABS-CBN was shut down by the National Telecommunications Commission in May 2020.
On twitter, netizens excitedly shared the news, with photos of their television sets showing TeleRadyo being aired.
ABS-CBN News personalities, Kapamilya fan groups also shared the news on their official social media accounts.
“TV GUIDE: After 4 days delay, TeleRadyo is back on digital free TV today, May 27. Originally ay dapat sa May 23 sila nagbalik ngunit dahil sa technical difficulties ay naurong ito” shared HOLA TV.
TV GUIDE: After 4 days delay, TeleRadyo is back on digital free TV today, May 27. Originally ay dapat sa May 23 sila nagbalik ngunit dahil sa technical difficulties ay naurong ito. pic.twitter.com/TSPrys0VZx
— HOLA PH (@holaphofficial) May 26, 2022
ABS-CBN reporter and anchor of the TeleRadyo morning news program, Sakto, also shared the news.
“Rescan, rescan na ng TV Plus and other digital boxes. Papunta na ang #Sakto sa digital free TV sa June 1. 6AM, weekdays on Teleradyo, Kapamilya Channel and ABS-CBN digital platforms” his tweet reads.
Rescan, rescan na ng TV Plus and other digital boxes.
Papunta na ang #Sakto sa digital free TV sa June 1.6AM, weekdays on Teleradyo, Kapamilya Channel and ABS-CBN digital platforms. pic.twitter.com/A6nhMNzfP4
— Jeff Canoy (@jeffcanoy) May 26, 2022
Mike Navallo, lawyer and ABS-CBN reporter, likewise shared the news.
“TeleRadyo back on TVPlus and digital free TV!” he tweeted.
TeleRadyo back on TVPlus and digital free TV! https://t.co/uCFLOhQIr1
— Mike Navallo (@mikenavallo) May 26, 2022
Among the programs that Kapamilya viewers can again watch and enjoy, include the newscasts: Headline Pilipinas, TeleRadyo Balita, and TV Patrol, as well as commentary shows, Pasada sa TeleRadyo, SRO: Suhestiyon, Reaksyon, at Opinyon, and On The Spot