DXZD-TV

DXZD-TV, channel 2 (digital UHF channel 14), is a Central Television owned-and-operated station licensed to Zamboanga City, Philippines. The station is owned by the Central Television Group subsidiary of Central Communications. DXZD's studios are located at 2 Broadcast Plaza in Zamboanga City, and its transmitter is built atop the studio building.

Early history
After launching its first television station DWDV-TV in Legazpi City, Davao-based South Mindanao News, owned by veteran journalist Felipe Dela Vera, which had recently incorporated itself as The Dela Vera Company, got the channel 2 allocation in Zamboanga, and picked the call letters DXZD-TV, a nod at both at the company, its family, and the city the station serves. As with DWDV, the News tied the station with VGC, and DXZD-TV signed on the air on January 25, 1961 as a VGC affiliate. The event, filled with a dinner buffet party, was to be hosted by Dela Vera, but he, a longtime smoker, was suffering from lung cancer and needed to rest in Davao, so the event was hosted by his son and heir apparent Roberto; the older Dela Vera died about 5 months later.

Brief stint as an independent station
Then-President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law and ordered shutdowns of private media. However, the News and its then 5 stations (which also included DYPI-TV in Iloilo, DYNI-TV in Bacolod, and DXCD-TV in Cagayan de Oro) were not sent any orders, so they decided to stay on the air. However, the VGC network temporarily went off the air for a few months until they got limited permits. In the interim, DXZD effectively operated as an independent station. However, the Dela Vera family got in touch directly with production companies associated with VGC's imported US programming, most notably Walt Disney Productions, to continue putting their shows on the air. But even with repeats of VGC's original programming and exclusive syndicated airing rights to its imported shows, their newscast Eyewitness News was expanding to the morning. The newspaper was critical to the Marcos administration, which in turn influenced the stations, including DXZD, to slant its coverage against the government; both the Dela Vera family and the Villena family (owners of VGC) were outspoken on press freedom. VGC went back on the air in January 1973, and channel 2 returned with the network.

1986 affiliation swap; 1995 reversal
In March 1986, Central Newspapers (now current parent Central Communications), signed a 10-year affiliation agreement with VGC on two of its stations, including newly purchased DXEZ-TV (channel 10), which was purchased from EMedia the previous month.