Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 1864)
Gaudencio Maalac is granted the franchise to construct, maintain, and operate radio broadcasting and television stations in the Philippines under Republic Act No. 1864.
The franchise shall continue in force during the time that the Government has not established a similar service at the places selected by the grantee; however, it shall be void unless construction of at least one radio broadcasting or television station begins within two years and completed within four years from the date of approval of the Act.
The grantee must provide adequate public service time for government use on important public issues, assist in public information and education, conform to ethics of honest enterprise, and must not use the stations to broadcast obscene language, false information, misrepresentations, or incite treason or subversive acts.
Yes, provisions of Act No. 3846, Act No. 3997 (Radio Broadcasting Law), Commonwealth Act No. 146, and their amendments as applicable to radio broadcasting and television stations shall be applied as far as practicable to the stations under this franchise.
The grantee must file a bond amounting to fifty thousand pesos to guarantee full compliance and fulfillment of the franchise conditions.
If a competing individual, partnership, or corporation receives a similar franchise with more favorable terms, such terms shall automatically become part of this franchise and apply equally to the grantee.
The grantee is liable to pay the same taxes on real estate, buildings, and personal property (exclusive of the franchise) as other taxpayers, and all other taxes imposed by the National Internal Revenue Code because of the franchise.
Yes. If the government desires to own and operate any or all of the stations, the grantee must turn over the stations with all serviceable equipment at cost, less reasonable depreciation.
No prior censorship is required. However, the grantee may cut off any speech or matter on air that incites treason, rebellion, sedition, or contains indecent or immoral language.
No, the grantee cannot lease, transfer, grant usufruct, sell, or assign the franchise or merge without prior approval of the Congress of the Philippines. Any assignee shall be subject to the same terms and conditions.
The President may close the stations or authorize the government to use and operate them temporarily without compensating the grantee during times of war, rebellion, public peril, emergency, calamity, disaster, or peace disturbance.
The radio broadcasting station shall operate under the name DXGM and the television station under Mindanao Broadcasting Network.