GMA Network Center (Quezon City)

Philippines / Southern Tagalog / Malanday / Quezon City / Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) (N1 (AH26) / C-4), 1585
 television broadcast station / TV centre, television studio

1585 GMA Kapuso Building Edsa Corner Timog Ave. Quezon City

The GMA Network Center is the headquarters of the GMA Network, the major radio and television network in the Philippines. It is located at EDSA corner South (Timog) Avenue, Quezon City. It is the network's main television and radio production center, and its main transmission facility for most of Metro Manila. The building houses DZBB 594 AM, Barangay LS-FM 97.1, GMA-7 a UHF station GMA News TV 27 the center housed the cable channels
GMA inaugurated the facility on June 14, 2000, The birthdate of GMA Network, as part of the kick-off of its year-round celebration of its 50th golden anniversary. While the first phase of the project has already been completed with the completion of the 17-storey high-rise, the center has an option to upgrade the older, existing facilities in the GMA compound, as originally planned.
The Center is equipped with MARC (Multiple Automated Recorder Cassette) System with a D3 format digital video recorder and a Broadcast Automation System that allows the network to manage live feeds and international feeds that will be carried out to GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International subscribers around the world.

Although the Network Center was inaugurated in 2000, GMA has held office in its current EDSA headquarters since 1957, having moved from the Calvo Building in Escolta, Manila (where the network, then known as the Loreto de F. Hemedes, Inc., later renamed Republic Broadcasting System, had its first studios and corporate offices since its inception in 1950).

Type: High-rise Building
Location: EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Barangay South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Construction started: 1996
Completed: 2000
Floor count: 17 Storey
Cost: US$ 46 million
Design team:
Architect: Roger Villarosa
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   14°38'0"N   121°2'38"E
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