Station Six

Station Six was a public television station part of The Channel Six Project by the MBC. It was the first public television station in the Philippines.

The station launched a ten-day test broadcast on December 11-21, 1968, as The Filipino Public Television, in which they aired and produced mostly educational and journalism-based programs. They officially launched the network as Station Six on January 21, 1969. The station gets its funding through donations from the government and the public. They started broadcasting in color on April 29, 1971.

They were originally closed on September 23, 1972, when martial law was declared by President Ferdinand Marcos. They relaunched in November that year, and aired a variety of news, comedy, drama, game show, and music programs. They were later replaced by the Islands Six Television on December 31, 1976.