[1] It established DWBC-AM (then at 920 kHz) and its FM station counterpart in 1972, the year when the Philippines was under Martial Law.
The station, however, was short-lived and became the subject of a legal dispute when ACWS-UBN filed a case against the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
9192 signed by then-Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo which renewed ACWS-UBN's license for another 25 years.
The law granted ACWS-UBN a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain for commercial purposes and in the public interest, radio and/or television broadcasting stations in the Philippines.
[6] It also began resuming its television broadcast business through its engagement in MVDS for wireless distribution.