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DZXL-TV was a secondary television station of the Philippines network ABS-CBN. It was established in 1958 as the television station of the Chronicle Broadcasting Network, which would eventually merge with the Alto Broadcasting System during the 1960s. After the merger, it was a secondary station catering the Manila area. The station initially broadcast on channel 9, later moving to channel 4 in 1969. After the declaration of Martial Law by Marcos in 1972, the station signed off and its frequencies were later occupied by DWGT-TV.
Three years after starting on radio, DZXL-TV started broadcasting in July 1958 on VHF channel 9, using a 200-watt transmitter and an ERP of 1.34 kilowatts. By the early 1960s, CBN had started a second television station on channel 3 in Cebu City with a 3-kilowatt transmitter and had two stations ordered for Mindanao, one in Davao City on channel 9 and another in Cagayan de Oro on channel 3, the latter of which also planned a 2kW transmitter. One of its early successes was the noontime variety show Student Canteen, which was ported over from CBN Radio, and according to Joey de Leon, the show is also where he inspiring the creation of Eat Bulaga! which premiered on July 30, 1979 on the same channel frequency. In 1961, the station aired the first educational program on Philippine television, Education on TV, airing on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
In 1962, CBN planned its renunciation of its control over VHF channel 9 and petitioned a move from the existing frequency in Quezon City, as it also had the adjacent channel 10 frequency, but in Baguio City. This was necessary to avoid interference with channel 8 in Pampanga, which was used by the Far East Network. The plan was eventually rejected.
The station was treated as ABS-CBN's secondary station after the Lopezes took over ABS, causing the merger. The Lopezes prioritized the former ABS station on channel 3 (DWWX-TV) and advertising revenue for DZXL often consisted of bonuses from DZAQ. Both stations around the early 1960s started simulcasting each other's programs. The World Tonight first aired on this station on November 21, 1966.
DZXL-TV remained on channel 9 until November 14, 1969. Less than one month prior, on October 15, 1969, the Kanlaon Broadcasting System (KBS) (now the Radio Philippines Network) took over the Channel 9 frequency (along with several of the broadcasting equipments and facilities of ABS-CBN) under the call sign DZKB-TV (KBS-9). The only solution to keep both stations operational was by moving DZAQ to channel 2 and DZXL to channel 4 in order to prevent co-channel interference.
On September 23, 1972, Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, and the two ABS-CBN TV stations went off air. On October 31, the network was refused to resume broadcasting on its seven stations in six cities, including DZXL-TV. The frequency was taken over by the state-owned DWGT-TV on February 2, 1974.
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