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The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 1979. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
Events
July 30 – RPN 9 launches Eat Bulaga!.
August 27 - Ferdinand Marcos banned Voltes V with "violent" Japanese animated series during the Martial Law era.
Premieres
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=Flordeluna on RPN 9
Gulong ng Palad on RPN 9
Cafeteria Aroma on RPN 9
NewsWatch Kids Edition on RPN 9
Staying Alive on RPN 9
Shalom on RPN 9
Sharing In The City on RPN 9
In-Daing on BBC 2
The Krofft Supershow on BBC 2
Chicks to Chicks on IBC 13
All For Jesus Happenings on IBC 13
The Jacksons on IBC 13
Hilda on GTV 4
Take 2 For The Road on GTV 4
Coronet Blue on GTV 4
The Green Hornet on GTV 4
The Incredible Hulk on GTV 4
True Confessions ng mga Bituin on GMA 7
Sapak na Sapak Talaga! on GMA 7
Sikat Family on GMA 7
Two for the Road on GMA 7
Mork & Mindy on GMA 7
Programs transferring networks
Finales
August 27: Voltes V on GMA 7
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=Ang Makulay Na Daigdig ni Nora on RPN 9
Broadcast Campus on RPN 9
Cafeteria Aroma on RPN 9
Gulong ng Palad on BBC 2
Wide, Wonderful World on GTV 4
Brocka Presents on GTV 4
Hilda on GTV 4
Nature World on GTV 4
Coronet Blue on GTV 4
The Green Hornet on GTV 4
The Incredible Hulk on GTV 4
Katha on GMA 7
Daimos on GMA 7
Donny & Marie on GMA 7
The Mary Tyler Moore Show on GMA 7
Dito Na Kami on IBC 13
Births
January 29 – Boom Labrusca, actor
April 10 – Ryan Agoncillo, film television actor model and photographer
May 9 – Ara Mina, actress and singer
July 20 – Claudine Barretto, actress
August 22 – Angelu de Leon, actress
October 4 – Zen Hernandez, broadcaster
November 6 - Maricar de Mesa, actress
November 26 – Sheryn Regis, singer, songwriter and television host
See also
1979 in television