Weirdly enough, the last time ABS-CBN celebrated their founding anniversary as a corporation was back in 1996, their 50th anniversary.
Before the shutdown in 2020, they regarded 1953 as the original starting point of ABS-CBN because that's the first TV broadcast in the PH.
Nitong June 13, ginunita ang ika-80 anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag ng Bolinao Electronics Corporation, ang kompanyang kalauna'y nagsagawa ng kauna-unahang TV broadcast sa Pilipinas at naging ABS-CBN.