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Big News

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Big News
Final titlecard of Big News in 2008
GenreNews program
Live action
Created byAssociated Broadcasting Company
Directed byRosario Andres
Presented by
Country of originPhilippines
Original languages
  • English (1962–1972 and 1992–2004)
  • Tagalog (2004–2008)
Production
Executive producersSonny Fernandez
Jackie Sierda
Production locationsABC 5 Studio B, Novaliches, Quezon City
Running time30 minutes
Production companyABC News and Public Affairs
Original release
NetworkABC 5
ReleaseMarch 19, 1962 (1962-03-19) –
September 22, 1972 (1972-09-22)
ReleaseFebruary 24, 1992 (1992-02-24) –
August 8, 2008 (2008-08-08)

Big News was a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABC. Originally anchored by Duds Rivera and Bong Lapira, it aired from March 19, 1962 to September 22, 1972. The newscasts returned from February 24, 1992 to August 8, 2008, and was replaced by TEN: The Evening News. Cherie Mercado served as the final anchors.[1]

History

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First incarnation (1962–1972)

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The Big News was originally anchored by Duds Rivera and Bong Lapira[2] with Antonio Tecson as head of the newsroom. Lapira later left the newscast in 1967 to transfer to ABS-CBN to anchor Newsbreak on DZXL-TV Channel 9 and he was replaced by Jose Mari Velez.[3] The show first aired on 1962, and went off the air in 1972 due to martial law.[4]

Second incarnation (1992–2004)

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On February 24, 1992, three days after ABC returned to the airwaves, the program resumed its telecast,[4] but this time, it was anchored by Tina Monzon-Palma. On September 14 of that year, she was joined by Eric Eloriaga and later Kathy Tanco-Ong on March 1, 1993. In May 1997, they were replaced by Anthony Pangilinan and Thelma Dumpit-Murillo, who also anchors the network's early evening Filipino newscast Balitang Balita as its new anchors. Tanco-Ong would later bow out of the newscast and was replaced by Janice Pronstoller on March 2, 1998. Monzon-Palma went to become anchor of ABS-CBN's late night newscast The World Tonight while Eloriaga became anchor of RPN's NewsWatch, both newscast's main rivals during pre-Martial Law days.

On May 3, 1999, Amelyn Veloso became the new anchor of the newscast. On May 22, 2000, Veloso was joined by Rod Nepomuceno as her co-anchor, replacing Pangilinan. On June 3, 2002, Nepomuceno was replaced by Atty. Mike Toledo.

Big News (2004–2008)

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On April 12, 2004, when the network reformatted most of its programs, former ABS-CBN anchor Cherie Mercado, joining with Veloso as co-anchor and the newscast switched to Filipino in order to compete with the other networks' newscasts.

On October 2, 2006, the newscast exchanged timeslots with Sentro, the early-evening news program of the network.

On August 8, 2008, the program, together with Sentro aired its final broadcast and on the next day (August 9), the station was rebranded as TV5.

Anchors

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Substitute anchors

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References

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  1. ^ "Mike Toledo joins Metro Pacific as managing director". Manila Standard. December 30, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "In 1966, ABS-CBN News' true start came with the birth of its longest standing show". ABS-CBN News. July 5, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "'Being first is not so important as being right'—and other credos of ABS-CBN News' early days". ABS-CBN News. July 6, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Francisco, Butch (October 8, 2002). "LONG-RUNNING SHOWS HONORED". www.newsflash.org. The Philippine Start. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Serato, Arniel C (August 24, 2017). "CNN Philippines anchor Amelyn Veloso dies at 43". PEP.ph (in Tagalog). Retrieved November 14, 2021.

See also

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