Summary
Big News was the evening television news program of ABC 5. It was the first evening news program on Philippine television. It aired from March 19, 1962, to September 22, 1972. On February 21, 1992, in line with the network's reopening, the program was revived and was originally anchored by Eric Eloriaga, Tina Monzon-Palma and Kathy Tanco-Ong and continued to air until August 8, 2008. Cherie Mercado served as the final anchors. It was replaced by TEN: The Evening News on August 11, 2008.[1]
| Big News | |
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 Final titlecard of Big News in 2008 | |
| Genre | News program Live action |
| Created by | Associated Broadcasting Company |
| Directed by | Rosario Andres |
| Presented by |
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| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original languages |
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| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sonny Fernandez Jackie Sierda |
| Production locations | ABC 5 Studio B, Novaliches, Quezon City |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1962–1972, 1992–2008) |
| Production company | ABC News and Public Affairs |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC 5 |
| Release | March 19, 1962 – September 22, 1972 |
| Release | February 21, 1992 – August 8, 2008 |
History edit
First incarnation (1962–1972) edit
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 March 19, 1962, and went off the air in 1972 due to martial law.[4]
Second incarnation (1992–2004) edit
On February 21, 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 December 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) edit
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 edit
- Duds Rivera (1962–1972)
- Bong Lapira (1962–1967)
- Jose Mari Velez (1967–1972)
- Eric Eloriaga (1992–1997)
- Tina Monzon-Palma (1992–1997)
- Kathy Tanco-Ong (1993–1998)
- Anthony Pangilinan (1997–2000)
- Thelma Dumpit-Murillo (1997–1999)
- Janice Pronstroller (1998–1999)
- Amelyn Veloso (1999[5]–2006)
- Rod Nepomuceno (2000–2002)
- Atty. Mike Toledo (2002–2004)
- Cherie Mercado (2004–2008)
Substitute anchors edit
- Joseph Andres
- Jove Francisco
- Martin Andanar
Gallery edit
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Big News logo used until September 2007
References edit
- ^ "Mike Toledo joins Metro Pacific as managing director". Manila Standard. December 30, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Serato, Arniel C (August 24, 2017). "CNN Philippines anchor Amelyn Veloso dies at 43". PEP.ph (in Tagalog). Retrieved November 14, 2021.