- NewsWatch (Philippine TV program)
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NewsWatch Format News Created by RPN Developed by RPN News and Public Affairs Group Directed by Rudy Alberto Presented by Joyce Burton-Titular Opening theme NewsWatch Theme by James Sace Country of origin Philippines No. of episodes n/a (airs daily) Production Executive producer(s) Allen Pascual - Lugo Running time 60 minutes Broadcast Original channel RPN Picture format 480i SDTV Audio format Mono (1969-1994), Stereo (1994-present) Original run July 14, 1969 – present Chronology Preceded by Aksyon Balita (as early evening newscast) Followed by I-Watch News (as late night newscast) External links Website Philippine Network Evening News ABS-CBN TV Patrol ANC Primetime on ANC AksyonTV Andar ng mga Balita GMA 24 Oras GMA News TV State of the Nation IBC News Team 13: Afternoon Edition Net 25 Mata ng Agila PTV Teledyaryo RPN NewsWatch Studio 23 Iba-Balita TV5/AksyonTV Aksyon UNTV Ito Ang Balita RPN NewsWatch in the Philippines is the longest-running English language flagship newscast of the Radio Philippines Network. It has a complicated history, undergoing many name changes.
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Broadcast chronology
Launched on July 14, 1969, it became one of the highly watched English newscasts on Philippine TV. Prior to 2008, it produced some spin-offs like:
- NewsWatch Balita Ngayon, a Tagalog newscast.
- NewsWatch sa Umaga, morning spin-off of the newscast.
- NewsWatch sa Tanghali, noontime spin-off of the newscast.
- NewsWatch Kids Edition, first youth spin-off of the newscast that aired from 1979 to 1993.
- NewsWatch Evening Cast, first early-evening English newscast anchored by Harry Gasser, then it was anchored by Cielo Villaluna and Cristina Pecson.
- NewsWatch Prime Cast, a late night edition also anchored by Cathy Santillan, Harry Gasser and Eric Eloriaga.
- Primetime Balita, replacement of Evening Cast from 1999 to 2001 anchored by Buddy Lopa and Marigold Haber.
- NewsWatch Now, replacement of Prime Cast from 1999 to March 9, 2007.
- Jr. NewsWatch, second youth spin-off that aired in 2005.
- RPN Aksyon News, later "NewsWatch Aksyon Balita," successor of NewsWatch from 2006 to January 4, 2006 first anchored by Erwin Tulfo, Connie Sison, Aljo Bendijo, Jake Morales, Vikki Sambilay and Bobby Yan.
- i-Watch News, replacement of NewsWatch Now anchored by former K-Lite disc jockey Carlo Tirona, and Aryana Lim, who was replaced by Lexi Schulze after a few months. It aired from March 12, 2007 to January 4, 2008.
On January 7, 2008, when Solar Entertainment channel C/S started to air on free-tv, it went back on the air replacing the original "Newswatch Aksyon Balita". It was anchored by the network's President and Chief Executive Officer, and former Senator Orly Mercado and the News and Current Affairs department head Marigold Haber-Dunca. On January 14, 2008, its late-night spin-off was aired as "NewsWatch Second Edition". This broadcast was anchored by Jay Esteban and Queen Sebastian. It also started to air on cable on all frequencies occupying C/S. The network's hourly news updates was renamed as "NewsWatch Update" until February 25, 2011, the last day Solar TV occupied the RPN frequency.
The show was reformatted into a reality show between June 7, 2008 and August 16, 2008. On October 11, 2008, another version was premiered, entitled "NewsWatch Junior Edition" with the contestants of the show anchoring it. This was the third youth spin-off of the NewsWatch; the previous two were NewsWatch Kids Edition (1979 to 1993) and Jr. NewsWatch (2005).
On October 8, 2008, broadcasts covering of the games of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was started. These were broadcast to coincide with the second half of the game on Wednesday and Friday. This coverage had ended since 2011 when RPN lost its PBA broadcasting rights to Studio 23.
On February 16, 2009, former ABS-CBN news anchor Joyce Burton-Titular replaced Orly Mercado as anchor. Mercado was then able to focus on his duties as the network's President and CEO. This was the second time that a female became the anchor of the newscast since the time of Cathy Santillian, Cielo Villaluna and Cristina Peczon.
On November 30, 2009, Radio Philippines Network (RPN) relaunched as Solar TV. Broadcast times were changed from 30 minutes to 60 minutes duration. From the usual twice a day times of 5:30 pm and 11:00 pm, it became once a day at 5:30 pm and Reema Chanco was engaged as an additional anchor. RPN NewsCap replaced NewsWatch Second Edition and started airing at midnight. In 2009, the timeslot was moved to back to 11:30 in the evening. It also continued to air on cable until February 25, 2011.
Alongside NewsCap, NewsWatch started to air only on free TV on March 2, 2011 at 5 pm as ETC had occupied the RPN frequency on all cable providers nationwide. But, it's still being managed to air only through Global Destiny Cable on channel 116, which was the frequency occupied by The Game Channel occupying the 5:00 pm timeslot. It's simulcast on that channel stopped on October 2011 as The Game Channel began airing on BEAM TV Channel 31 which was owned by Radio Mindanao Network.
Current anchor
- Joyce Burton-Titular
Relief anchors
Each of thems serve as Joyce Burton-Titular's co-anchor or her sit-in anchors.
- Viviene Guilla
- Phoebe Javier
News Reporters
- April Abello (DOJ correspondent)
- Carlo Carongoy (Malacañang correspondent)
- Janeena Chan (Spotlight correspondent)
- Dale De Vera (Business correspondent)
- Evangeline Evangelista
- Viviene Guilla (Senate correspondent)
- Phoebe Javier (House correspondent)
- Emman Paz (CrimeWatch and TechWatch correspondent)
- Pircelyn Pialago
- Marsha Tañedo
- Dennis Principe (Sports correspondent)
Past anchors
- Marlene Alcaide (current News5 anchor/reporter)
- Frank Abao
- Eric Eloriaga
- Harry Gasser
- Charlie Ismael
- Dodi Lacuna
- Buddy Lopa
- Meanne Los Baños (current News5 reporter)
- Cristina Peczon
- Coco Quisumbing
- Cathy Santillan
- Vikki Sambilay
- Cielo Villaluna
- Arlene Lim-Farol
- Ramon Imperial
- Orly Mercado
- Gaby Roldan-Concepcion
- Jay Esteban
- Queen Sebastian
- Reema Chanco
- Loren Legarda
- Lulu Pascual
- Mel Tiangco (current GMA News anchor)
- Marigold Haber-Dunca
See also
- Aksyon Balita
- List of programs broadcast by Radio Philippines Network
Categories:- 1969 television series debuts
- Philippine news series
- Radio Philippines Network
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