Balitang Bisdak

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Balitang Bisdak
File:Balitang Bisdak title card.jpg
Title card since 2019
Also known as
  • 24 Oras Central Visayas
GenreNews broadcasting
Directed byDavis Abella
Presented by
  • Alan Domingo
  • Lou-Anne Mae Rondina
  • Cecille Quibod-Castro
Narrated byAlan Domingo
Chello Vallena
Al Torres
Country of originPhilippines
Original language
Cebuano
  • Waray (interviewees only in Eastern Visayas)
Production
Executive producers
  • Chello Vallena
  • Suzzane Alueta
Production locationsGMA Complex, Nivel Hills, Apas, Cebu City
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time45 minutes
Production company
Release
Original network
GMA 7 Cebu
Picture formatNTSC
Audio format5.1 surround sound
Original releaseOctober 4, 1999 (1999-10-04) –
present

Balitang Bisdak is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA Cebu. Originally anchored by Bobby Nalzaro, it premiered on October 4, 1999. Alan Domingo, Lou-Anne Mae Rondina, and Cecille Quibod-Castro currently serve as the anchors.

Overview

Presented from the studios of GMA TV Cebu, it provides news and features around Cebu City and province of the same name and the rest of Central Visayas including Negros Oriental, Bohol, and Siquijor; as well as Eastern Visayas (including Northern Samar, Western Samar, Eastern Samar, Biliran and Leyte where interviewees speak Waray while Southern Leyte also uses Cebuano, which is spoken by them), through the station's news teams and stringers across the two regions.

The newscast airs every Monday to Friday from 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM on GMA Cebu (TV-7) and via satellite on relay stations GMA TV-10 Tacloban, GMA TV-11 Bohol, GMA TV-5 Dumaguete, GMA TV-5 Calbayog, GMA TV-8 Borongan and GMA TV-12 Ormoc. It is also aired on a slightly-delayed basis over radio station DYSS 999 AM at 6:00 PM.

Balitang Bisdak is also re-aired for national viewers under GTV's late night block "Regional TV Strip" on a weekly basis. It airs every Tuesday at 11:50 PM since May 19, 2020.[1]

The program also airs worldwide on GMA News TV International.[2]

History

The newscast was first aired on Channel 7 in Cebu on October 4, 1999, two years after Bobby Nalzaro left Bombo Radyo Cebu in 1997 and transferred to GMA Cebu as regional news anchor and became a solo anchor of the newscast until 2005 when Cecille Quibod-Castro became anchor with Nalzaro, and in 2009 when Atty. Rose Versoza joined in the newscast and stayed until 2015.

To strengthen its commitment of bringing the latest, most credible and most comprehensive news from the region, in July 2013, the newscast started its international broadcast on GMA News TV International alongside other regional newscasts Balitang Amianan (formerly 24 Oras North Central Luzon and 24 Oras Amianan, now One North Central Luzon) and One Mindanao (formerly Testigo, 24 Oras Southern Mindanao and 24 Oras Davao).[3]

Balitang Bisdak ended its 15th year run on November 7, 2014, as it adopts the branding of its now-main newscast 24 Oras into 24 Oras Central Visayas effective November 10.

However, on February 1, 2016, 24 Oras Central Visayas reverted its branding back to Balitang Bisdak, after more than a year hiatus opposite GMA Dagupan's Balitang Amianan.[4]

On November 13, 2017, Balitang Bisdak was relaunched similar to sister newscasts Balitang Amianan and One Mindanao, and it is now available in major parts of Central and Eastern Visayas, by simulcasting the program through its relay stations in Tacloban, Bohol and Ormoc. Veteran reporter Alan Domingo joined Nalzaro and Quibod-Castro in the anchor team.[5]

Two days after the launch of GMA Regional TV Weekend News (later Regional TV Weekend News, now Regional TV News), on July 29, 2019, Balitang Bisdak updated their graphics and introduced a modified logo and new opening titles patterned with its co-produced national newscast (featuring the sceneries of the program's coverage area). For the first time, the newscast had a more relaxed set-up with couches instead of the tables and chairs that viewers usually see on typical newscasts intending to be an extension of viewers' living room, further connecting the news anchors and the viewers. In addition to the new studio set, Balitang Bisdak opens its doors to the public as it invites viewers to participate as live studio audience every Friday.[6]

On June 29, 2020, the program merged with GMA Iloilo's One Western Visayas due to GMA Regional TV's decision to suspend GMA Cebu's program production due to the increasingly intense situation in Cebu City caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With that, reports from the newscast delivered in the Cebuano language are then transmitted to the Iloilo station and will be broadcast in the network's regional stations in Western, Central and Eastern Visayas. In interim, the program is de facto named as GMA Regional TV One Western Visayas-Balitang Bisdak newscast. Aside from Cebuano and Waray, the program now uses Filipino on studio presentation alongside Hiligaynon reports from One Western Visayas.[7] This marks the return of a multilingual newscast of the network since GMA Davao's One Mindanao which used Cebuano and Filipino before switching to full Cebuano. On July 2, 2020, Bobby Nalzaro returned as co-anchor.[8] The merger ended on July 10, 2020, when the program returned on July 13 due to the resumption of GMA Cebu's program production. The program also reverted its overall medium of delivery in the Cebuano language[9]

On May 3, 2021, the program added Samar to its coverage area. And with it, comes a new opening billboard.[10]

From March 17 to 21, 2022, the newscast held a tribute for main anchor Nalzaro, who passed away at the age of 58,[11] leaving Domingo and Quibod-Castro as anchors. Co-anchor and correspondent Lou-Anne Mae Rondina joined the anchor team on May 2, 2022 for the newscast.

Personalities

Anchors

  • Alan Domingo – Main Anchor and Correspondent
  • Lou Anne Mae Rondina – Co-anchor and Correspondent
  • Cecille Quibod-Castro – Co-Anchor

Correspondents

  • Nikko Sereno - Sub anchor for Domingo.
  • Fe Marie Dumaboc
  • Chello Vallena – Supervising Producer
  • Mark Regie Abella – Playback Operator
  • Orchids Lapingcao - Production and Logistics Support/Floor Director

Former personalities

Area of coverage

Segments

  • Alerto (Police News)
  • Bisdak Sports (Sports News)
  • Flash Report (Breaking News)
  • Huli Cam (Reports on footages in CCTV)
  • Newsstand (Other Reports)
  • Ronda Waray (Other Reports in Eastern Visayas)
  • Serbisyong Puso (Public Service)
  • Showbiz Kini (Entertainment News)
  • GMA Regional TV Presents (Special Reports)
  • Extra
  • Extra Income (Money News)
  • Bida Ka
  • Hanepbuhay
  • Bisdak Bae
  • Good News
  • Reklamo, Ipa-Bisdak mo! (Complaint News)
  • Balitang Barangay (Community News)
  • Batang Bisdak (Kiddie News)
  • Manglaag Ta! (Travel News)
  • Lami Syah!/Food Trip (Food News)
  • Lahi Rah (Viral News)
  • Hayop sa Balita (Animal News)
  • Dagan sa Panahon (Weather News)
  • #SpreadKindness
  • 'Sa Maaan? (Questions)
  • Kwento ng Pilipino (Story News)

References

  1. ^ "'GMA Regional TV Strip' on GMA News TV - Manila Standard Mobile". Manila Standard. May 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Bringing Filipinos Abroad Closer to Home". GMA International. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Regional news made more accessible to Filipinos abroad via GMA News TV International".
  4. ^ "Log into Facebook | Facebook". Facebook. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  5. ^ "'Balitang Bisdak' now available in more areas in Central and Eastern Visayas".
  6. ^ "Balitang Bisdak debuts fresh new look and levelled-up content".
  7. ^ "YouTube". YouTube.
  8. ^ "YouTube". YouTube.
  9. ^ "YouTube". YouTube.
  10. ^ "YouTube". YouTube.
  11. ^ "SunStar Philippines". SunStar. March 17, 2022.

External links

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