IBC News Tonight
IBC News Tonight | |
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File:IBC News Tonight 2009 title card.jpg | |
Genre | |
Directed by | Ellen "Renz" Argaño |
Presented by | Jake Morales Cathy Eigenmann |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Original language | Filipino |
No. of episodes | n/a (airs Monday to Friday) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Jinky Baticados |
Production locations | IBC 13 Studios Broadcast City, Quezon City |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | IBC News and Public Affairs |
Release | |
Original network | IBC 13 |
Picture format | NTSC |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | January 7, 2002 August 5, 2011 | –
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Ronda Trese |
Followed by | News Team 13 |
IBC News Tonight is a weeknight 30-minute news program aired on IBC 13 in the Philippines. Originally anchored by Elmer Mercado and Anthony Pangilinan It premiered on January 7, 2002 replacing Ronda Trese. The show concluded on August 5, 2011. Jake Morales and Cathy Eigenmann serves as the final anchors. It was replaced by News Team 13.
Background
The newscast premiered on January 7, 2002, replacing Ronda Trese. It was first anchored by Elmer Mercado and Anthony Pangilinan. Mercado and Pangilinan bowed out the newscast and was later replaced by Noli Eala several months later. However, Eala eventually left the newscast in 2003 to be appointed as the commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association. He was later replaced by Dennis Principe but left the newscast in 2006 to be acquired by NBN (now PTV), also a government-controlled network. Principe would later be replaced by Gina dela Vega-Cruz as the sole anchor of the newscast. On April 16, 2007, former ABS-CBN and RPN business correspondent Joee Guilas as co-anchor with dela Vega-Cruz. Guilas and dela Vega-Cruz both left the show to be replaced by the female tandem of Rida Reyes and Thea Gavino on August 4, 2008. Reyes soon left the newscast on November 7, 2008 to be acquired by GMA Network, and was replaced by Atty. Zorah Andam on November 10, 2008, as co-anchor with Gavino. Gavino and Andam bowed out the newscast until the latter was replaced by the returning Joee Guilas in late 2010.
Former IBC Express Balita anchors Jake Morales and Cathy Eigenmann replaced Guilas on June 20, 2011, as the new and final anchors. The newscast ceased airing on August 5, 2011 to make way for the evening edition of News Team 13.
Anchors
- Elmer Mercado (2002)
- Anthony Pangilinan (2002)
- Noli Eala (2002–2003)
- Dennis Principe (2003–2006)
- Gina dela Vega-Cruz (2006–2008)
- Joee Guilas (2007–2008; 2010–2011)
- Rida Reyes (2008)
- Thea Gavino (2008–2010)
- Zorah Andam (2008–2010)
- Jake Morales (2011)
- Cathy Eigenmann (2011)
Substitute anchors
- Karen Tayao-Cabrera
- Jess Caduco
- Bing Formento
See also
- Articles with missing files
- 2000s Philippine television series
- 2010s Philippine television series
- 2002 Philippine television series debuts
- 2011 Philippine television series endings
- Philippine television news shows
- Filipino-language television shows
- Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation original programming
- IBC News and Public Affairs
- Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation news shows