PTV News (TV program)

PTV News
Also known asPTV News Nationwide (1995–1997)
Created byPTV
Directed byJohn Cruz
Leo Docto
Boy Osoyos
Presented byAljo Bendijo
Diane Querrer
Alex Santos
Narrated byAlex Santos (June 4, 2018–September 4, 2020)
Aljo Bendijo (May 11–September 4, 2020)
Opening theme"Midnight Report Alt" by Rick Rhodes† and Michael Sinclair, SmartSound Music
Country of originPhilippines
Original languagesEnglish (1995–1998, 2016–2017)
Filipino (2016–2017, 2017–2020)
Production
Executive producerKC Santos Juan (Weekday Edition)
ProducersAngie Arguelles (OIC, News Division)
Production locationsPTV 4 Studio A, Quezon City
Camera setupMulticamera setup
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkPeople's Television Network
ReleaseOctober 2, 1995 (1995-10-02) –
October 30, 1998 (1998-10-30)
ReleaseJuly 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) –
July 9, 2017 (2017-07-09)
ReleaseSeptember 18, 2017 (2017-09-18) –
September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04)
Related
Bagong Pilipinas
Daily Info
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PTV News is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by PTV. Originally anchor by Erik Espina, Chichi Fajardo-Forbes, Chiqui Roa-Puno and Daniel Razon, it aired from October 2, 1995, to October 30, 1998, replacing News on 4 and was replaced by National Network News. The newscast returned from July 11, 2016 to July 9, 2017, replacing News @ 1, News @ 6, NewsLife, News @ 6 Saturday Edition and The Weekend News and was replaced by Sentro Balita, Ulat Bayan, Ulat Bayan Weekend and PTV News Headlines. Aljo Bendijo, Diane Querrer and Alex Santos served as the final anchors.

The newscasts returned as a weekday primetime newscast from September 18, 2017 to September 4, 2020, replacing the weekday edition of Ulat Bayan and was replaced by the weekday edition of Ulat Bayan.[1] The hour-long newscast aired nationally via PTV-4 and simulcast on government radio network Radyo Pilipinas every Monday to Friday at 6:00 PM.

  1. ^ Romero, Alexis. "Duterte pushes for law to make PTV-4 a public service broadcaster". The Philippine STAR.