GMA Network News
| GMA Network News | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News |
| Created by | GMA Network |
| Developed by | GMA News and Public Affairs |
| Presented by |
Mike Enriquez Vicky Morales Bernadette Sembrano Martin Andanar |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) |
English (1992–1998) Filipino (1998–2002) |
| No. of episodes | n/a (airs daily) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1992-1998) 15 minutes (1998-2002) |
| Release | |
| Original network | GMA Network |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | January 6, 1992 – June 30, 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | GMA Headline News (1986-1992) |
| Followed by |
Frontpage: Ulat ni Mel Tiangco (weekdays, August 2, 1999-July 12, 2002) GMA Flash Report: Special Edition (weekends, 2002-2007) |
| Related shows | Pulso: Aksyon Balita (ABS-CBN, 1999-2000) |
GMA Network News is the former late-night English language newscast of GMA Network from January 6, 1992 to September 25, 1998 and became the first Filipino-language late-night television newscast from September 28, 1998 until July 30, 1999 on weeknights and from July 6, 1996 until June 30, 2002.
The 30-minute weekday edition first aired on January 6, 1992 as a replacement for GMA Headline News with Tina Monzon-Palma (who then moved to ABC, now TV5 as the Chief Operating Officer and anchor of The Big News and later moved to ABS-CBN in 1998 as the anchor of The World Tonight) and Leslie Espino (who replaced Jose Mari Velez on the newscast after his death). The first team of anchors was composed of Espino, Vicky Morales (who also had a brief stint as the third anchor on Headline News), Marga Ortigas, GMA reporter Jessica Soho and two new recruits from rival stations - Mari Kaimo (from PTV) and Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel (from IBC). Espino & Soho would bow out of the newscast after a year, leaving the four of them being the main anchors.
On April 7, 1997, the newscast was given a new set, new theme music, and a sleeker opening ident and graphics package. In the opening ident, Kaimo gave a sneak peek of the night's headlines with clips from the specific news items, after which, Mike Enriquez (and later, GMA continuity announcer Al Torres) provided the voice-over, "From the award-winning GMA News and Public Affairs team, this is GMA Network News..." to introduce the newscast and its anchorpersons. Rachel del Mar became the program's new weather girl, who would always end the segment (then retitled "GMA Weather Center") with her signature close, "This is Rachel del Mar, your all-weather friend." However, Kaimo, Hontiveros and Ortigas eventually left the newscast as well on May 29, 1998. The former would move to ABS-CBN (to host The Correspondents and the Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports and Action) newscast News Central), while Hontiveros ran for party-list representative in Congress and Ortigas at the other hand, currently as an Al Jazeera correspondent.
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