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Big News was a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABC. Originally anchored by Duds Rivera and Bong Lapira, it aired from March 19, 1962 to September 22, 1972. The show returned on February 24, 1992. The show concluded on August 8, 2008. Cherie Mercado served as the final anchor.[1]
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1962–1972; First incarnation
The Big News was originally anchored by Duds Rivera and Bong Lapira[2] with Antonio Tecson as head of the newsroom. Lapira later left the newscast in 1967 to transfer to ABS-CBN to anchor Newsbreak on DZXL-TV Channel 9 and he was replaced by Jose Mari Velez.[3] The show first aired on March 19, 1962, and went off the air on September 22, 1972 due to martial law.[4]
1992–2004; Second incarnation
On February 24, 1992, three days after ABC returned to the airwaves, the program resumed its telecast,[4] but this time, it was anchored by Tina Monzon-Palma. On September 14 of that year, she was joined by Eric Eloriaga and later Kathy Tanco-Ong on March 1, 1993. Tanco-Ong would later bow out of the newscast in 1995 but would return in early 1997 as Monzon-Palma's replacement. That same year, Anthony Pangilinan joined the newscast as Tanco-Ong's co-anchor, replacing Eloriaga. On March 2, 1998, Janice Pronstoller and Thelma Dumpit-Murillo became the new anchors, replacing Pangilinan. Monzon-Palma went to become the anchor of ABS-CBN's late night newscast The World Tonight while Eloriaga became the anchor of RPN's NewsWatch, both newscast's main rivals during pre-Martial Law days.
On May 3, 1999, both Pronstroller and Dumpit-Murillo were replaced by Amelyn Veloso as it became the new anchor of the newscast.
On January 10, 2000, Rod Nepomuceno became Veloso's co-anchor, replacing Dumpit-Murillo. Nepomuceno was replaced by Atty. Mike Toledo on June 3, 2002.
2004–2008; Big News
On April 12, 2004, when the network reformatted most of its programs, former ABS-CBN anchor Cherie Mercado, joining with Veloso as co-anchor and the newscast switched to Filipino in order to compete with the other networks' newscasts.
On October 2, 2006, the newscast exchanged timeslots with Sentro, the early-evening news program of the network.
On August 8, 2008, the program, together with Sentro aired its final broadcast and on the next day (August 9), the station was rebranded as TV5.
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Anchors
- Ernir Zarate (1962)
- Duds Rivera (1962–1972)
- Bong Lapira (1962–1967)
- Jose Mari Velez (1967–1972)
- Tina Monzon-Palma (1992–1997)
- Eric Eloriaga (1992–1997)
- Kathy Tanco-Ong (1993–1995; 1997–1998)
- Anthony Pangilinan (1997–1998)
- Thelma Dumpit-Murillo (1998–1999)
- Janice Pronstroller (1998–1999)
- Amelyn Veloso (1999–2006)[5]
- Rod Nepomuceno (2000–2002)
- Atty. Mike Toledo (2002–2004)
- Cherie Mercado (2004–2008)
Substitute anchors
- Vivian Zalvidea
- Atty. Joseph Andres
- Jove Francisco
- Martin Andanar
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