Big News
| Big News | |
|---|---|
 Final titlecard of Big News in 2008 | |
| Genre |
News program Live action |
| Created by | Associated Broadcasting Company |
| Developed by | ABC News and Public Affairs |
| Starring |
Cherie Mercado various contributors |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) |
English (1962–1972, 1992–2004) Filipino (2004–2008) |
| No. of episodes | n/a (airs daily) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Sonny Fernandez Jackie Sierda |
| Running time |
1 hour (1962–1972) 30 minutes (1992–2006) 15 minutes (2006–2008) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC-5 |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release |
First incarnation: March 19, 1962 – September 22, 1972 Second incarnation: February 21, 1992 – August 8, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | TEN: The Evening News |
Big News was the first ever newscast on Philippine television. It was the primetime news broadcast of ABC-5 in the Philippines. It was anchored by Jose Marie Velez with Antonio Tecson as head of the newsroom. The show was originally first aired in 1962, and went off the air in 1972 due to martial law, and re-aired again in 1992 (six years of post-EDSA People Power Revolution) as a revival and also as an English language newscast. On April 12, 2004, when the network reformatted most of its programs, former ABS-CBN anchor Cherie Mercado replaced Mike Toledo and joined with Amelyn Veloso as a 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. Mercado became the sole anchor of the program, and the length of the program was reduced to 15 minutes from the former 30.
On August 8, 2008, the program, together with Sentro aired its final broadcast and on the next day (August 9), it rebranded as TV5.
Anchors
- Duds Rivera (1962-1972)
- Bong Lapira (1962-1967)
- Jose Mari Velez (1967-1972)
- Eric Eloriaga (1992-1999)
- Tina Monzon-Palma (1992–1998)
- Kathy Tanco-Ong (1992-1997)
- Anthony Pangilinan (1998-1999)
- Thelma Dumpit-Murillo (1998–1999)
- Janice Pronstroller (1997-1999)
- Amelyn Veloso (1999–2006)
- Rod Nepomuceno (1999-2002)
- Atty. Mike Toledo (2002-2004)
- Cherie Mercado (2004–2008)
Substitute anchors
Gallery
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Big News logo used until early 2008