Balitang America
Ging Reyes on Balitang America
Directed byHenry Ballesteros
Presented by
  • TJ Manotoc
  • Ginger Conejero
Country of originUnited States
Original languages
  • English
  • Filipino
Production
Executive producers
  • Joey Caburnida
  • Henni Espinosa
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time30 minutes
Production companyABS-CBN News and Current Affairs
Original release
NetworkThe Filipino Channel
ReleaseSeptember 28, 2002 (2002-09-28) –
July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16)

Balitang America (Shorten to BA) was the flagship news program of TFC, produced by ABS-CBN International and ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. The program, which was first hosted by Cara Subijano, had its debut as a weekly newscast covering the Filipino-American community on September 28, 2002.[1] It was converted to a weeknight broadcast on May 7, 2007, and Gel Santos-Relos, an ABS-CBN News personality who had previously worked in the network's main office in the Philippines before moving to the US, took over as the host.[2] Santos-Relos was succeeded as the newscast's anchor after she decided to retire by Ginger Conejero and TJ Manotoc. On July 16, 2021, the program came to an end, and TFC News Now North America took its place.[3]

Overview

Balitang America was the first Filipino-American news program to ever be broadcast across all of North America; it was a 30-minute newscast with a national focus that aired via satellite on TFC and its local affiliate station in the San Francisco Bay Area, KTSF. The show was also shown on a slightly delayed basis on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) in the Philippines. Similar to how ANC did it, the show incorporated English subtitles for the Filipino soundbites in 2019.

Segments

Anchors

Final anchors

Previous anchors

References

  1. ^ Santos-Relos, Gel (July 31, 2019). "Revealing Inside Story Of Gel Santos Relos' 12 Years As Anchor Of 'Balitang America' And 25 Years As Kapamilya At TFC". AsianJournal.com. Asian Journal. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "Balitang America AVP". YouTube. TFCNorthAmADSALES. February 2, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  3. ^ Fernandez, Nerrisa, M. (July 19, 2021). "ABS-CBN News online and TV Patrol expand global news coverage with TFC News overseas segments". myTFC.com. Retrieved December 10, 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Pecayo, Johnny, M. (May 11, 2012). "TFC reaches out to Filipino community through "Balitang Canada"". Manila-US Times. Retrieved December 10, 2022.((cite news)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Balitang Canada, now a weekly program". ABS-CBNNews.com. ABS-CBN News. April 18, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "AN INVITATION TO THE LAUNCH OF BALITANG CANADA - THE WEEKLY PROGRAM". MuntingNayon.com. Munting Nayon News Magazine. April 7, 2012.
  7. ^ Tancinco, Lourdes. "Pinoy Panawagan". Tancinco Law, P.C. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "SEGMENTS - Balitang America". yumpu.com. YUMPU. December 12, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  9. ^ "TJ Manotoc officially named new North America bureau chief of ABS-CBN". Media Newser Philippines. March 15, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2022.

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