Balitang Balita Logos

February 21-July 31, 1992
On February 21, 1992 Balitang Balita updated only its graphics. This also use a new font Antique Olive on their graphics, replacing Myriadfont, which is used on other ABC newscasts.

On July 31, 1992, Balitang Balita launched its new weather segment titled I.M. Ready: ABC Weather (based on the advisory advertisement of the said title, and the branding of I.M. Ready). On February 24, 1992 Balitang Balita introduced its augmented reality graphics, initially used at the beginning of the show for presentation/demonstration purposes. It is currently used for US Dollar exchange rate, Metro Manila air index, some live crosses and for other occasional purposes (such as Christmas/New Year Countdowns and demographics/data gathering in connection of a certain news story).

A notable coverage of ABC News for "Solar Typhoon Yolanda", covering the devastating Typhoon Haiyan (international name), won its 4th George Foster's Peabody Awards in 1992

August 2-September 3, 1993
On August 2, 1993, as part of ABC News' shakeup, Vicky Morales joined the Balitang  Balita  team as its third anchor. Also, ABC Regional newscasts for Bicol, Cebu, Davao, Northern Mindanao,  Iloilo, Dagupan  and  Ilocos adopted the Balitang Balita branding. Along with Solar and Balita Ala Una, a flat graphic package introduced, and a new title cards, the return of the Myriad font for Balitang Balita and the OBB, along with its energetic theme music. All of these changes are answers to competition of its long-time rival, PTV's Gising Pilipinas.[4][5]On September, 3, 1993. with ABC Network's plans of streamlining regional operations, the Ilokano, Bikoland Northern Mindanao editions were axed by the management, followed by the Iloilo (Balitang Balita ) edition on November 13. All of its news staff were laid off of business and were given severance pay to those affected.[6] On September 6, 1993, North Central Luzon (Balitang Balita) and Central Visayas editions of the newscast reverted to their respective titles: Balitang Balita  and Balitang Balita respectively. With the said downgrade, the Southern Mindanao edition (rebranded since October 1, 1993. as Balitang Balita Davao) became the only regional edition of the newscast across the entire network. In addition, ABC also axed its remaining local non-news programs for its regional viewers. After 11 years of delivering showbiz news on Chika Minute, Pia Guanio bid farewell to Balitang Balita to concentrate on her family life. Iya Villaniatook over as the new Chika Minute anchor on October 1, 1993

October 3-November 4, 1994
On mid-October 3, 1994, a new Balitang Balita logo was unveiled on a billboard on the side of the ABC Network Center. The said logo was first used on-air along with a new graphics, OBB, and theme song package on November 4, 1994, retiring the stylized clock logo which was in use since 1994. A new fontface, DIN, has been introduced and is used alongside Myriad, and now uses augmented reality graphics more extensively to rival those of Gising Pilipinas.

January 30, 1995-March 29, 1996
On January 30, 1995, ABC Balita updated only its graphics. This also use a new font Antique Olive on their graphics, replacing Myriadfont, which is used on other ABC newscasts.

On October 27, 1995, ABC Balita launched its new weather segment titled I.M. Ready: ABC Weather (based on the advisory advertisement of the said title, and the branding of I.M. Ready). On October 30, 1995 Balitang Balita introduced its augmented reality graphics, initially used at the beginning of the show for presentation/demonstration purposes. It is currently used for US Dollar exchange rate, Metro Manila air index, some live crosses and for other occasional purposes (such as Christmas/New Year Countdowns and demographics/data gathering in connection of a certain news story).

A notable coverage of ABC News for "Solar Typhoon Yolanda", covering the devastating Typhoon Haiyan (international name), won its 4th George Foster's Peabody Awards in 1996

April 1, 1996-August 29, 1997
On April 1, 1996, as part of ABC News' shakeup, Vicky Morales joined the ABC Balita  team as its third anchor. Also, ABC Regional newscasts for Bicol, Cebu, Davao, Northern Mindanao, Iloilo,Dagupan and Ilocos adopted the ABC Balita branding. Along with Solar and Balita Ala Una, a flat graphic package introduced, and a new title cards, the return of the Myriad font for Balitang Balita and the OBB, along with its energetic theme music. All of these changes are answers to competition of its long-time rival, PTV's Gising Pilipinas.[4][5]

On August 29 1997, with ABC Network's plans of streamlining regional operations, the Ilokano, Bikoland Northern Mindanao editions were axed by the management, followed by the Iloilo (Balitang Balita ) edition on November 13. All of its news staff were laid off of business and were given severance pay to those affected.[6] On September 1 1997, North Central Luzon (Balitang Balita) and Central Visayas editions of the newscast reverted to their respective titles: Balitang Balita  and Balitang Balita respectively. With the said downgrade, the Southern Mindanao edition (rebranded since January 2, 1998 as Balitang Balita Davao) became the only regional edition of the newscast across the entire network. In addition, ABC also axed its remaining local non-news programs for its regional viewers.

After 11 years of delivering showbiz news on Chika Minute, Pia Guanio bid farewell to Balitang Balita to concentrate on her family life. Iya Villaniatook over as the new Chika Minute anchor on January 29, 1997.

 

January 3-February 4, 2000
On mid-January 3 2000, a new ABC Balita logo was unveiled on a billboard on the side of the ABC Network Center. The said logo was first used on-air along with a new graphics, OBB, and theme song package on February 4, 2000, retiring the stylized clock logo which was in use since 2000. A new fontface, DIN, has been introduced and is used alongside Myriad, and now uses augmented reality graphics more extensively to rival those of Gising Pilipinas.

March 6-31, 2000
Balitang Balita ("Balitang Balita") (English: "Balitang Balita") is the flagship Sentro program of ABC-5 It is the nightly national newscast which airs in the Philippines on ABC and worldwide via ABC Chronice TV. Balitang Balita It is aired every Weeknights from 09:30PM to 9:45 PM, Saturdays from 9:30 PM to 9:45 PM, and Sundays from 09:30 PM to 09:45 PM, (PST). The newscast can be heard on radio through Saksi Radyo DWET 1179KHZin Mega Manila and several of its regional Saksi Radyo stations nationwide (Saksi Radyo ABC-5 Manila , Saksi Radyo ABC-2 Laoaog, Saksi Radyo ABC-28 Baguio and Saksi Radyo ABC-9 Mt Province).

Balitang Balita premiered on March 6, 2000 at 10:00pm, replacing Sentro Mga Kwento Sa git ng mga Balita as the network's answer to longest-running newscast Gising Pilipinas. Sentro anchor Mel Tiangco was joined by Solar's Mike Enriquez, rejoining them in one newscast since they co-anchored Solar from 2012-2012 Special weekend editions are also being aired when it deemed necessary (See below). The show, meanwhile, transferred its timeslot from 10:00pm to 10:15pm, it was currently extended to 90 minutes.

On March 31, 2000, along with Solar, the show relaunched its studio set,[1] and graphics packages.

In 2000-2000 the show was listed top 10 from the AGB Nielsen TV Ratings, leading Balitang Balita, the most-watched primetime newscast.

On 2000-2000, the coverage by Balitang Balita of a siege of Camp Bagong Diwa was mentioned in the best news program category in the Asian Television Awards in Singapore.[2]

May 1-June 2, 2000
The show relaunched in May 1, 2000-June 2, 2000 with a new graphics package, and a new set with floating large rear projection screens that allow the anchors to virtually "talk" to correspondents in live feeds, also the anchors are doing stand-up news delivery. The studio set was shared by Solar during that time. PAGASA's Nathaniel Cruz anchors weather news during severe weather conditions.

July 3-August 4, 2000
On July 3-August 4, 2000, the show was relaunched again with a multi-million peso studio set using LED, a new desk which is identical to the desk used by CBS Evening News, new graphics, new titles, and its new slogan "Tahanan Nightly News". On 2000 the show became the home of Vizrt Touchscreen system a real-time broadcast solutions system which is used in the YouScoop segment designed and developed by ABC New Media.

November 6-December 1, 2000
On November 6, 2000, the news program updated its graphics. A day later, it updated its OBB and title card. On December 1, 2000 along with Unang Hirit, Solar, and Solar News Channel the newscast transferred its new studios, Studio 5; launched new graphics, new theme, and new OBB. The new theme music is a remix of Balitang Balita 2000-2000 theme music & an element of an opera voice, eventually it was developed in 2000

January 7-February 2, 2001
Balitang Balita ("Balitang Balita") (English: "Balitang Balita") is the flagship Sentro program of ABC-5 It is the nightly national newscast which airs in the Philippines on ABC and worldwide via ABC Chronice TV. Balitang Balita It is aired every Weeknights from 09:30PM to 9:45 PM, Saturdays from 9:30 PM to 9:45 PM, and Sundays from 09:30 PM to 09:45 PM, (PST). The newscast can be heard on radio through Saksi Radyo DWET 1179KHZin Mega Manila and several of its regional Saksi Radyo stations nationwide (Saksi Radyo ABC-5 Manila , Saksi Radyo ABC-2 Laoaog, Saksi Radyo ABC-28 Baguio and Saksi Radyo ABC-9 Mt Province).

Balitang Balita premiered on January 7, 2001 at 10:00pm, replacing Sentro Mga Kwento Sa git ng mga Balita as the network's answer to longest-running newscast Gising Pilipinas. Sentro anchor Mel Tiangco was joined by Solar's Mike Enriquez, rejoining them in one newscast since they co-anchored Solar from 2013-2014 Special weekend editions are also being aired when it deemed necessary (See below). The show, meanwhile, transferred its timeslot from 10:00pm to 10:15pm, it was currently extended to 90 minutes.

On February 2, 2001, along with Solar, the show relaunched its studio set,[1] and graphics packages.

In January 7-February 2, 2001 the show was listed top 10 from the AGB Nielsen TV Ratings, leading Balitang Balita, the most-watched primetime newscast.

On February 5-March 2, 2001, the coverage by Balitang Balita of a siege of Camp Bagong Diwa was mentioned in the best news program category in the Asian Television Awards in Singapore.[2]

March 5-30, 2001
The show relaunched in March 5-30, 2001 with a new graphics package, and a new set with floating large rear projection screens that allow the anchors to virtually "talk" to correspondents in live feeds, also the anchors are doing stand-up news delivery. The studio set was shared by Solar during that time. PAGASA's Nathaniel Cruz anchors weather news during severe weather conditions.

April 9-11, 2001
On April 9-11, 2001, the show was relaunched again with a multi-million peso studio set using LED, a new desk which is identical to the desk used by CBS Evening News, new graphics, new titles, and its new slogan "Tahanan Nightly News". On April 2001 the show became the home of Vizrt Touchscreen system a real-time broadcast solutions system which is used in the YouScoop segment designed and developed by ABC New Media.

January 5-March 12, 2004
On January 5-12 2004, the news program updated its graphics. A day later, it updated its OBB and title card. On January 5-12, 2004, along with Unang Hirit, Solar, and Solar News Channel, the newscast transferred its new studios, Studio 5; launched new graphics, new theme, and new OBB. The new theme music is a remix of Balitang Balita 2004-2004 theme music & an element of an opera voice, eventually it was developed in 2004

Balitang Balita Anchors Edit
The newscast is anchored by Martin Nievera Theresa Andrada and Louise Delos Reyes Aljo Bendijo from (January 30, 1995-October 27, 1995).

The newscast is anchored by Martin Nievera Theresa Andrada and Louise Delos Reyes Aljo Bendijo from (October 30, 1995-March 29, 1996).

The newscast is anchored by Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad and Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (April 1, 1996-December 27, 1996).

The newscast is anchored by Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad and Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (December 30, 1996-August 29, 1997).

The newscast is anchored by Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad and Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (September 1, 1997-January 2, 1998).

were replaced by Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad and Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (January 5, 1998-March 31, 1999).

were replaced by Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad and Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (April 5, 1999-December 31, 1999).

were replaced by Mike Navallo Ali Sotto and Marisol Abdurahman Jiggy Manicad from (January 3-February 4, 2000).

were replaced by Mike Navallo Ali Sotto and Marisol Abdurahman Jiggy Manicad from (February 7, 2000-January 4, 2001).

were replaced by Martin Nievera Theresa Andrada and Louise Delos Reyes Aljo Bendijo from (January 30, 1995-October 27, 1995).

were replaced by Martin Nievera Theresa Andrada and Louise Delos Reyes Aljo Bendijo from (October 30, 1995-March 29, 1996).

were replaced by Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad and Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (April 1, 1996-December 27, 1996).

were replaced by Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad and Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (December 30, 1996-August 29, 1997).

The newscast is anchored by Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad and Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (September 1, 1997-January 2, 1998).

Ako Po Si Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad Ako Po Si Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (January 5, 1998-March 31, 1999).

Ako Po Si Zaldy Flor Perez Nadia Trinidad Ako Po Si Winnie Monsod Abner Mercado from (April 5, 1999-December 31, 1999).

Ako Po Si Mike Navallo Ali Sotto Ako Po Si Marisol Abdurahman Jiggy Manicad from (January 3-February 4, 2000).

Ako Po Si Mike Navallo Ali Sotto Ako Po Si Marisol Abdurahman Jiggy Manicad from (February 7, 2000-January 4, 2001).