PTV 4 begins its new morning lineup

August 14, 2017

Beginning this week, PTV 4 will have a new morning program lineup.
 * 6:00 am Ulat Bayan Sunday edition replay (Monday)/PTV News Headlines replay (Tuesday-Friday)
 * 7:00 am Bagong Pilipinas
 * 8:00 am Chemistry in Action (Monday/Wednesday)/Science Made Easy (Tuesday/Thursday)/CONSTEL English (Friday)
 * 8:30 am Physics in Everyday Life (Monday/Wednesday)/Fun with Math (Tuesday/Thursday)
 * 9:00 am Daily Info
 * 9:30 am DOSTv
 * 10:00 am Bitag Live
 * 11:00 am TV Shop

It is noticable that Bagong Pilipinas, the successor to both Good Morning Boss of the PNoy administration and Good Morning Pilipinas of the early months of the Duterte administration. It has also extended its airtime to one hour, reminiscent of its predecessors.

This will be followed by some educational programs from 8am to 9am, led by Chemistry in Action (Monday and Wednesday at 9:30am), Physics in Everyday Life (Monday and Wednesday) at 10am,, Science Made Easy (Tuesday and Thrusday at 9:30am), Fun with Math (Tuesday and Thursday at 10am), and CONSTEL English (Friday at 9:30am).

Daily Info has also moved to a timeslot reminiscent to that of Teledyaryo sa Umaga and GMA News TV’s News To Go’s former timeslot, and would be a perfect fit for the timeslot as it presents itself as a fast-paced newscast. It will be followed by DOSTv.

Bitag Live, hosted by Ben Tulfo, is due to start tomorrow, a replay of ASEAN Spotlight took over its timeslot today. This will be Ben Tulfo’s second blocktime program on PTV after Kilos Pronto which airs at 5:30pm. Bitag Live first aired on UNTV 37 and moved to Radyo5 92.3 News FM and remained until the public spat between him, his brother Erwin and former colleague Ed Lingao. It may cause concern to some that PTV’s impartiality may be compromised as it is becoming home to most of the Duterte administration’s staunchest defenders.

Lastly, it is noticeable that TV Shop has reduced its running time. This should be a start as PTV needs to beef up its programming to fulfill its mandate in bridging the government to the people through quality content.