24 Oras

24 Oras (24 Hours) is the flagship national network news broadcast of GMA Network. It is the nightly national newscast which airs in the Philippines on GMA and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. It is aired every weeknights from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM, and every Saturdays and Sundays from 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM (PST). The newscast can be heard on radio through Super Radyo DZBB 594 in Mega Manila and several of its regional Super Radyo stations nationwide (Super Radyo 909 Palawan, Super Radyo 1323 Iloilo, Super Radyo 999 Cebu and Super Radyo 1125 Davao).

History

2004-2014

24 Oras premiered on March 15, 2004 at 6:15pm, replacing Frontpage: Ulat ni Mel Tiangco as the network's answer to longest-running newscast TV Patrol. Frontpage anchor Mel Tiangco was joined by Saksi's Mike Enriquez, rejoining them in one newscast since they co-anchored Saksi from 1996 to 1998. Special weekend editions are also being aired when it deemed necessary (See below). The show, meanwhile, transferred its timeslot from 6:15pm to 6:30pm, it was currently extended to 90 minutes.

24 Oras Ilokano

24 Oras Ilokano, formerly Balitang Ilokano, was the regional news broadcast of GMA Network in the Ilocos Region. It premiered on June 25, 2012 weeks after the launching of the regional station GMA Ilocos. The program delivers news and current events coming from the Ilocos provinces, Abra and Parts of La Union in Ilokano. It is initially aired live weekdays from GMA Ilocos studios at 5:00- 5:45 PM, but moved to the 5:15-6:30PM time slot.

The newscast's anchor Jorge Guerrero left Balitang Amianan (another regional newscast of the network in Luzon) for Balitang Ilokano.

Following the changes on its now-main newscast 24 Oras, Balitang Ilokano was rebranded as 24 Oras Ilokano since November 10, 2014.

Cancellation

After almost 2 and a half years of airing since June 2012 due to streamlining process happened to all the network's regional stations, 24 Oras Ilokano went off-air on April 24, 2015.

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