24 Oras Ilokano
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Genre | Newscast |
Presented by | Jorge Guerrero |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Original language | Ilocano |
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Running time | 30-45 minutes |
Production company | GMA News and Public Affairs |
Original release | |
Network | GMA Ilocos |
Release | June 25, 2012 April 24, 2015 | –
24 Oras Ilokano, formerly Balitang Ilokano is a Philippine television newscast show broadcast by GMA Network in the Ilocos Region. It premiered on June 25, 2012. The newscast concluded on April 24, 2015. It was replaced by Balitang Amianan in its timeslot.
Overview
The program delivers news and current events coming from the Ilocos provinces and Abra. It is initially aired live weekdays from GMA Ilocos studios in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur and was simulcasted on TV-5 Ilocos Norte and TV-7 Abra.
Premiered on June 25, 2012, the newscast began its airing weeks after the launch of GMA Ilocos. Former Balitang Amianan anchor Jorge Guerrero returned to his hometown in Ilocos just to anchor the said news program.[1]
Following the changes on its now-main newscast 24 Oras, Balitang Ilokano was rebranded as 24 Oras Ilokano since November 10, 2014.[2]
The newscast, suddenly got cancelled after more than two and a half years of broadcast (next to GMA Bicol's 24 Oras Bikol, formerly Baretang Bikol, which aired three months later in September 2012) due to the strategic streamlining happened to all provincial stations of the network. Following the cancellation was the retrenchment of its staff and personalities and the closure of the network's regional news department.[3]
Area of Coverage
- Laoag City and Ilocos Norte
- Vigan City and Ilocos Sur
- Bangued and Abra
- Batac City
- Candon City
Final Anchor
- Jorge Guerrero
Final Reporters
- Brigette Mayor - relief anchor for Jorge Guerrero
- Argie Lorenzo - relief anchor for Jorge Guerrero; now with GMA Dagupan
- Zion Palacay - now working at Mariano Marcos State University
- Mark Masudog - now working at the OCD Region 1
- Manny Morales - now a Barangay Kagawad in Laoag City
Former Reporters
- Ivy Hernando - now with GMA Dagupan
- Zenna Nacino
- Franzes Ivy Carasi - now working as Public & Media Relations Officer at Civil Defense Cordillera
References
- ^ Dimaculangan, Jocelyn (June 18, 2012). "GMA-7 invests over P100 million to open broadcast facility in Ilocos". Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP.ph). Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ GMA News and Public Affairs announces big changes in news lineup
- ^ GMA-7 lays off workers in regional stations