Sentro

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Sentro
Information At Your Hands (Impormasyon sa iyong mga kamay)
Created byABC Development Corporation
Directed byRosario Andres
Presented byMartin Andanar
Narrated byMike Carreon
Country of originPhilippines
Original languagesFilipino (April 12, 2004-June 22, 2007)
English (June 25, 2007-August 8, 2008)
No. of episodesn/a (airs daily)
Production
Executive producersSonny Fernandez
Jackie Sierda
Running time30 minutes
Production companyABC News and Public Affairs
Original release
NetworkABC-5
ReleaseApril 12, 2004 (2004-04-12) –
August 8, 2008 (2008-08-08)

Sentro (Filipino word for "center") was an evening news broadcast of ABC-5 in the Philippines anchored by Martin Andanar.

History

The newscast premiered on April 12, 2004, replacing Balitang Balita. It was first anchored by John Susi and Ali Sotto. On October 2, 2006, the newscast exchanged timeslots with Big News, the evening news program of the network. Susi and Sotto were replaced by Martin Andanar, who became the final anchor of the newscast.

On June 25, 2007, Sentro was reformatted as an all-English newscast answering to Q's News on Q, despite the retention of the name and some of the opening text and ending reminders still in Filipino. This used to be the language of Big News from 1962 until 1972 and again from 1992 until 2004 before its main language was changed to Filipino in 2004.

On August 8, 2008, Sentro, together with Big News, aired its final broadcast; it is also the last program to be aired on ABC-5 before it signed off for the last time at around 10:00pm and rebranded the next day as TV5.

Anchors

  • John Susi (2004-2006)
  • Ali Sotto (2004-2006)
  • Martin Andanar (2006-2008)

Substitute anchors

Gallery

See also