''Balitang A2Z'' () is a

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broadcast by

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. It premiered on July 26, 2021. The program is the flagship national newscast of the network and anchored by former

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personality Barbie Salvador-Muhlach.

Overview

Prior to the launch of ''Balitang A2Z'',

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produced news updates for the station called ''

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'' on November 1, 2020. It served as de facto spin-off newscast and free-to-air successor to ''

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'', using the latter's studios and graphics. However, compared to its now-cable counterpart, ''A2Z News Alert'' only airs during events of national importance (e.g. Typhoons Rolly and

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). ''A2Z News Alert'' was the first news program and, before January 2022, the only news program produced by ABS-CBN News that airs on the channel. Rumors have also been floating about the 'return' of ABS-CBN's flagship newscast ''

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'' on free TV via A2Z when the channel was launched on October 10, 2020. However, the program wasn't included on the channel's program lineup due to the editorial concerns and aired movie block ''Primetime Zinema'' instead. Eventually, on January 1, 2022, ''TV Patrol Weekend'' has been added to A2Z's programming as well as its regular weekday edition on January 3 of the same year. On June 22, 2021,

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posted job advertisements on its

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page relating to its station-produced news program. On July 23, 2021, A2Z aired plugs for the upcoming newscast and on July 26, ''Balitang A2Z'' premiered at 10:30pm. From July 30 to August 13, 2021, ''Balitang A2Z'' temporary suspended its operations due to COVID-19 related concerns brought by the

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and their hampered operations. The program temporary suspended its operations once again from January 10 to January 11, 2022 due to same reasons. The newscast is also available on its

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page live. From March 28 to April 7, 2022, the newscast temporarily move its timeslot to 11:30 pm due to the special program of ABS-CBN News ''Harapan 2022'' taking over its 10:30 pm timeslot. On May 9, 2022 during the

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s, the program aired on

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as a special episode called ''Bantay Boto 2022'' with Light TV Radio host, Daniel Castro due to

special, ''Halalan 2022: The ABS-CBN News Special Coverage'' being simulcasted on A2Z, and temporary airs as a news bulletin on Kapamilya Channel and Teleradyo.

Personalities

Anchors

* Barbie Salvador-Muhlach (News Desk)

Fill-in-Anchor

* Micaella Ilao

Reporters

* Ace Cruz (also with

) * Micaella Ilao (former

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Baguio reporter) * Kim Salinas * Giselle Simon * Billie Torres

Segments

* ''60-seconds'' * ''A2Z Breaking News'' * ''Diskarteng Pinoy'' * ''Weather'' * ''Sports'' * ''Konsyumer Watch'' * ''Interbyu'' * ''Opinyon Mo, I-Share Mo!'' * ''Good Vibes'' * ''Good News'' * ''Discovery'' * ''Showbiz'' * ''Ulat Overseas''

References

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