''Pangunahing Balita'' () is a

Philippine television Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN), making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even b ...

news broadcasting show broadcast by

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and PTV. it premiered on March 19, 1962, and concluded on ABC on September 22, 1972. The show returned on October 26, 1987, on PTV replacing ''Early Evening Report''. The show concluded on October 30, 1998, it was replaced by ''Pambansang Balita Ala-Sais'' in its timeslot.

History

ABC 5 (1962–1972)

Premiered on March 19, 1962, Pangunahing Balita was the first Filipino-language late afternoon newscast of ABC 5 (now TV5). Anchored by Paul Lacanilao, the newscast aired the news of the day in the local and international scene. It also inspired other TV stations to introduce a Filipino-language newscast, for example ''Balita Ngayon'' of

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, which aired from 1967 to 1972. On September 22, 1972, DZTM-TV 5 was closed down due to declaration of martial law.

Timeslot

It was aired in the late afternoon slot, and had 2 editions. The first edition aired at 4:30 pm, while the final edition aired at 5:45 pm.

PTV 4 (1987–1998)

In 1987,

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launched Pangunahing Balita as its Filipino-language newscast. The noontime program became the household name for their Tagalog newscast.

Anchors

*Paul Lacanilao ( ABC 5 "now TV5") (1962–1972) *

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