TV Patrol Bicol
TV Patrol Bicol was the local news program of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in the Bicol Region. The newscast was done in a tabloid-style format. The program delivers news headlines about current events in the Bicol Region using the Central Bikol language as a medium of delivery. It also produces its bulletin version News Patrol Bicol airing several times a day every weekday.
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| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Bicolano |
| No. of episodes | n/a (airs Monday-Friday) |
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| Production locations | ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, Panganiban Drive, Naga City |
| Running time | 40 minutes 1-2 minutes (News Patrol Bicol) |
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| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | July 1, 1996 – August 28, 2020 |
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It was aired live daily from ABS-CBN Newscenter Naga at 5:25 PM, from Monday to Friday, simulcast over ABS-CBN TV-4 Legazpi, TV-10 Daet and Masbate, TV-7 Sorsogon and Virac, and on radio via MOR 93.5 Naga and MOR 93.9 Legazpi.
On May 5, 2020, the ABS-CBN Network was shut down by a cease and desist order by NTC. On May 9, 2020, TV Patrol Bicol has been live on their social media accounts.
Brief history
As TV Patrol Naga
Originally, TV Patrol Bicol (titled first as TV Patrol Naga) covered the provinces of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur, southern parts of Quezon province, northwest parts of Northern Samar and some parts of the Bicol region from its inception on July 1, 1996 with Frankie Evangelista as its pioneering anchor and was aired only on TV-11 Naga.
As TV Patrol Legazpi
In less than a year after TV Patrol Naga's premiere, TV Patrol Legazpi was launched on June 16, 1997 with Harry Ebio, Jane Bermundo Hernandez, and Rose Olarte-Orbita as pioneering anchors. It focuses to the entire Albay, Masbate, and Sorsogon provinces and delivered in Albay Bikol language. With the reportorial team composed of Santi Arana, Rey Nasol, Fierre dela Pena and Alwin Llovit. On November 25, 2005, the newscast was cancelled. Despite cancelling the said newscast, ABS-CBN Channel 4 continues to deliver news via hourly bulletins with Jose Carretero as its anchor.[1]
As TV Patrol Bicol
On November 28, 2005, from the separate TV Patrol Naga and TV Patrol Legazpi brands, the network's two regional newscasts were unified under the TV Patrol Bicol brand, which now airs in the whole Bicol Region from the Channel 11 Naga studios.
As of September 12, 2017, TV Patrol Bicol is one of the remaining regional TV Patrol that currently uses the 2013 version of the logo, graphics and OBB of the national newscast (the others is TV Patrol Chavacano); though it partially added the 2016 version of the logo to its graphics package, similar to its regional counterparts by August 7.
On May 5, 2020, the newscast aired its final broadcast on television as the National Telecommunications Commission ordered to shutdown ABS-CBN, including its AM and FM radio stations and regional stations nationwide. It returned on May 8, 2020 on their official Facebook page.
The newscast aired its final episode on August 28, 2020 as a result of retrenchments after bills for the renewal of ABS-CBN's franchise was denied by the Congress of the Philippines.[2]
Area of coverage
- Naga City and Camarines Sur
- Daet and Camarines Norte
- Virac and Catanduanes
- Legazpi City and Albay
- Sorsogon City and Sorsogon
- Masbate City and Masbate
Final anchors
- Gerard Lorbes (News Desk)
- Rizza Mostar-Santos
Final reporters/News Operations Specialists
- Jose Carretero (News Desk)
- Mylce Mella (relief anchor)
- Thea Omelan
- Mitch Villanueva (Segment Producer)
- Mae Pulvinar
- Karren Canon
Past reporters and anchors
- Faye Enciso
- Kay Madrid
- Anjelo San Buenaventura
- Cyril Diocos Toralde
- Frankie Evangelista - He made time outside the anchor duties of the national TV Patrol to be the pioneer anchor of the newscast.
- Amy Villafuerte - An ABS-CBN Bicol station manager and the first female anchor of the newscast.
- Dominique Borja
- Elmer Caseles - A former male anchor of the newscast, former anchor of GMA Bicol newscast Baretang Bikol/24 Oras Bikol, and former correspondent of CNN Philippines (now with 89.5 radyo natin naga).
- Woodrow Francia - He is now the station manager of ABS-CBN Batangas.
- Lyn Niebla-Navio
- Issa Borromeo
- AJ Apuyan
- Jane Bermundo Hernandez
- Harry Ebio
- Christina Sumayao (1996-2003)
- Macel Ingles
- Alex Medina
- Sarita Kare-Telado - A former anchor of TV Patrol Southern Tagalog.
- Monina Avila-Llorin
- Rod Macenas - Now an ABS-CBN News Manila reporter.
- Rose Olarte Orbita
- Alwin Llovit (now with 88.3 One FM Legazpi)
- Zaldy Manzanillo
- Theresa Guidote
- Jo Felizardo
- Santi Arana
- Pierre Dela Pena
- Cate Madrid
- Jao Romero
- Cherrie Tinoko
- Jonathan Magistrado - A former anchor of TV Patrol Southern Tagalog.
- Erick Baldo
- Aireen Perol-Jaymalin - News Chief (Bicol)
- Kate Delovieres - Now a reporter for An Naga Ngonian News
- Rona Nuñez
References
- The Journalists of TV Patrol Legazpi
- "12 regional 'TV Patrol' programs to air final newscasts on August 28". ABS-CBN News. August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.