TV Patrol Bicol
| TV Patrol Bicol | |
|---|---|
 Nagbabareta asin Nagsisirbi Saen Man sa Bicol | |
| Created by | ABS-CBN Regional Network Group |
| Developed by | ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs |
| Starring |
Gerard Lorbes Rizza Mostar |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language(s) | Bicolano |
| No. of episodes | n/a (airs Monday-Friday) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30-40 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABS-CBN TV-11 Naga |
| Original release | July 1, 1996 – present |
TV Patrol Bicol is the local news program of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in the Bicol Region. The newscast is done in a tabloid-style format. The program delivers news headlines about the current events in the Bicol Region using the Central Bikol language as a medium of delivery.
It is aired live daily from ABS-CBN Newscenter Naga at 5:10 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.
Brief history
As TV Patrol Naga
Originally, TV Patrol Bicol (which was later retitled as TV Patrol Naga) covers the provinces 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 1996 with Frankie Evangelista as its pioneering anchor and was aired only on TV-11 Naga.
As TV Patrol Legazpi
At the same year of launching TV Patrol Naga, TV Patrol Legazpi was launched with Harry Ebio, Jane Bermundo Hernandez, and Rose Olarte-Orbita as pioneering anchors. It focuses to the entire Albay, Masbate, and Sorsogon provinces. On December 30, 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 January 2, 2006, the two newscasts were merged and retitled as TV Patrol Bicol, which now airs in the whole Bicol Region.
Area of Coverage
- Naga and Camarines Sur
- Daet and Camarines Norte
- Virac and Catanduanes
- Legazpi City and Albay
- Sorsogon City and Sorsogon
- Masbate City and Masbate
Current anchors
- Gerard Lorbes
- Rizza Mostar-Santos
Current reporters
- Jonathan Magistrado - he is a sit-in anchor for Gerard Lorbes.
- Jose Carretero - he is also a sit-in co-anchor for Gerard Lorbes besides Jonathan Magistrado and Mylce Mella
- Mylce Mella - she is a sit-in co-anchor for Rizza Mostar.
- Karren Canon
- Thea Omelan
- Erick Baldo
- Kate Delovieres
- Rona Nunez
Segment Producer
- Allan Olivares
- Michelle Villanueva
Past reporters & 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 - She is 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.
- Woodrow Francia - He is now the station manager of ABS-CBN Batangas.
- Lyn Niebla - Now with CSC Bicol
- Issa Borromeo
- AJ Apuyan
- Jane Bermundo Hernandez
- Alex Medina
- Harry Ebio
- Christina Sumayao (1996-2003)
- Macel Ingles
- Sarita Kare-Telado - A former anchor of TV Patrol Southern Tagalog
- Monina Avila-Llorin
- Rod Macenas - She is now an ABS-CBN News Manila reporter.
- Rose Olarte Orbita
- Aireen Perol-Jaymalin - Current News Head
- Alwin Llovit - Now with DWRL Legazpi
- Zaldy Manzanillo - From PBN TV 6 Legazpi, DWZR AM, DZRC AM, DWBS AM, 98.7 WOW FM Legazpi, PTV 8 Legazpi, and now with DWCT AM.
- Santi Arana - From DWBS AM, and now with DWCT AM.
- Pierre Dela Pena - From 91.5 DWED FM News Rock Radio/Radyo Ninong Legazpi & 98.7 WOW FM Legazpi now with DZRC Legazpi
- Cate Madrid
- Jao Romero
- Cherrie Tinoko