Asia Squawk Box

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Asia Squawk Box

Genre	business news program, talk show
Starring	Christine Tan (2001-2002) Martin Soong (2005-present) Amanda Drury (2007-present)
Language(s)	English
Production
Running time	180 minutes (3 hours)
Broadcast
Original channel	CNBC Asia
Chronology
Preceded by	6AM-7AM (SIN/HK/TWN): Asia Wake Up Call 9AM-10AM: Asia Market Watch
Followed by	6AM-7AM: Squawk Australia
Links
Official website

Asia Squawk Box is a television business news program on CNBC Asia, aired Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. (Hong Kong/Singapore/Taiwan time). This programme is also aired on CNBC World in the United States at the respective time (6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday without Daylight Saving Time, 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. with DST).

Asia Squawk Box covers the opening of the Asian markets and is presented by Martin Soong and Amanda Drury. There is occasionally a guest host. Most recently, it seems that CNBC Asia prefers to have the guest hosts join in on the second and third hour of Asia Squawk Box, similar to that of its US and Europe counterparts. Regular contributors include Arnold Gay, Fauziah Ibrahim, Sri Jegarajah, Cheng Lei, Saijel Patel, Betty Liu (Hong Kong), and Kaori Enjoji (Tokyo).

As of October 30, 2006 (the same day the Asia network debuted a new graphics package similar to its US and European siblings, video:[1]), CNBC Asia began using the US program's logo, replacing the previous one, seen below, that was used from 2004-2006. On March 26, 2007, the Asia firm started using the current US music package.

Before 2003, Asia Squawk Box aired from 7AM to 10AM, then because of the cancellation of Asia Wake Up Call, "ASB" moved to the 6 to 9AM timeslot. On March 26, 2007, CNBC Asia changed its lineup, resulting in ASB moving back to 7 to 10AM and now being preceded by a new program in the 6AM hour, Squawk Australia.