IBC Express Balita

IBC Express Balita
Created by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Developed by IBC News and Public Affairs
Presented by See anchors
Country of origin Philippines
No. of episodes n/a (airs daily)
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Picture format 480i SDTV
Original run 1998 – August 5, 2011
Chronology
Preceded by IBC TV X-Press
Followed by News Team 13

IBC Express Balita (lit. IBC Express News) was the flagship program of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC). It is one of 3 news programs produced by the network's News and Public Affairs Division and used to air 5:00pm on weekdays.

Its reportorial teams are tasked to gather news from every major beat in the Greater Manila Area as well as nearby provinces.

Airing history

Noel-Soriano era

The newscast premiered in 1998, replacing IBC TV X-Press. This was first anchored by Alice Noel and Ana Marie Soriano. In 1998, it was replaced by IBC Balita Ngayon.

Castelo-Eala era

Co-anchoring it were Precious Hipolito-Castelo, a former teen star, and Noli Eala. Eala left the newscast to anchor IBC News Tonight.

Castelo-Atienza era

Ali Atienza became Castelo's co-anchor. However, Atienza left the newscast in 2007 in order to run for mayor of Manila. He was temporarily replaced by Errol Dacame.

In 2008, DZRH reporter and host Bing Formento became the co-anchor. The team-up continued until 2009, when Castelo decided to run for Councilor of Quezon City.

Morales-Padilla era

On November 9, 2009, Jake Morales and Karen Padilla replaced Hipolito-Castelo and Formento; the newscast relaunched to their present look and OBB. However, Padilla, being the wife of Erwin Tulfo, left the newscast in late 2010 to be acquired by TV5 to anchor for Aksyon Breaking on AksyonTV, leaving Morales as the sole anchor of the program. Morales was joined by Cathy Eigenmann on May 16, 2011.

Lontoc and Parsad era

On June 17, 2011, Morales and Eigenmann left the newscast for IBC News Tonight. On June 20, 2011, Cha Lontoc took over the anchor chair. The newscast introduced its simpler studio set the same day. However, Lontoc was replaced by Zyrene Parsad a month later to become its final anchor.

Final broadcast

The newscast ceased airing on August 5, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. to make way for the afternoon edition of News Team 13.

Anchors

See also