| Big News | |
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| Format | News program Live action |
| Created by | Associated Broadcasting Company |
| Developed by | ABC News and Public Affairs |
| Starring | Cheri Mercado Amelyn Veloso various contributors |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Language(s) | English (1962-1972, 1992-2004) Filipino (2004-2008) |
| No. of episodes | n/a (airs daily) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sonny Fernandez Jackie Sierda |
| Running time | 1 hour (1962-1972) 30 minutes (1992-2006) 15 minutes (2006-2008) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Associated Broadcasting Company |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Original run | March 20, 1962-September 21, 1972 February 17, 1992 – August 8, 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | TEN: The Evening News |
Big News was the primetime news broadcast of Associated Broadcasting Company in the Philippines. It was anchored by Cheri Mercado and Amelyn Veloso. The show was originally first aired in 1962, and went off the air in 1972 due to Martial Law, and re-aired again in 1992 as a revival and also as an English language newscast. In 2004, when the network reformatted most of its programs, the show became a Filipino language newscast in order to compete with the other networks newscasts.
On May 10, 2004, the newscast exchanged timeslots with Sentro, the early-evening news program of the network. Since then, Mercado became the sole anchor of the program, and the length of the program has been reduced to 15 minutes from the former 30.
In the newscast, many of the reporters report live from the ABC Newsroom and the anchor asks questions and the reporters answer it at the same time give more details.
On August 8, 2008, the program, together with Sentro aired its final broadcast.
News Anchors
- Duds Rivera (1962-1972)
- Bong Lapira (1962-1968)
- Jose Mari Velez† (1968-1972)
- Eric Eloriaga (1992-1999)
- Kathy Tangco-Ong (1992-1998)
- Rod Nepomuceno (1998-1999)
- Janice Pronstroller (1998-1999)
- Amelyn Veloso (1998-2008)
- Tina Monzon-Palma (1992-1998)
- Mike Toledo (1999-2004)
- Cheri Mercado (2004-2008)
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