DZRH Network News

*MBC Network News*
MBC Network News
Also known as	DZRH Network News (2018–2020)
Genre	Newscast; Live action
Created by	Manila Broadcasting Company
Developed by	DZRH News Television
Presented by	Dennis Antenor, Jr.
Narrated by	Dennis Antenor, Jr.
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Tagalog
No. of episodes	N/A (airs daily)
Production
Production locations	MBC Studios, CCP Complex, Pasay; Design Center of the Philippines, CCP Complex, Pasay
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	DZRH News Television
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	October 7, 2013 –; present
Chronology
Preceded by	RHTV Balita Express (on cable, 2013); Rapido Hataw Balita: Alas Dose (on radio, prior to January 7, 2018); DZRH Evening News (as evening newscast for radio and cable, June 2019 - August 28, 2020)
Followed by	DZRH Correspondents (as late-night newscast)
External links
	Website

MBC Network News (formerly titled as DZRH Network News) is the flagship Tagalog language tri-media newscast of DZRH. It airs in the Philippines through 666 kHz in Manila with simulcast on TV Natin stations, DZRH provincial relay stations, and DZRH News Television. Currently, it airs every weekdays from 12 to 1 p.m.

History[]

2013-2018: as The Network NewsBreak and MBC Network News[]

The newscast was launched in October 2013 at the rebrand of RHTV to DZRH News Television with Samantha Nazario, Bea Oranga and Nino Padilla as an 11:00 AM newscast under the name The Network NewsBreak. They were later replaced with the quartet of main anchor Dennis Antenor, Jr., segment anchors Sonny Casulla, Rocky and primary relief anchor Vien Dacles under the MBC Network News banner in 2014. Initially, Dacles doubled-duty as weather reporter until MBC outsourced weather forecasters from Panahon.TV in 2017.

Initially, the newscast aired on weekdays at 11:00 am and Saturdays at 10:30 am on cable as MBC Network News: Special Edition, both having an 11:30 pm audio-only encore on DZRH-AM and running a half-hour until June 16, 2017, when the weekday edition moved to the prime noon slot and expanded to an hour as a part of daytime revamps. However, the Saturday edition wasn't affected until it was axed by November 25 of that same year in favor of expanding the top-of-the-hour bulletin to Saturdays. The cable-exclusive bulletins continued until June 2019.

As DZRH Network News[]

On January 8, 2018, coinciding with programming changes on radio, the newscast was reformatted as DZRH Network News and began its simulcast on radio, replacing Rapido Hataw Balita: Alas Dose. Dennis Antenor, Jr. remained at the anchor chair with an expanded involvement from its radio reporters and presenting the headlines with emphasis to a "timeline" format, wherein each stories carried timepieces depicting the time the news was announced by the station. Network promotional material tagged the newscast as having a different approach from its predecessor. Initially, DZRH-AM simulcast the full hour of the program until March 2018 when it was scaled down to a half-hour to accommodate the radio station's slate of radio dramas; the program itself reduced its run to a half-hour by July 2019.

Changes occurred in April 2018 with Vien Dacles and Sonny Casulla (who later retired and transferred to 87.9 Radyo Biñan) ending on-camera roles and adding in new segment and relief anchors.

In October 2018, Regi Espiritu replaced Antenor, Jr., as the new anchor as the latter concentrated on his duties as continuity announcer and host of Byaheng RH.

MBC fire and aftermath[]

On October 2, 2019, the MBC broadcast facilities were affected by a major fire that originated at the Star City Complex, including the studios utilized by DZRH News Television. Upon the station's temporary relocation to the BSA Twin Towers on October 4, the newscast utilized the DZRH radio booth to ensure continuation of the broadcast until new studios for the TV simulcast would be finished. However programming decision opted for the arrangement to become permanent, reducing its format to a straightforward newscast when DZRH was relocated at the Design Center of the Philippines nearby the MBC Building on November 11, 2019.

On January 27, 2020, MBC revived MBC Network News albeit as a spun-off, separate newscast exclusively for DZRH News Television, while DZRH Network News remained on the air on both platforms. The former was anchored by the station's international diplomatic reporter Karen Ow-Yong and aired at 11:30-12:00 noon as a lead in to the latter until March when DZRH expanded news coverage in view of the enhanced community quarantine in response to COVID-19. As a part of adjustments, DZRH Network News re-expanded to an hour-long noontime newscast while MBC Network News moved to a late-evening broadcast. Both editions continued airing under this arrangement until August 28, 2020.

2020-2021: Unified branding[]

On August 31, 2020, MBC Network News was relaunched and returned as DZRH's noontime news program while retiring the "DZRH Network News" brand. Its original anchor, Dennis Antenor, Jr. returned as the main presenter with Atty. Cherryl Adami-Molina, who formerly served as co-anchor for DZRH Happy Hour in the same capacity. The reformat is as a result of the move of Dos por Dos and its hosts Anthony Taberna and Gerry Baja to DZRH and replacing Happy Hour at the 5:00 pm timeslot. On the same day, MBC Network News expanded to include an evening edition, anchored by Rey Sibayan and DZRH Evening News holdover Raymond Dadpaas at 6:30 pm. The late-night edition was also carried over, but reformatted to concentrate exclusively on provincial reports.

Under this format, the noontime edition is broadcast from the DZRH News Television TV studio as an hour-long newscast on cable with its first half-hour simulcast on radio (similar to its predecessor) while its evening edition is broadcast hour-long on all platforms and produced from the DZRH radio studio. The late-night edition is broadcast on all platforms in full from the RHTV studio.

Reverted as Noontime Newscast[]

On May 3, 2021, the late-night edition of the newscast was retitled as DZRH Correspondents, still presented by Karen Ow-Yong and retained on provincial reports, even though the "MBC Network News" brand is still utilized on its headlines. Meanwhile, the evening edition was replaced by the new radio program Dos Kumpanyeras, where Atty. Cherryl Adami-Molina is one of the hosts, leaving Dennis Antenor, Jr. as the sole anchor of the noontime edition.

On January 10, 2022, the news program went on hiatus on DZRH TV due to the implementation of health protocols caused by COVID-19. It was temporarily replaced by the replay of Metro Manila Ngayon, also hosted by Antenor, Jr. The news program later resumed its broadcast a week after.

Segments[]

DZRH Showbiz Spotted - entertainment news
DZRH Sports Center - sports news
Balitang Abroad - foreign news
From the Files of TNVS - trending issues
Alam Ba News? - trivia
Regional News - provincial news
Expert's Opinion - a guest's take on a topic at hand
Pinoy Health and Wellness - health issues

Current presenter[]

Main anchor[]

RH 42 - Dennis Antenor, Jr. (also Expert's Opinion and Game Now segment anchor)
Cheska San Diego-Bobadilla (also DZRH Showbiz Spotted segment anchor)
Atty. Cherryl Adami-Molina (also Legal Minds segment anchor)
Adi Amor (also Alamin Na This segment anchor)
Kenneth Medrano (also Signs & Symptoms segment anchor)
Maiko Williams (also Tips N Tricks segment anchor)
(also Trending N Viral Show segment anchor)

Segment and fill-in anchors[]

RH 03 - Regi Espiritu (fill-in anchor)
RH 17 - Nicole Lopez (fill-in anchor)
RH 43 - Rocky (Showbiz)
RH 47 - Morly Alino (Showbiz)
RH 54 - Mavel Arive (general assignments and fill-in anchor)
RH 55 - Edniel Parrosa (DZRH Sports Center)
Peache Gonzales (formerly with 104.7 Brigada News FM; general assignments)
Jecelle Fulgencio-Ricafort (general assignments)
Elaine Apit (The Better News)
Christhel Cuazon (weather)
Christian Maño (general assignments)
Thea Pecho Corpuz
Wilson Villamor (DZRH-TV Showbiz Spotted, segment anchor)
Angelica Cosme (Legal Minds segment host)

Field unit reporters[]

RH 05 - Val Gonzales (Police beat)
RH 06 - Sherwin Alfaro (Southern Metro Manila)
RH 07 - Henry Uri (Malacañang Palace and fill-in anchor)
RH 08 - Aly Narvaez
RH 12 - Milky Rigonan (Senate beat)
RH 13 - Mae Binauhan
RH 14 - Leth Narciso-Abinales (Congress beat)
RH 15 - Jana Abejero (Youth/Human interest)
RH 17 - Nicole Lopez
RH 18 - Ruel Saldico (Bicol Region)
RH 19 - Jun Dimacutac (Central Mindanao)
RH 23 - Edwin Duque (CAMANAVA and Quezon City)
RH 25 - Grace Vera-Sansano (Central Luzon stringer)
RH 27 - Noche Cacas
RH 29 - Boy Gonzales (Roving/Manila)
RH 30 - Liezel Once
RH 31 - Gary Libunao (Cagayan Valley reporter)
RH 32 - Jimmy Angay-angay (Tacloban City)
RH 33 - Benjamin Antioquia (Lucena City)
RH 34 - Jayne Galit-Bantayan (Catarman, Northern Samar)
RH 35 - Renz Belda (Batangas)
RH 36 - Dennis Alipio (Laoag)
RH 37 - Danny Cumilang (Bataan)
RH 38 - Freddie Fajardo (Pangasinan)
RH 39 - Aine Grace Bañaria-Bravo (Iloilo City)
RH 40 - Jhun Suter (Deputy Davao City - also with Aksyon Radyo Davao)
RH 41 - Romy Gonzales (Baguio)
RH 46 - Rex Cantong (Bacolod)
RH 52 - Jun Alegre (Deputy Bicol reporter - Legazpi, Albay)

Former presenters[]

Inaugural[]

Niño "Bonito" Padilla (now at DZRB-AM's Cabinet Report)
Bea Oranga
Samantha Nazario

Post-2014[]

Vien Dacles
Sonny Casula
Shiela Edubas
Rita Salonga
Kristine dela Cruz
Florante Rosales
Victor de Guzman

2020 Unified Branding[]

Atty. Cherryl Adami-Molina (Noontime edition)
RH 11 - Rey Sibayan (Evening edition)
RH 28 - Raymond Dadpaas (Evening edition)
RH 04 - Karen Ow-Yong (Late-night edition)