Television viewers in the regions have more reasons to “wake up to a new morning and get ready for a fresh start” with GMA Regional TV Live!.
Airing weekdays at 8:00 a.m. via GMA Regional TV’s Central and Eastern Visayas channels, GMA Regional TV Live! is hosted by GMA Regional TV Cebu’s pool of anchors and correspondents. The latest morning show boasts of segments that highlight positive features and stories of people, specifically that of Kapusong Bisdak or Cebuanos.
For its pilot season, which started yesterday, April 20, Balitang Bisdak Senior Correspondent Nikko Sereno takes the helm as host of the program from GMA Cebu’s studio.
Sereno brings with him years of experience in field reporting as he dishes out news and information to fuel the day of the viewers. In light of the enhanced community quarantine and in compliance to the strict observance of social distancing, Sereno will conduct the interviews on the hottest issues with featured movers and shakers in Cebu using video conference applications.
Meanwhile, veteran news presenter Cecille Quibod-Castro handles one of the show's major segments, "BizTalk." Here, Quibod-Castro candidly interviews celebrities and personalities to discuss latest trends and advocacies.
On its pilot week, GMA Regional TV Live! gets to talk with various stars led by Dingdong Dantes, Alden Richards, Barbie Forteza, Bianca Umali, and Sanya Lopez.
GMA Regional TV Live! also gives viewers the day’s weather with “Panahon Karon” to keep them updated. At the same time, viewers will see special features produced by RTV’s correspondents and video journalists all over the country. The morning program is produced by the same teams behind the top-rating and award-winning newscast, GMA Regional TV Balitang Bisdak.
Even when the key areas in the Philippines are under ECQ, GMA Regional TV has reaffirmed its commitment to deliver news and other relevant updates, continuing to air all its regional newscasts—GMA Regional TV Balitang Amianan, GMA Regional TV Balitang Bisdak, GMA Regional TV One Western Visayas, and GMA Regional TV One Mindanao—from Monday to Friday at 5:00 p.m..
“Amid the health crisis we are facing today, we remain optimistic and continue to instill hope and inspiration among our viewers,” says GMA Regional TV Vice President and Head Oliver Amoroso.
“While GMA Regional TV Live! has been in the pipelines as early as last year, we see this launch at this point as another opportunity to further serve our Kapuso in the regions by giving them more reasons to wake up each morning and start fresh. With years of delivering local news that matters, we are taking advantage of technology to bring more Serbisyong Totoo to our viewers in Central and Eastern Visayas,” he ends.
GMA Regional Live! airs weekdays at 8:00 a.m. on GMA Network’s regional channels GMA TV 7 Cebu, GMA TV 10 Tacloban, GMA TV 11 Bohol, and GMA TV 12 Ormoc.