GMA Regional TV is giving Kapuso in the regions more reasons to “Wake up to a new morning. Get ready for a fresh start” with GMA Regional TV Live!
Airing weekdays at 8 am beginning Monday, April 20, via GMA Regional TV’s Central and Eastern Visayas channels, GMA Regional TV Live! will be 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, Balitang Bisdak Senior Correspondent Nikko Sereno takes the helm as host of GMA Regional TV Live! Broadcasting from GMA Cebu’s studio, Nikko brings with him years of experience in field reporting as he dishes out news and information to fuel the day of Kapuso viewers. In light with the enhanced community quarantine and in compliance to the strict observance of social distancing, Nikko 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, Cecille candidly interviews celebrities and personalities to discuss latest trends and advocacies. On its pilot week, GMA Regional TV Live! gets to talk with various Kapuso stars led by Kapuso Primetime King Dingdong Dantes, Asia’s Multimedia Star Alden Richards, Kapuso Primetime Princess Barbie Forteza, actress Bianca Umali and Sanya Lopez.
GMA Regional TV Live! will also give viewers the day’s weather with “Panahon Karon’” to keep them updated. At the same time, Kapuso viewers are sure to enjoy 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 Mondays to Fridays at 5 pm.
“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. We invite all our Kapusong Bisdak to join us in our latest endeavor. Makakaasa po kayo na ang GMA Network at GMA Regional TV ay patuloy ang pagiging buong puso para sa Pilipino sa bawat sulok ng Pilipinas,” he ends.
Wake up to a new morning and get ready for a fresh start with GMA Regional Live! weekdays at 8 am beginning April 20 on GMA Network’s regional channels GMA TV 7 Cebu, GMA TV 10 Tacloban, GMA TV 11 Bohol, and GMA TV 12 Ormoc.
