GMA Regional TV Live! is a 2020 Philippine television news broadcasting program broadcast by GMA Cebu. Originally hosted by Nikko Sereno and Cecille Quibod-Castro, it premiered on April 20, 2020 on the network's morning line up. The program concluded January 26, 2024 due to low ratings and declining viewership. Sereno and Lou-Anne Mae Rondina served as the final hosts.
Overview The show premiered on GMA Cebu on April 20, 2020 with simulcast on GMA TV-11 Bohol, GMA TV-5 Dumaguete, GMA TV-10 Tacloban, GMA TV-5 Calbayog, GMA TV-8 Borongan, and GMA TV-12 Ormoc.GMA Regional TV Live! Pilot Episode It marked the return of GMA Regional TV's producing morning news programs five years after its predecessor Buena Mano Balita went off the air following the a strategic streamlining of programs and manpower in its provincial stations.GMA retrenches 200 staff to ‘streamline’ reg’l stations GMA Regional TV Live! boasts of segments that highlight positive features and stories of people, specifically that of Kapusong Bisdak or Cebuanos.GMA Regional TV Live! brings fresh start to mornings beginning April 20
From February 6, 2023, the program was aired live in front of a studio audience (although some Spotlight and BizTalk segments are pre-recorded). Co-host and correspondent Lou-Anne Mae Rondina replaced Quibod-Castro on July 31, 2023, as the latter became one of the main triumvirates for Regional TV News.
Final segments Unang Balita GMA Integrated News Weather Center Lahi Ra! Biztalk Spotlight Pabawon
Hosts Final hosts Nikko Sereno Lou-Anne Mae Rondina
Former hosts Cecille Quibod-Castro
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