IBC Express Balita

IBC Express Balita
	Title card used from November 9, 2009 until August 5, 2011.
Also known as	IBC Express Balita (July 13, 1998 - January 4, 2002) ; Express Balita (January 7, 2002 - August 5, 2011)
Genre	News broadcasting; Live action
Created by	Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Directed by	Jose Chito "Jet" Cabatuando
Presented by	Zyrene Parsad-Valencia
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of episodes	n/a (airs Monday to Friday)
Production
Production locations	IBC 13 Studios; Broadcast City, Quezon City, Philippines
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	30 minutes (1998-2002; 2004-2011) ; 60 minutes (2002-2004)
Production company	IBC News and Public Affairs
Release
Original network	IBC 13
Picture format	480i SDTV
Audio format	Mono
Original release	July 13, 1998 –; August 5, 2011

IBC Express Balita (lit. 'IBC Express News') was the flagship program of IBC 13 in the Philippines. It is one of 3 news programs produced by the network's News and Public Affairs Division and used to air 5:00pm on weekdays.

Its reportorial teams are tasked to gather news from every major beat in the Greater Manila Area as well as nearby provinces.

Airing history

1998–2001: Soriano era

The newscast premiered on July 13, 1998, replacing Headline Trese. It was first anchored by Anne Marie Soriano and Alice Noel. A few months later, Noel left the newscast, leaving Soriano as the sole anchor of the newscast. In 1999, the newscast had several changes to the opening billboard. On February 21, 2000, returning media personality Snooky Serna joined Soriano as its new anchor, with a brand new opening billboard, graphics, soundtrack and stand-up news delivery.

2001–2009: Castelo era

On January 8, 2001, both Soriano and Serna were replaced by former teen star Precious Hipolito-Castelo and Malacañang correspondent Ron Gagalac as its new anchors maintaining the same title card, soundtrack, and graphics. On January 7, 2002, Noli Eala became Castelo's new co-anchor replacing Gagalac, which he transferred to ABS-CBN as a news reporter years later. By that time, the newscast expanded its broadcasting time to 60 minutes on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays (as Wednesdays and Fridays paved way for the PBA on IBC coverage) and had several changes later on.

Several months later on the same year, Eala was replaced by Adrian Ayalin as the former was appointed to anchor IBC News Tonight. In 2004, after IBC relaunched its slogan and station ID ("Ang Bagong Pilipino") in December 2003, the newscast also done changes on its studios, opening billboard and graphics; and its also reused its first soundtrack theme of the newscast (which used from the latter's debut in 1998 to 2000) for follow-details before and after news reports. A year later, Ali Atienza replaced Ayalin, which he transferred to ABS-CBN as a news reporter. However, Atienza left the newscast in 2007 in order to run for mayor of Manila. He was temporarily replaced by Errol Dacame. In 2008, DZRH radio anchor Bing Formento became Castelo's new co-anchor replacing Dacame. The team-up continued until 2009, when Castelo decided to run for Councilor of Quezon City.

2009–2011: Morales era

On November 9, 2009, Jake Morales replaced Hipolito-Castelo and Formento as its new anchor; the newscast relaunched to their graphics, soundtrack and opening billboard. For several weeks, Morales was joined by Toni Marcelo, then later on, Karen Padilla-Tulfo finally took the anchor's chair replacing the former. However, Tulfo, being the wife of Erwin Tulfo, left the newscast in early 2011 to be acquired by TV5 to anchor for Aksyon Breaking on AksyonTV, leaving Morales as the sole anchor of the program, he was joined by Cathy Eigenmann as his new co-anchor on May 16, 2011.

2011: Lontoc and Valencia era

On June 20, 2011, Chal Lontoc took over the anchor chair as its new anchor. The newscast introduced its simpler studio set the same day. However, Lontoc was replaced by Zyrene Parsad-Valencia a month later as its new and final anchor. The newscast ceased airing on August 5, 2011 to make way for the afternoon edition of News Team 13.

Anchors

Main anchors

Anne Marie Soriano (1998–2001)
Alice Noel (1998-1999)
Ida Marie Bernasconi (1999-2000)
Snooky Serna (2000–2001)
Precious Hipolito-Castelo (2001–2009)
Ron Gagalac (2001–2002)
Noli Eala (2002)
Adrian Ayalin (2002–2003)
Ali Atienza (2004–2007)
Errol Dacame (2007–2008)
Bing Formento (2008–2009)
Jake Morales (2009–2011)
Toni Marcelo (2009)
Karen Padilla-Tulfo (2009–2011)
Cathy Eigenmann (2011)
Chal Lontoc (2011)
Zyrene Parsad-Valencia (2011)

Substitute anchors

Karen Tayao-Cabrera (1998–2000)
Nitz de Onon-Rosales (1998–2000)
Ina Rubio (1998–2000)
Chele Mendoza (1998–2000)
Maricel Halili (2001–2009)
Jeffrey Zaide (2001–2009)
Jess Caduco (2008–2009)
Rida Reyes (2008)
Toff Rada (2009–2010)
Alvin Sejera (2009–2011)
Kara Cruz (2011)