TV Patrol North Mindanao


TV Patrol North Mindanao is the local news network broadcast of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Cagayan de Oro City. It has been the most watched news program in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental. The newscast is a tabloid-style format and the program delivers news headlines about current events in Northern Mindanao, parts of Zamboanga Peninsula and, since 2018, Caraga Region
It is aired live daily from the ABS-CBN Cagayan de Oro Newscenter at 5:00 PM Monday to Friday, simulcast also on Channel 2 in Bukidnon, Channel 7 in Ozamiz City, Channel 4 in Iligan City, Channel 9 in Pagadian City, Channel 42 in Dipolog City, Channel 11 in Butuan City, Channel 12 in Surigao City and Channel 26 in Tandag City. It is also shown abroad through ABS-CBN Regional Channel via TFC and on radio via MOR 91.9 For Life! Cagayan de Oro. It will replays at 11:45 pm on ANC. It also delivers news throughout the day via News Patrol North Mindanao bulletins.
TV Patrol North Mindanao maintains a 24-hour shift of reporters, cameramen and drivers with coverage over the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur and Dinagat Islands along with the entire Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay.

History

As TV Patrol Cagayan de Oro (1995-2001)

The newscast was first broadcast on May 1, 1995 as TV Patrol Cagayan de Oro. It was the first program that replaced the Davao City-produced TV Patrol Mindanao as its main regional newscast. It was initially anchored by Katherine "Kathy" Uba-Bermudez, together with Aljo Trinidad, Rommel Gantalao, Carlo Lomibao, Evangeline Lacambra, Priscilla Maniquiz, Mike Banos, Celine Hermenegildo and Jobelle Fernandez as its first set of regional reporters. It has since covered stories ranging from natural disasters, man-made disasters, religious conflicts, tribal conflicts, political controversies, social issues and crime stories in Region X, as well as Lanao Del Sur in the Bangsamoro Region. The launch also made Bermudez the first ever female regional news presenter in Philippine TV history in a regular capacity.
In 1997, Trinidad left the program to anchor another regional newscast, TV Patrol North Luzon and later another regional newscast in 1999 TV Patrol North Central Luzon. While Lomibao and Hermenegildo were transferred to TV Patrol General Santos. Ana Lee Lugod, Katrina Louise Neri and Mylene Pabayo were hired as new reporters for the newscast and Edward Cayetano became co-anchor of Bermudez. In 1999, Railyn Joy Tabanao joined the anchor's chair together with Bermudez & Cayetano.

As TV Patrol Iligan (1998-2006)

On July 5, 1999, TV Patrol Iligan was launched. It was the first local news program in the Iligan City area with Priza Cinco, Rey Paraguya, Gil Luzon and Ronnie Enderes as its first set of anchors-reporters together with Vhanizza Cabantac, Eric Guerrero, Angelica Joy Gallentes and Raina Yu.
Former Davao-based personality PJ Dela Peña was the last anchor of the newscast before it got cancelled in 2006. Despite the cancellation, ABS-CBN Channel 4 Iligan airs an hourly news bulletin with Enderes and Roxanne Arevalo.

As TV Patrol Northern Mindanao (2001-2018)

On May 7, 2001, TV Patrol Cagayan de Oro was renamed as TV Patrol Northern Mindanao.
On February 2, 2004, Alden Bacal would become the main anchor for the newscast. He was later joined by Shiela Joy Labrador on January 15, 2007 as his co-anchor. Bacal would soon leave the newscast a month later to successfully run for a seat in Cagayan de Oro's city council and now with 102.5 Brigada News FM Cagayan de Oro in 2014.
On April 30, 2007, PJ Dela Peña together with his fellow Iligan personalities joined in the Cagayan de Oro newscast to integrate the two editions into a unified TV Patrol Northern Mindanao, serving the entire Region 10. Until 2011, it used a dual-presenter format before briefly adopting, in 2012, the national edition's triple presenter format.
Notably, TV Patrol Northern Mindanao is the first regional TV Patrol newscast to use the new TV Patrol visual and audio packages which were introduced on June 30, 2010 for the national newscast. The localized version for Northern Mindanao was introduced on August 9, 2010. On May 2, 2011, TV Patrol Northern Mindanao celebrated its 16th anniversary followed by 17th anniversary on May 7, 2012 and 18th anniversary on May 6, 2013. TV Patrol Northern Mindanao had introduced once again their new OBB, logo, studio set, visual and audio packages. On June 2, 2014, TV Patrol Northern Mindanao celebrated its 19th anniversary. TV Patrol Northern Mindanao is the third regional TV Patrol newscast to use the 2013 TV Patrol new OBB, logo, studio set with a brighter flooring and background, visual and audio packages which were introduced again on July 29, 2013 for the national newscast. The localized version for Northern Mindanao was introduced on August 12, 2013. In the same year, with the departure of co-anchors Lorenzo Luzon and Primy Cane, Dela Peña became the sole presenter.
On May 1, 2015, TV Patrol Northern Mindanao and ABS-CBN Cagayan de Oro celebrated its 20th anniversary and inserted a "20" to its title card.
On July 13, 2017, TV Patrol Northern Mindanao updated its logo, opening billboard and graphics while its lower thirds are changed to Arial font to match the national TV Patrol. This is the fifteenth regional TV Patrol to update its graphics, similar to the national newscast.

Relaunch as TV Patrol North Mindanao

As a cost-cutting measure to digitalize ABS-CBN Regional stations, aligning with Channel 2 Manila, the newscast further extended its coverage into the Caraga region, formerly served by TV Patrol Caraga, and rebranded as TV Patrol North Mindanao by July 2, 2018. TV Patrol Caraga anchor Charmaine Awitan and all of its reporters are carried over to the newscast. Before the change, it had already served the Cebuano speaking areas of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur beginning 2012, when TV Patrol Northwestern Mindanao ended its telecasts and its news team had fused into the Cagayan de Oro bureau. The OBB was slightly updated to reflect the change. It now serves hundreds of thousands of viewers in the Cebuano speaking areas of the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions both in analog and digital free to air and cable television.
On May 1, 2020, TV Patrol North Mindanao celebrated its 25th anniversary during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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