This is what GMA Network Chairman and CEO Felipe Gozon said when asked why he thinks there is a need for an all-news channel like GMA News TV.
To explain this, Gozon used TV5's “Willing Willie” and GMA 7's “24 Oras” as an example. “24 Oras” airs during the first hour and half of the Willie Revillame-hosted game show.
“We maintained ‘24 Oras.’ And as you know, ‘24 Oras’ is winning over ‘Willing Willie.’ Eh, news yan. So there are people who prefer to watch the news, yung talagang pinaniniwalaan at may credibility,” he told members of the media during the GMA News TV trade launch at the A. Venue Events Hall on Monday, February 7.
Gozon added, “From the beginning, miske na namigay ng kotse si Willie, talo pa rin. Nagbigay ng house and lot, talo pa rin.”
But more than the demand for news, Gozon said GMA News TV serves “to make a possible contribution to the bottomline” of the network's income and to create a possible international channel.
“Ang basis nyan e we are very strong in news and public affairs. Nagkataong hindi kumikita itong QTV. So this is our effort to convert QTV into something that we think will be a winner and in order to create a new international channel. Ang tingin namin yung mga Filipinos abroad are hungry for more frequent news from the Philippines,” he explained.
More than just news
GMA News TV, however, will be more than just an all-news channel. The revamped free-to-air VHF channel will also feature a number of lifestyle and reality shows, as well as a showbiz-oriented talk show.
For instance, the channel will have a make-over show titled “Fashbook,” hosted by Solenn Heusaff and a reality show titled “The Smiths,” featuring the family of rock legend Joey “Pepe” Smith. Kapuso actress Rhian Ramos, meanwhile, will host “Spotlight: The Showbiz Newscast.”
Other lifestyle shows include Ramon Bautista's “(May) Tamang Balita,” Drew Arellano's “Weekend Getaway,” and Tonipet Gaba's “Pop Talk,” among others.
“There will be public affairs, there will be lifestyle. Ang mawawala dyan yung mga drama. Mga soap, wala na. Channel 7 lang yun,” Gozon explained. Although Q Channel 11 aired lifestyle shows, Gozon said the GMA News TV lifestyle programs will be “more serious.”
The network's main fare, of course, will be their news programs.
Jessica Soho will lead the channel's flagship news telecast, “State of the Nation with Jessica Soho.” She will also headline “Brigada,” a modern reiteration of the 90s news magazine show “Brigada Siete.”
Mike Enriquez's dzBB morning radio program will also have a live simulcast on GMA News TV. Renowned documentarist Kara David and GMA News online editor Howie Severino will host the network's morning news show, “News to Go.” Philippine Center of Investigative Journalism's Malou Mangahas, meanwhile, will headline “Investigative Documentaries,” together with Newsbreak's Marites Vitug and PCIJ's Ed Lingao, among others.
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