NewsJournal Three

NewsJournal Three (commonly known as simply NewsJournal, stylized as newsjournal) is a Filipino news program produced and broadcast by Television Three. It is the flagship news program of Television Three.

The program was premiered on January 4, 1970, a day after Television Three's launch. It was presented by numerous journalists since its debut. It is currently presented by Jayden Diaz and Heather Abellana.

Overview


Jay Castro was chosen to be the head of the news department of Teleradio Broadcasting Company on March 22, 1967. He has produced and created several current affairs programs for E Television. Jay Castro later became the head of the news department of Television Three on December 21, 1969.

The show was premiered on January 4, 1970, a day after the launch of Television Three. During that time, there were only editions 1 and 2 of the program. Edition 1 broadcasts at noon (12:00 nn), and Edition 2 broadcasts at 6:00 in the evening. The program was fully broadcast in color on August 17, 1971. On September 22, 1972, the program was discontinued.

Omega Television started broadcasts on November 29 of the same year, with a different schedule, broadcasting from 5:00 am to 9:30 pm (with a 3 hour break between 11:45 pm and 2:45 pm). With this schedule, three main news programs were aired: Omega Television News Bulletin 1 & 2, and Omega Television Nightly News.

On February 17, 1973, Omega Television rebranded back to Television Three and NewsJournal Three replaced the main news programs from the former TV network. Two days later, using the same programming schedule as before, three editions were made: Edition 1 now broadcasts at 7:30 in the morning, Edition 2 broadcasts at 12:00 noon, and Edition 3 broadcasts at 8:00 in the evening — The latter was discontinued on March 4 that same year, giving way for the release of another news program, Focus.

Following the launch of various news programs on Television Three, NewsJournal was then rescheduled to air on weekday evenings with a 60-minute runtime.

Concept
Castro had the idea of just one main news program for Television Three, with versions in the morning, afternoon, and evening. However, since the proposed programming schedule for the upcoming network is from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, he decided that the program would be broadcast at noon and at night.

The news program is known for its occasional special reports based on current major events in the Philippines. These special reports are typically shown after the main program. The first one being "Storm", which was broadcast on March 25, 1970, presented by Emilia De Jesus. It was about the First Quarter Storm protests that occured between January to March 1970.