''Mornings @ ANC'' was an early morning news and talk program of the

ABS-CBN News Channel ABS-CBN News Channel, commonly known as ANC, is a 24/7 Philippine pay television news channel. It was launched in 1996 as the first all-news network in English language. The majority of its programs are produced by ABS-CBN News. The channel is ...

. It premiere on July 3, 2006, replacing '' Breakfast''. The show concluded on February 24, 2017, It was replaced by ''

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'' in its timeslot. It features all the information needed, ranging from news, both local and around the world, technology, sports, health, environment and entertainment news, along with the latest trends affecting Filipinos here and abroad. It aired on weekdays from 5:30 am to 8:00 am ( PST).

History

The program was first aired in 2006 as part of the re-branding of ANC, originally anchored by

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, Marieton Pacheco, TJ Manotoc and

Niña Corpuz Niña Marie Fernando Corpuz-Rodriguez (; born February 25, 1977) is a broadcast journalist of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. She is a reporter for newscasts ''TV Patrol'' and '' Bandila'', The ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), Studio 23 and www. ...

. It was started as a -hour program aired right after ''Magandang Umaga Pilipinas'' (then replaced by ''

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'') after Corpuz left then, she was replaced by

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thereafter. In 2008, the original -hour runtime of the show was reduced to 2 hours. Ron Cruz joined the show replacing Carandang, when the latter was moved to anchor ''News at 8''. Meanwhile, Fullido was replaced by beauty queen turned entertainment reporter

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. Former

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Australia Bureau chief Gigi Grande joined the group and replaced Pacheco who marks her last day with the show on July 17, 2009, to embark a new life with her family in Canada and was assigned to be

North America Bureau correspondent. In 2010, TJ Manotoc left the show to join

Ces Oreña-Drilon Cecilia Victoria Oreña-Drilon (; born July 8, 1961), simply known as Ces Drilon, is a Filipino broadcast journalist. She presented news and public affairs programs for the News and Current Affairs division of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation ...

for ABS-CBN News Channel's new primetime newscast

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, he was replaced by equally sports enthusiast and broadcaster

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who joins Ginger Conejero, Ron Cruz, and Gigi Grande in the show, to take over the sports and technology beats and get to push his advocacy for nature in the all-new "Going Green" segment. Broadcast journalist

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, who used to anchor '' Dateline Philippines'' officially joined Mornings @ ANC on October 10, 2011, as she switched places with veteran broadcast journalist Gigi Grande. Grande joined TJ Manotoc on Dateline Philippines, the ANC's longest running newscast. In August 2014, TJ Manotoc made his comeback to ''Mornings @ ANC'', and replaced longtime anchor Ron Cruz, who will be taking over the anchor chair of the noontime newscast '' Dateline Philippines'' opposite

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. Eventually, Ron Cruz returned shortly when Manotoc was sent in the United States to cover the

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of that same year. In April 2015, former

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& PBA courtside reporter and

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VJ Ai dela Cruz replaced long time host

. Seasoned

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anchor

resigned from her post to join the newly launched

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as reported which is known to be headed by Jing Magsaysay, one of her former colleagues in ABS-CBN News Channel. She was temporarily replaced by Karmina Constantino and one of the show's original host

. After Corpuz short stint as main anchor and host, veteran business news journalist Nancy Irlanda formally rejoined the network on June 15, 2015, via the morning show ''Mornings @ ANC'' and served as permanent replacement of

. Following the revamp on programming and the logo of ANC on October 26, 2015, the morning show moves to an earlier timeslot (5:30 am – 8:00 am) replacing the channel's simulcast of ''

'' from sister station

from 5:30 am to 7:30 am. and the replay of ''On the Money'' from 7:30 am to 8:00 am. It also moved their studios to 8 Rockwell Building,

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(Rockwell Center is a property operated by the

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, the ultimate parent of ANC and ABS-CBN) with the revamp, newer hosts were added, including the return of Ginger Conejero after leaving the show for just 6 months in April 2015. The former timeslot from 9:00 am to 11:00 am are now being replaced with the morning edition of ''Market Edge with

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'', ''News Now'' and ''On the Money''. The show aired its final broadcast on February 24, 2017, and was replaced by a new morning show ''Early Edition'' on February 27, 2017.

Final hosts

*David Celdran *

*Gigi Grande * Christian Esguerra

Former hosts

*Ai dela Cruz *Edric Mendoza *

*Ron Cruz *

Gretchen Ho Gretchen Ong Ho (; born April 19, 1990) is a Filipino television presenter and former volleyball player. She played collegiate volleyball for the Ateneo Lady Eagles from 2008 to 2013, where she was a member of the "fab five" who brought Ateneo ...

*Marieton Pacheco *

*Nancy Irlanda *

*TJ Manotoc *

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mornings at ANC ABS-CBN News Channel original programming ABS-CBN news shows English-language television shows 2006 Philippine television series debuts 2017 Philippine television series endings Breakfast television in the Philippines

History

Final hosts

Former hosts

See also

References

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