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The following is a list of events effecting Philippine television in 1989. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.

Events[edit]

  • January 16: Davao City hosts a localized TV Patrol edition with the launch of TV Patrol Mindanao.
  • February 17: Eat Bulaga! premiered on ABS-CBN and was staged at Araneta Coliseum, with a TV special titled Eat... Bulaga!: Moving On.[1]
  • March 17: Lunch Date celebrated their 3rd anniversary, with big-named stars guesting. They also unveiled the new theme song of the show.
  • July 30: Tito, Vic & Joey celebrated the 10th anniversary of Eat Bulaga! with another TV special staged at Araneta Coliseum.
  • September: ABS-CBN makes history with satellite broadcasts to Filipinos living in the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, the first overseas broadcasts for a Philippine television network via satellite relay.
  • October 8: Radio Philippines Network is relaunched as the New Vision 9 network with its tagline "The Future", while RPN remains its corporate name, its news service is rebranded as News9.
  • December 1–9: Coverage of the 1989 Philippine coup attempt airs on all stations, with ABS-CBN making one of the first nationwide via satellite news coverages ever made.

Premieres[edit]

Date Show
January 16 TV Patrol Mindanao on ABS-CBN TV-4 Davao
February 18 Eat Bulaga! on ABS-CBN 2
February 20 Student Canteen on RPN 9
Agila on ABS-CBN 2
February 23 Okay Ka, Fairy Ko! on ABS-CBN 2
Campus Break on IBC 13
February 25 Coney Reyes on Camera on ABS-CBN 2
March 13 PTV Newsbreak on PTV 4
March 27 The Maricel Drama Special on ABS-CBN 2
August 14 Cafe Bravo on ABS-CBN 2
August 20 Mel & Jay on ABS-CBN 2
September 4 El Corazon de Oro on IBC 13
October 9 The Hour Updates on New Vision 9
November 27 Anna Luna on ABS-CBN 2
Bantay Balita on IBC 13
Headline Trese on IBC 13
December 1 Superstar: The Legend on IBC 13
December 3 Sa Linggo nAPO Sila on ABS-CBN 2

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Programs transferring networks[edit]

18 February 1989: Eat... Bulaga! hosts (L-R) Vic Sotto, Coney Reyes, Aiza Seguerra, Joey de Leon and Tito Sotto on the TV special "Eat... Bulaga!: Moving On", marking the show's transfer from RPN 9 to ABS-CBN 2
Date Show No. of seasons Moved from Moved to
February 18 Eat... Bulaga! — RPN ABS-CBN
February 20 Student Canteen — GMA RPN
Agila — RPN ABS-CBN
February 23 Okay Ka, Fairy Ko! — IBC
February 25 Coney Reyes on Camera — RPN
July University Athletic Association of the Philippines — IBC RPN
December 1 Superstar — RPN IBC
Unknown Pinoy Wrestling — PTV
Regal Shocker — GMA

Finales[edit]

Unknown[edit]

Births[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "#EBThrowback: Ang Tahanan ng Eat Bulaga!". YouTube. December 7, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  2. ^ "Martin Nievera, Cristine Reyes celebrate birthdays". February 25, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2012.

See also[edit]

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