Proper news programming on TV , however , would begin in 1960 when news coverage for the national elections began , followed by the first Filipino-language TV newscast , '' Balita Ngayon '' , in 1966 on Channel 3 and in the following year with the English-language newscast '' The World Tonight '' on late nights , which is today the longest running English-language national newscast . Channel 9 followed suit with the long running '' Newsbreak '' as well . By 1968 , following the aftermath of the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Casiguran ( in which Manila was severely affected by the quake ) , leading to the collapse of the Ruby Tower in August that same year , the joint radio and color television coverage of which was the first time ever for a Philippine media company to do so , DZAQ was later converted into a 24-hour Filipino language news and current affairs radio station , adopting the '' DZAQ Radyo Patrol 960 '' branding under the initiative of former station manager Orly Mercado , veteran broadcaster Joe Taruc , Ben Aniceto , the then ABS-CBN program director and Chief Engr . Emil Solidum , whose efforts led to the recruitment of the first generation of mobile field reporters for news coverage and flash reports , a first for any radio station at that time . The station would prove to be a leading source of breaking news stories in the late 1960s and before Martial Law stopped broadcasts in September 1972 , Radyo Patrol services were operational in select regional stations , alongside an active service of regional programming in all provincial TV stations in addition to occasional nationwide broadcasts via satellite , the first for any station by then
magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Casiguran
1968 Casiguran earthquake
ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs