PBA on Vintage Sports
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The PBA on Vintage Sports was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association
games by Vintage Sports, a sports-oriented media company on Philippine
television network
s Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
from 1982
to 1984
, People's Television Network from 1984
to 1995
, and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
from 1996
to 1999
. The PBA on Vintage Sports succeeded PBA on MBS.
, a company owned by Carlos "Bobong" Velez and signed a 5.4 million pesos deal with the league. Vintage started airing PBA Games on Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
until early 1984 before People's Television Network took over the coverage for the next 12 years. In 1996, Vintage transferred to Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)
as part of the launching of Vintage Television
, a prime time
slot that aired on IBC.
Over the next three seasons, Vintage paid the league a total of over two billion pesos (135 million in 1997, 1.885 billion in 1998 and over 300 million in 1999).
For the first four years of Vintage's coverage, they had the legendary Smokin' Joe Cantada
and Pinggoy Pengson as its main anchors with Steve Kattan, Andy Jao and Quinito Henson
were the analysts. Sev Sarmenta and Ed Picson were later added as additional play-by-play commentators. Romy Kintanar did the halftime features. Tim Cone
was once a color commentator before being hired by Alaska Milk
in 1989.
After Cantada's death in March 1992, Ed Picson, Sev Sarmenta and Bill Velasco became three of its main play-by-play commentators with Quinito Henson, Andy Jao and Butch Maniego as its main color commentators.
For the first 13 years of broadcast, Vintage Sports had an all-English format in delivering the games. But in 1996, they shifted to a taglish (Tagalog and English) format. Radio commentators such as Chino and Recah Trinidad, Rado Dimalibot, and Randy Sacdalan were elevated to TV broadcast.
By 1998, Sarmenta, Velasco and Maniego left for ABS-CBN Sports
to be the main presenters for the network's newly-established league, the Metropolitan Basketball Association
(MBA). Trinidad and Yeng Guiao
would also become one of the most popular tandems in Vintage Sports. Eala and Picson would often tandem with Henson and Jao. Radio commentators Benjie Santiago and Mon Liboro was also elevated to TV coverage.
In 1999, Anthony Suntay and Chiqui Roa-Puno, or at times Paolo Trillo, Jannelle So
and Dong Alejar became the pregame and halftime hosts for the coverage.
On December 12, 1999 , Vintage Sports aired its last PBA game during Game 6 of the 1999 Governor's Cup between the Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen before merging with Viva TV in 2000. Ed Picson and Quinito Henson were the commentators for its last run.
and signed a 770 million pesos deal with 3 years. It defeated the bid of GMA Network
, who was hoping to win the bid to compete with television rival ABS-CBN
, who had the television rights to cover the rival league Metropolitan Basketball Association
.
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
games by Vintage Sports, a sports-oriented media company on Philippine
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
s Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation was a Philippine television network that started operations in November 1973 and ended on February 25, 1986.-History:...
from 1982
1982 PBA season
The 1982 PBA season was the eighth season of the Philippine Basketball Association . It was the very first season that the league implement the best-of-seven format in the Reinforced Filipino Conference which was the first tournament.-Champions:...
to 1984
1984 PBA season
The 1984 PBA season was the 10th season of the Philippine Basketball Association . The season marked the first season without the famed Toyota squad and the final season of the 13-time league champion Crispa Redmanizers.-Champions:...
, People's Television Network from 1984
1984 PBA season
The 1984 PBA season was the 10th season of the Philippine Basketball Association . The season marked the first season without the famed Toyota squad and the final season of the 13-time league champion Crispa Redmanizers.-Champions:...
to 1995
1995 PBA season
The 1995 PBA season was the 21st season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Season Highlights:*The PBA returned to the Araneta Coliseum, after a decade of absence, with the scheduled games on Friday being held at the Big Dome....
, and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is located at the Coca Cola plant,...
from 1996
1996 PBA season
-Finals results:*PBA Governors Cup Finals: Alaska Milkmen def. Ginebra San Miguel , 4 games to 1.*Third place: Formula Shell -Finals results:*PBA Governors Cup Finals: (1) Alaska Milkmen (8-3) def. (4) Ginebra San Miguel (7-4), 4 games to 1.*Third place: Formula Shell -Finals results:*PBA...
to 1999
1999 PBA season
The 1999 PBA season was the 25th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable occurrences:*The league transferred from the Cuneta Astrodome to the PhilSports Arena as their main playing venue....
. The PBA on Vintage Sports succeeded PBA on MBS.
History
In 1982, the PBA transferred the broadcast rights of its games from Maharlika Broadcasting System to Vintage Enterprises, Inc.Vintage Television
180px|rightVintage Television is a sports-oriented media company and became well known as the TV coverage partner of Philippine Basketball Association from 1982 to 1999...
, a company owned by Carlos "Bobong" Velez and signed a 5.4 million pesos deal with the league. Vintage started airing PBA Games on Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation
Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation was a Philippine television network that started operations in November 1973 and ended on February 25, 1986.-History:...
until early 1984 before People's Television Network took over the coverage for the next 12 years. In 1996, Vintage transferred to Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC)
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is located at the Coca Cola plant,...
as part of the launching of Vintage Television
Vintage Television
180px|rightVintage Television is a sports-oriented media company and became well known as the TV coverage partner of Philippine Basketball Association from 1982 to 1999...
, a prime time
Prime time
Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
slot that aired on IBC.
Over the next three seasons, Vintage paid the league a total of over two billion pesos (135 million in 1997, 1.885 billion in 1998 and over 300 million in 1999).
Joe Cantada
"Smokin'" Joe Cantada, born Jose Maria Cantada was a Filipino TV host, anchor & commentator. He died of lung cancer in March 1992....
and Pinggoy Pengson as its main anchors with Steve Kattan, Andy Jao and Quinito Henson
Quinito Henson
Quinito Henson is a Filipino sports analyst and television color commentator. His newspaper column, Sporting Chance, has appeared in the Philippine Star since the 1980s...
were the analysts. Sev Sarmenta and Ed Picson were later added as additional play-by-play commentators. Romy Kintanar did the halftime features. Tim Cone
Tim Cone
Earl Timothy Cone, better known as Tim Cone, is an American head coach of B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is known for leading the Aces to 13 PBA titles in its franchise history while leading the 1996 Milkmen to a rare PBA Grandslam. He also once coached the Philippine...
was once a color commentator before being hired by Alaska Milk
Alaska Aces (PBA)
The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 13 PBA championships with the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference as their latest...
in 1989.
After Cantada's death in March 1992, Ed Picson, Sev Sarmenta and Bill Velasco became three of its main play-by-play commentators with Quinito Henson, Andy Jao and Butch Maniego as its main color commentators.
For the first 13 years of broadcast, Vintage Sports had an all-English format in delivering the games. But in 1996, they shifted to a taglish (Tagalog and English) format. Radio commentators such as Chino and Recah Trinidad, Rado Dimalibot, and Randy Sacdalan were elevated to TV broadcast.
By 1998, Sarmenta, Velasco and Maniego left for ABS-CBN Sports
ABS-CBN Sports
ABS-CBN Sports is the sports division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, which airs some of the notable sports events in the Philippines....
to be the main presenters for the network's newly-established league, the Metropolitan Basketball Association
Metropolitan Basketball Association
The Metropolitan Basketball Association or Metroball was a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1998.The MBA overtook the Philippine Basketball Association's plans on regionalization when the league adopted a home-and-away format where teams, instead of representing...
(MBA). Trinidad and Yeng Guiao
Yeng Guiao
Joseller "Yeng" Guiao is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association, and was also the head coach of the Philippine National Basketball Team. Guiao won four PBA titles since starting his head coaching job for Swift in...
would also become one of the most popular tandems in Vintage Sports. Eala and Picson would often tandem with Henson and Jao. Radio commentators Benjie Santiago and Mon Liboro was also elevated to TV coverage.
In 1999, Anthony Suntay and Chiqui Roa-Puno, or at times Paolo Trillo, Jannelle So
Jannelle So
Jannelle So is a Filipino expatriate journalist and broadcaster known for her work as the host of Kababayan L.A., a daily show for and about Filipinos airing on KSCI television....
and Dong Alejar became the pregame and halftime hosts for the coverage.
On December 12, 1999 , Vintage Sports aired its last PBA game during Game 6 of the 1999 Governor's Cup between the Alaska Aces and the San Miguel Beermen before merging with Viva TV in 2000. Ed Picson and Quinito Henson were the commentators for its last run.
Viva Entertainment merger
In 2000, Vintage Television merged with VIVA EntertainmentVIVA Entertainment
VIVA Entertainment, Inc., also known as Viva Entertainment Group is a Philippine entertainment company. Its history started in 1981 when Vicente "Vic" del Rosario, Jr. founded Viva Films.-Divisions:*Viva Productions, Inc...
and signed a 770 million pesos deal with 3 years. It defeated the bid of GMA Network
GMA Network
GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...
, who was hoping to win the bid to compete with television rival ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...
, who had the television rights to cover the rival league Metropolitan Basketball Association
Metropolitan Basketball Association
The Metropolitan Basketball Association or Metroball was a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1998.The MBA overtook the Philippine Basketball Association's plans on regionalization when the league adopted a home-and-away format where teams, instead of representing...
.
Play-by-play
- Joe CantadaJoe Cantada"Smokin'" Joe Cantada, born Jose Maria Cantada was a Filipino TV host, anchor & commentator. He died of lung cancer in March 1992....
(1982–1992) - Noli EalaNoli EalaJose Emmanuel M. Eala, better known as Noli Eala, was the sixth commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association from 2003 to 2007. Before he became the commissioner of the league, he was a play-by-play commentator of Viva-Vintage Sports, which broadcasts the PBA Games, from the early 1990s...
(1994–1999) - Jimmy Javier (1992-1993)
- Mon Liboro (1997–1999)
- Ronnie Nathanielsz (1982–1999)
- Pinggoy Pengson (1982–1991)
- Ed Picson (1987–1999)
- Randy Sacdalan (1995–1999)
- Benjie Santiago (1998–1999)
- Sev Sarmenta (1987–1996)
- Chino Trinidad (1993–1999)
- Bill Velasco (1989–1997)
Color
- Norman BlackNorman BlackNorman Augustus Black is an American retired professional basketball player in the CBA, NBA, and PBA who has since settled in the Philippines. He is also a former head coach of the San Miguel Beermen, Mobiline Phone Pals, Pop Cola 800s, and Sta. Lucia Realtors...
(1984-1997) - Alfrancis ChuaAlfrancis ChuaAlfrancis Chua is a Filipino professional basketball coach formerly for the Sta. Lucia Realtors in the Philippine Basketball Association. He first coached the Tanduay Rhum Masters in both the Philippine Basketball League and the PBA during the 1990s...
(1999) - Tim ConeTim ConeEarl Timothy Cone, better known as Tim Cone, is an American head coach of B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is known for leading the Aces to 13 PBA titles in its franchise history while leading the 1996 Milkmen to a rare PBA Grandslam. He also once coached the Philippine...
(1986-1988) - Rado Dimalibot (1995–1999)
- Yeng GuiaoYeng GuiaoJoseller "Yeng" Guiao is a Filipino professional basketball head coach for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association, and was also the head coach of the Philippine National Basketball Team. Guiao won four PBA titles since starting his head coaching job for Swift in...
(1995–1999) - Quinito HensonQuinito HensonQuinito Henson is a Filipino sports analyst and television color commentator. His newspaper column, Sporting Chance, has appeared in the Philippine Star since the 1980s...
(1987–1999) - Andy Jao (1982–1999)
- Steve Kattan (1982–1986)
- Butch Maniego (1989–1997)
- Joaqui Trillo (1982–1989)
- Freddie WebbFreddie WebbFreddie N. Webb is a retired Filipino basketball player and head coach, politician, radio personality, and actor. He also had been active in politics when he was elected as councilor of Pasay City, congressman for Parañaque, and senator...
(1982–1997)
PTV-4 days
- Ronith Ang-Cogswell (1993–1995)
- Anthony Suntay (1995)
- Chino Trinidad (1993–1995)
IBC-13 days
- Dong Alejar (1998–1999)
- Chiqui Roa-Puno (1998–1999)
- Jannelle SoJannelle SoJannelle So is a Filipino expatriate journalist and broadcaster known for her work as the host of Kababayan L.A., a daily show for and about Filipinos airing on KSCI television....
(1998–1999) - Anthony Suntay (1996–1999)
- Paolo Trillo (1998–1999)
- Chino Trinidad (1996–1999)
Courtside reporters
- Dong Alejar (1998–1999)
- Ronith Ang-Cogswell (1993–1995)
- Katherine De Leon-Vilar (1991)
- Romy Kintanar (1987–1992)
- Ronnie Nathanielsz (1982–1999)
- Mylene Quinto (1993)
- Chiqui Roa-Puno (1998–1999)
- Jannelle SoJannelle SoJannelle So is a Filipino expatriate journalist and broadcaster known for her work as the host of Kababayan L.A., a daily show for and about Filipinos airing on KSCI television....
(1998–1999) - Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo (1998–1999)
See also
- Philippine Basketball AssociationPhilippine Basketball AssociationThe Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
- PBA on Viva TVPBA on Viva TVThe PBA on Viva TV was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association games on Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation by VIVA Entertainment after the company absorbed Vintage Sports.-History:...
- List of programs broadcast by People's Television Network
- List of programs broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Sources
- PBA, The First 25 (2000,PBA Books) p. 33
- PBA 20 Years at the Pictures (1994,PBA Books) pp. 118–119 [Images]