Balitang K

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| genre = News magazine{{cite book |title=Newsletter |date=2001 |publisher=Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ptRPAQAAMAAJ |access-date=25 November 2023 |language=en}}

| runtime = 30 minutes{{cite news |last1=Red |first1=Isah V. |title=The bad news: Korina left for the US The good news: She's back (to stay) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m48VAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA22 |access-date=25 November 2023 |publisher=Manila Standard |date=13 September 1997 |language=en}}

| country = Philippines

| language = Filipino

| presenter = Korina Sanchez{{cite book |last1=Coronel |first1=Sheila S. |title=From Loren to Marimar: The Philippine Media in the 1990s |date=1999 |publisher=Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism |isbn=978-971-8686-24-9 |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mj9iAAAAMAAJ |access-date=25 November 2023 |language=en}}

| network = ABS-CBN

| company = ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs

| director = Bill Velasco
Zaldy Bonalos

| first_aired = {{start date|1996|7|8}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2001|3|9}}

| related = Rated K/Rated Korina

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Balitang K was a Philippine television news and current affairs magazine show, hosted by Korina Sanchez and broadcast by ABS-CBN from July 8, 1996 to March 2, 2001. This was Sanchez's first show after Magandang Umaga Po ended.

The program was an offshoot of the Balitang K segment of TV Patrol when Sanchez replaced Mel Tiangco after the latter was suspended from the network until Noli de Castro became the sole anchor of the newscast in 1996. TV Patrol was reformatted in 1996 because of the success of Mexican telenovela, Marimar aired on RPN. To improve the ratings of ABS-CBN, Balitang K was launched as a pre-program to TV Patrol. Balitang K aired after the public service program, Hoy Gising!. The program was off the air from December 7, 2000 to January 16, 2001 due to the ongoing Impeachment trial of then President Joseph Estrada.{{cite news |last1=Aquino |first1=Kris |title=622 Pages and hard to put down |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aU2AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA31 |access-date=25 November 2023 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=7 May 2001 |language=en}}

In 2001, TV Patrol anchor Noli de Castro ran for a senate seat and Sanchez was appointed as his replacement. Kris Aquino took over the latter's hosting job in the reformatted spin-off, Balitang Kris on March 5, 2001.{{cite news |last1=Salterio |first1=Leah |title=Kris takes over 'Balitang K' slot |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sKU2AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA21 |access-date=25 November 2023 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=3 March 2001 |language=en}} However, this new program was cancelled due to low ratings. Aquino became the host of another talk show, Kris and Tell.

The format of Balitang K was reused for another show, Rated K, also hosted by Sanchez when the show moved to TV5 and was retitled as Rated Korina, after she signed a contract with Brightlight Productions on October 7, 2020. The second incarnation of Rated K premiered on the network's Saturday afternoon block on October 24, 2020.