Sentro

{{Infobox television

| image = Sentro logo used from March 10, 2008 to August 8, 2008.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Title card from March to August 2008

| genre = News program
Live television

| creator = ABC Development Corporation

| company = ABC News and Public Affairs

| director = Rosario Andres

| presenter = {{plainlist|

}}

| narrated = Mike Carreon

| opentheme =

| endtheme =

| country = Philippines

| language = {{ubl|Filipino (2004-07)|English (2007-08)}}

| executive_producer = Sonny Fernandez
Jackie Sierda

| location = ABC 5 Studio B, Novaliches, Quezon City

| camera =

| runtime = 30 minutes

| network = ABC

| first_aired = {{Start date|2004|04|12}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2008|08|08}}

| related = {{Plainlist|

Pangunahing Balita
Balitang Balita
Big News
TEN: The Evening News
Aksyon
Frontline Pilipinas

}}

Sentro (Filipino word for "center") was a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABC. Originally anchored by John Susi and Ali Sotto, it premiered on April 12, 2004, on the network's evening line up replacing Balitang Balita. The show concluded on August 8, 2008. Martin Andanar served as the final anchors. Martin Andanar serve as the final anchors. It was replaced by TEN: The Evening News in its timeslot.

History

=Susi–Sotto era (2004–2006)=

The newscast premiered on April 12, 2004, replacing Balitang Balita. It was first anchored by John Susi who was held over from its predecessor Balitang Balita and former actress Ali Sotto. Sotto that time was in contract with GMA Network under its radio arm DZBB.{{Cite web |last=Lanot |first=Marra PL |date=January 8, 2006 |title=Ali Sotto speaks |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2006/01/08/315582/ali-sotto-speaks |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Philstar.com}}

=Andanar era (2006–2008)=

File:Sentro Logo.jpg

On October 2, 2006, the newscast exchanged timeslots with Big News, the evening news program of the network. Susi and Sotto were later replaced by Martin Andanar, who became the final anchor of the newscast.

On June 25, 2007, Sentro was reformatted into an all-English newscast, as an answer to QTV's News on Q, despite the retention of the name and some of the opening text and ending reminders still in Filipino. This used to be the language of Big News before its main language was changed to Filipino in 2004.

On August 8, 2008, Sentro, together with Big News, aired its final broadcast; it is also the last program to be aired on ABC 5 before it signed off for the last time at around 10:00pm, and rebranded the next day as TV5.