News At Seven-Thirty
News At Seven-Thirty (Chinese: 七點半新聞報道; Jyutping: cat1 dim2 bun3 san1 man4 bou3 dou6, also known as News At 7:30), is the flagship evening news program of the Hong Kong television channel TVB Pearl. It is presented in English, and is broadcast daily at 07:30 PM.
| News At Seven-Thirty | |
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| 七點半新聞報道 | |
| Genre | News programme |
| Created by | TVB News |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | TVB |
| Production location | Hong Kong |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVB Pearl |
| Original release | 19 November 1967 – present |
| Related | |
| News at 6:30 | |
History
News at 7:30 was launched on 19 November 1967, and is one of the longest running newscasts in Hong Kong, alongside News at 6:30 on its sister channel, TVB Jade.
In the wake of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, several of the show's principal anchors resigned in protest of TVB's handling of the protests, and in fear of increasing government censorship.[1] These included long-time anchors Chris Lincoln, Sonya Artero, Tony Sabine, and James Aitken.
Special news
- Early Nightly World News (1 December 1988 - 30 May 1993)
- News Line (31 May 1993 - 8 July 1995)
Presenters
The show was typically presented by one male and one female anchor. However, since July 2022, it has been presented by only one anchor, currently Melissa Gecolea.
- Former presenters:
- Chris Lincoln (1996 - 2018)
- Sonya Artero (2010 - 2019)
- Chris Gelken (2010 - 2013) (d. 2013)
- Tony Sabine (2011 - 2021)
- James Aitken (2013 - 2022)
- Etienne Lamy-Smith (2011 - 2013)
- Jeff Tang (2012 - 2019)
- Ray Rudowski (1996 - 2000)
- Peter Koveos (2018 - 2022)
- Caleb Loong (2016 - 2022)
- Mark Niu (1996 - 1998)
- Derek Johnson
- Jenny Lam (1991 - 2012)
- Diane To (2010 - 2017)
- Priscilla Ng (2008 - 2012)
- Keina Chiu (2018 - 2022)
- Elmy Lung (2016 - 2019)
- Diana Lin (1988 - 2007)
- Wah Chen (1994 - 1997)
- Chee-May Chow (1997 - 2000)
- Betty Liu
- Teressa Siu
- Marylois Chan
- Louisa Lim
- Deborah Kan
- Incumbent presenters:
- Melissa Gecolea (2020 - )
- Daniel Rowell (2020 - )
- Sharon Tang (2017 - )
- Jacky Lin (2019 - )
References
- Bureau, Jeremy Nuttall Vancouver (22 August 2020). "'When are they coming for the journalists?' Canadians in Hong Kong feel chill from China's national security law". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 October 2023.