SMNI News Channel

SMNI News Channel is a free-to-air news and public affairs television network in the Philippines, based in Makati City. It is owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation, the parent company of Sonshine Media Network International, a religious broadcasting arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) led by Filipino televangelist and church leader Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy.[1]

SMNI News Channel
TypeBroadcast Terrestrial television network
Country
Philippines
AvailabilityMega Manila
HeadquartersACQ Tower, Sta. Rita St., Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City, Philippines
Broadcast area
Worldwide
OwnerSonshine Media Network International (SMNI)
Key people
  • Hannah Jane Sancho (Station Manager)
Launch date
May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)
Picture format
NTSC 1080p (4:3 HDTV)
Sister channels
SMNI
Official website
SMNI News Channel
LanguageEnglish
Filipino

It airs national and international newscasts and talk shows, rolling news coverages from correspondents and reporters of SMNI Manila and other news bureaus in the Philippines and in more than 40 countries around the world and Kingdom-related programs.[2]

It is exclusively aired over Digital Terrestrial Television on UHF Channel 40 in Metro Manila, with several programs simulcasting live via SMNI News Channel's Facebook page and YouTube channel.[3]

Programming

News
  • Balita ng Bansa
  • Kabayan Abroad
  • SMNI Newsblast
  • SMNI Newsbreak
  • Newsline World
  • Weekender World

Current affairs and commentary
  • Dito sa Bayan ni Juan
  • Laban Kasama Ang Bayan
  • Pinoy Legal Minds
  • Point of Order
  • Statecraft with Sass Rogando-Sasot
  • SMNI Special Report
  • Thinking Pinoy on SMNI News Channel
  • Usaping Bayan

Public service
  • DZAR Action Line

Health and Infotainment
  • Eco Hour
  • Healthy Chat @ Sonshine
  • This is Life

Documentary
  • A New Me Story of Hope and Victory
  • Caravan of Love

News

Infotainment
  • Amplify Your Life
  • Generation K

Digital television

Digital channels

UHF Channel 40 (629.143 MHz)

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming Note
40.341080i16:9SMNI HDSMNITest Broadcast
40.35 16:9/4:3 SNC HD SMNI News Channel

Notable broadcaster/s & anchor/s
  • Michael "Mike" Abe - News anchor who specifically dealt with the controversy on Vice Ganda's challenge to Quiboloy on possibly shutting down ABS-CBN as the pastor once "stopped" the series of earthquakes in Mindanao in 2019.[4][5][6]
  • Lorraine Badoy
  • Jeffrey Celis a.k.a. Ka Eric
  • Mike Defensor
  • Rodante Marcoleta (also with Net 25)
  • R. J. Nieto a.k.a. Thinking Pinoy
  • Antonio Parlade
  • Juan Ponce Enrile
  • Sass Rogando-Sasot

See also

References
  1. "SMNI News Sonshine Media Network International". SMNI News. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  2. "SMNI News Sonshine Media Network International". SMNI News. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  3. "SMNI News Sonshine Media Network International". SMNI News. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  4. "Mike Abe on PEP.ph". PEP.ph. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. Navalta, Daniel Joseph (2019-11-07). "Broadcaster Mike Abe lambasts Vice Ganda for making fun of Pastor Quiboloy". Kami.com.ph - Philippines news. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  6. CoconutsManila (2019-11-08). "Challenge Accepted: Pastor Quiboloy takes comedian's dare to end EDSA traffic, long-running TV show – kind of | Coconuts Manila". Coconuts. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
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