PBA on Vintage Sports

The PBA on Vintage Sports
Format	Sports (basketball) live action
Created by	Vintage Enterprises, Inc.
Developed by	Vintage Sports
Starring	various PBA on Vintage Sports commentators
Country of origin	Philippines
Language(s)	Filipino, English
No. of episodes	n/a
Production
Executive producer(s)	Carlos "Bobong" Velez
Camera setup	multicamera setup
Running time	150 minutes+
Broadcast
Original channel	Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (1982-1983) Maharlika Broadcasting System/People's Television Network (1984-1995) Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (1996-1999)
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	March 7, 1982 – December 12, 1999
Chronology
Preceded by	PBA on MBS
Followed by	PBA on Viva TV
Related shows	PBA on Viva TV

The PBA on Vintage Sports was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association games by Vintage Sports, a sports-oriented media company on Philippine television networks 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.

History

In 1982, the PBA transferred the broadcast rights of its games from Maharlika Broadcasting System to Vintage Enterprises, Inc., 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).

Vintage Sports' scoring bug in the early-1990s.

For the first eight years of Vintage's coverage, they had the legendary Smokin' Joe Cantada as its main broadcaster with Ed Picson, Sev Sarmenta and Bill Velasco as three of its play-by-play commentators. Quinito Henson, Andy Jao, Steve Kattan and Butch Maniego were the analysts while 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.

Viva Entertainment merger

Main article: PBA on Viva TV

In 2000, Vintage Television merged with VIVA Entertainment 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.

Commentators

Play-by-play

• Ed Picson (1987–1999)
• Sev Sarmenta (1987–1996)
• Joe Cantada (1982–1992)
• Ronnie Nathanielsz (1982–1999)
• Noli Eala (1994–1999)
• Chino Trinidad (1993–1999)
• Bill Velasco (1989–1997)
• Benjie Santiago (1998–1999)
• Mon Liboro (1997–1999)
• Randy Sacdalan (1995–1999)
• Pinggoy Pengson (1982–1991)

Color

• Quinito Henson (1987–1999)
• Andy Jao (1982–1999)
• Joaqui Trillo (1982–1989)
• Freddie Webb (1982–1997)
• Rado Dimalibot (1995–1999)
• Yeng Guiao (1995–1999)
• Butch Maniego (1989–1997)
• Steve Kattan (1982–1986)
• Norman Black (1984-1997)
• Alfrancis Chua (1999)
• Tim Cone (1986-1988)

Studio analysts/Pregame hosts/Halftime hosts/Postgame hosts

PTV-4 days

• Chino Trinidad (1993–1995)
• Ronith Ang-Cogswell (1993–1995)
• Anthony Suntay (1995)

IBC-13 days

• Chino Trinidad (1996–1999)
• Anthony Suntay (1996–1999)
• Chiqui Roa-Puno (1998–1999)
• Paolo Trillo (1998–1999)
• Jannelle So (1998–1999)
• Dong Alejar (1998–1999)

Man-On-The-Ball

• Danny Sembrano
• Romy Kintanar
• Jun Bernardino
• Poch Gayoso

Courtside reporters

• Mylene Quinto (1993)
• Romy Kintanar (1987–1992)
• Ronnie Nathanielsz (1982–1999)
• Ronith Ang-Cogswell (1993–1995)
• Ria Tanjuatco-Trillo (1998–1999)
• Jannelle So (1998–1999)
• Chiqui Roa-Puno (1998–1999)
• Dong Alejar (1998–1999)
• Katherine De Leon-Vilar (1991)

Interviewers

• Anthony Suntay (1995–1999)
• Yeill Aguila (1987–1993)

See also

• Philippine Basketball Association
• PBA on Viva TV
• 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]

Preceded by PBA on MBS

PBA TV coverage partners 1982 – 1999

Succeeded by PBA on Viva TV