Singapore Tonight
Singapore Tonight is a long-running flagship daily national news programme on CNA which runs daily from 22:00 until 23:00 SST/HKT (21:00 until 22:00 WIB/BKK) on weekdays and 22:00 until 22:30 SST/HKT (21:00 until 21:30 WIB/BKK) on weekends/public holidays, providing a round-up of all the day's events around Singapore and coverage of breaking news. The highly rated programme is currently presented mainly either by Steve Lai, Dawn Tan, Glenda Chong on weekdays, and Jill Neubronner on weekends.
| Singapore Tonight | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Steve Lai, Dawn Tan, Glenda Chong (Weekdays) |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | News |
| Running time | 60 minutes (22:00 until 23:00 SST/HKT). |
| Production company(s) | MediaCorp News |
| Distributor | MediaCorp TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | CNA |
| Picture format | SDTV (480i 4:3) PAL (576i 4:3) HDTV (1080i 16:9) |
| Audio format | Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| First shown in | 1 March 1999 |
| Original release | 1 March 1999 – now |
Up until early July 2008, the show was aired live only in Singapore with a replay available internationally at 00:00 until 00:30 SST/HKT (01:00 until 01:30 WIB/BKK). In addition, a few segments of the show are available on the international edition of Asian Home News at 22:30 until 23:00 SST/HKT (22:30 until 00:00 WIB/BKK) and 10:30 until 11:00 SST/HKT (11:30 until 12:00 WIB/BKK).
From 31 March 2014, the programme was expanded to 1 hour to incorporate the Singapore Business segment (previously aired as Business Singapore / Singapore Business Tonight at 22:30 (GMT+8) ) and features two main anchors, Steven Chia and Dawn Tan. John Leong replaced Steven Chia on a permanent basis from 7 November.[1]
This is only one of two main English national newscasts available in Singapore; the other being News 5.
Main Presenters
- Steve Lai
- Dawn Tan
- Glenda Chong
Relief (Weekdays/Weekends)
- John Leong (Fridays)
- Jill Neubronner (Main weekend presenter from 1 April 2017)
- Angela Lim
- Christine Chan
- Otelli Edwards
- Loke Wei Sue
- Genevieve Woo
- Christine Chan
- Geraldine Tan
Former
- Steven Chia
- Sarah Al-Khaldi
- Sona Remesh (still as Senior Producer)
- Suzanne Ho
- David Nye
- Sushila Krishnan
- Melvin Yong
- Melissa Hyak
- Timothy Ouyang
- Yvonne Yong
- Timothy Go
- Gerard Lam
- Yvvone Chan