1988 in Philippine television

The following is a list of events effecting Philippine television in 1988. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.

Events

• November 7: The Tower of Power transmitter was inaugurated by President Aquino and GMA Network executives. Afterwards, a TV special entitled "GMA-7 POWER" was shown to commemorate the event.

Premieres

Programs transferring networks

Finales

Births

• January 6 – Mikael Daez, actor, basketball player and TV commercial, print and ramp model
• January 16 – Alex Gonzaga, TV host, actress
• January 21 – Glaiza de Castro, singer, actress
• March 2 – Nadine Samonte, actress and model
• March 6 – Isabelle Daza, actress and model
• March 9 – Alodia Gosiengfiao
• April 2 – Ellen Adarna, actress and model
• April 6 – Melai Cantiveros
• April 24 – Jinri Park, actress, model and radio DJ
• April 26 – Hazel Ann Mendoza, actress
• May 12 – Marky Cielo, actor and dancer (d. 2008)
• May 20 – Carla Humphries, actress and model
• May 23 – Vaness del Moral, actress
• June 11 – Gabriel Valenciano, actor and dancer
• July 7 – Venus Raj, Miss Universe 2010, 4th runner–up
• July 22 – Renz Ongkiko, news anchor model and journalist
• July 25 – Sarah Geronimo, singer, actress and television host
• August 24 – Helga Krapf, actress
• August 26 – Niña Jose, actress
• August 29 – Iwa Moto, actress and model
• October 4 – Joseph Marco, actor
• October 5 – Maja Salvador, singer, actress
• November 10 – Pauleen Luna, TV host, actress and wife of Vic Sotto
• November 19 – JC de Vera, actor
• November 20 – Ariella Arida, Miss Universe 2013, 3rd runner–up
• November 28 – Daniel Matsunaga, actor and model
• December 4 – Yeng Constantino, singer
• December 14 – Eda Nolan, actress

References

See also

• 1988 in television