GMA Network "Rainbow" (partially lost Filipino station ID of the television network; 1998-2002)
Still from the Station ID, with GMA logo at the top right edited out
Status: Partially Lost
GMA Network is a Filipino free-to-air and radio network. It is known as the "Rainbow" network since the 1990s due to its identifications having rainbows on them. However, what is known more is the last Rainbow ID of GMA, from 1998 until 2002 when the Rainbow was changed to a Heart.
Info
The main Station ID
The much more known 30-seconder station ID with a sky background, with letters G, M, A, and the rainbow coming together to form the logo.[1]
Other variants
There was also a music video, described by an eyewitness, being a stranger would pass by a street full of TV, and Michael V. then shows up. There is also a scene where a logo sticker falls over fishball condiments.[2] It is also said to feature the known GMA Boy mascot and was directed by Raul Ona.[3] There were also other versions of the 30-seconder ID, being with the "Where Heroes Belong" tagline,[4] version without the tagline,[5] a short version with the voiceover saying, "Ito po ang GMA",[6], a Summer version in 1999 of the said ident with the tagline, "Where Summer Belongs", a version featuring Steve of Startalk was rapping along the streets with a security guard with a restaurant said to be aired in 2000 and one of the last Where You Belong! IDs[7], and a said regional version wherein the voiceover says this in their respective languages, "This is GMA TV (6/7/5) Iloilo/Cebu/Davao." It is said to be aired before regional news shows.[8]
Availability
The ID albeit not full was included in a lot of teasers and commercials that have resurfaced since in the late 2000s[9] On December 2016, a cut 30-seconder ID was found[10] and on 2019, another ID was found, albeit in low-quality.[11] A press kit featuring the scenes from the ID was found by Diego Keyser via Cruz Image.[12] The short version was then found by sandiessss on June 24, 2020[13] and without tagline on October 13, 2020 by Diego Keyser.[14]
On May 23, 2021, the full 30-seconder ID was uploaded by GMA themselves, on the Click Episode 1 video via YouTube SuperStream.[15] In March 24, 2022, JACOBSHLTR found a partial sighting of the music video in a Brigada Siete episode. [16] JACOBSHLTR spoke to Raul Ona in March 2022, on which he said he made several GMA promos because Jimmy Duavit and Butch Jimenez are his good friends, however he didn't keep the files he made and he said that Filmex (a company by Duavit) and Optima, might have the files.
The only lost IDs are the regional IDs and the music video, which are yet to be resurfaced.
Gallery
Images
Where Summer Belongs (1999).
Press kit featuring the ID.
Videos
References
- ↑ Station ID on 4K. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ Diego Keyser describing the music video. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ PinoyExchange forum that mentions the commercial. Retrieved 17 Jun '22
- ↑ Ghost Fighter on GMA 7 promo with Where Heroes Belong. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ Taken from Telesine. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ Where Heroes Belong short version. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ Person mentioning an another version of the ID Retrieved 08 Nov '21
- ↑ A comment from Jake Jacinto posted by Diego Keyser. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ Timeline of discoveries made by 𝙅𝘼𝘾𝙊𝘽𝙎𝙃𝙇𝙏𝙍. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ Now terminated link where the GMA ID is. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ STATION I.D GMA7 1999 | CLICK First Batch Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ Press kit featuring the scenes from the ID. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ GMA ID short version. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ No tagline version of the ID captured from a Telesine. Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ Click: Episode 1 Retrieved 01 Nov '21
- ↑ GMA Network: Where You Belong! Music Video (sighting) - 2000 Retrieved 24 Mar '22