Julius Babao

Julius Caesar Concepcion Babao (born July 15, 1968), known professionally as Julius Babao, is a Filipino broadcast journalist, radio commentator[1] and former talk show host for the Philippine television station ABS-CBN. He is most notable for anchoring TV Patrol from 2003 to November 2010.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Concepcion and the surname or paternal family name is Babao.
Julius Babao
Born
Julius Caesar Concepcion Babao

(1968-07-15) 15 July 1968
Dagupan, Pangasinan, Philippines
OccupationJournalist, Radio Commentator
Years active1995–present
Notable credit(s)
See awards
Spouse(s)Christine Bersola-Babao
(m. 2003–present)
ChildrenAntonia and Antonio

Career

Julius Babao started out his career as a production assistant in DZBB-AM of GMA-7 in 1990.

Through hard work and perseverance he was soon promoted as a radio reporter and a contributor for GMA News. In 1993, Julius left GMA for ABS-CBN where he worked as a television reporter for TV Patrol. That same year, he was tapped by the management of ABS-CBN News to be a standby anchor for the late Frankie Evangelista in TV Patrol.

In 1996, Julius was given his own show Alas Singko Y Media (English: Five-thirty in the morning) which he hosted with his future wife Christine Bersola-Babao until 2001.

The couple then went on to host a daily morning talk-show called Talk TV, which lasted from 2001 to 2002.

In 2003, Julius transitioned into the weekday edition of the station's flagship news program TV Patrol in April 2003.

In 2004, he and his wife launched a morning radio program for DZMM[2] entitled Magandang Morning with Julius and Tintin. Their morning radio program would be coincided by Radyo Patrol Balita: Alas Siyete (Radio Patrol News: Seven O'Clock), the newscast they are anchoring every weekend. In 2006, he was appointed as one the hosts of public-affairs program XXX: Exklusibong, Explosibong, Exposé where they investigate anomalies and irregularities of public and private practices in the Philippines, he normally joins the field and/or entrapment operations conducted by the law enforcement agencies.

Babao left TV Patrol alongside Karen Davila on November 5, 2010 to anchor the late evening top Newscast, Bandila.

On January 10, 2011, he began anchoring Aksyon Ngayon with Kaye Dacer and Radyo Patrol Balita: Alas Dose, both airing every weekday.

As of this writing, Julius hosts a daily radio show, Lingkod Kapamilya with Bernadette Sembrano and anchors a daily newscast Radyo Patrol Balita Alas Dose in DZMM, before it got merged with Headline Pilipinas. Julius became the new host of the said program.

On weekends, he anchors the live DZMM TeleRadyo and DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 program, Magandang Morning with Julius & Zen.

He also hosts Mission Possible, an award winning advocacy show which airs every Monday evenings and Saturday mornings.

Controversy

In October 2005, news surfaced where Julius Babao was allegedly linked to a suspected terrorist [3] named Tyrone del Rosario Santos[4] (alias: Dawud Santos). The reports surfaced when Dawud[5] was released by the authorities on April 22, 2008 and was said to leave the detention center in an ABS-CBN owned van with Babao. In an intelligence report, Babao has been suggested to have paid the bail bond or the very least guaranteed the bail in order to gain an exclusive interview with the suspect. An investigation team was put together by ABS-CBN to look into the allegations made by the ISAFP, no further charges was made, clearing Babao of any allegations.

Awards

Julius Babao was awarded[6][7] best male newscaster[8] in the 2008[9] PMPC Star Awards for TV,[10] he also won again in 2009 from the same award-giving body, he also won best morning show host in the years 1999 and 2000 respectively from the same award-giving body. In 2008, Babao was also presented the student’s choice of male news and public affairs host at the USTv Student’s Choice Awards[11] and he was also honoured as one of the most admired male TV Personalities[12] for the 2008 Anak TV Seal, an award given annually by the Southeast Asian Foundation for Children and Television to kid-friendly TV programs and personalities considered to be good influence on children. He was also a two time awardee of Most Outstanding Male News Presenter (2007 and 2009) of COMGUILD Center for Journalism.

Personal life

Julius Babao is a graduate of Mass Communications, majoring in film and audio visual communication, from the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman campus. He is married[13] to his once former co-host Christine Bersola, they have a daughter named Antonia and a son named Antonio born in 2010.[14]

The couple has also raised Siberian Huskies[15] namely Snow, Krystal , Kirby and Kamatz, to name a few.

Julius and Christine are also avid art collectors[16] where their collection[17] was mostly bought from the Boston Gallery owned by Dr. Joven Cuanang. On July 2008 at the advent of Julius’ 40th birthday, the couple auctioned-off paintings from 125 participating artists[18] at the Pinto Art Gallery, the proceeds went to the development of the Art 40 Village located at Bagong Silang, Caloocan City.

References
  1. "Why Ch 2 shows were axed". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  2. "Julius Babao DZMM Press release". Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  3. "Palace won't apologize for linking broadcaster to terror suspect". SunStar.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  4. "Dawud Santos". ABS-CBN Interactive. Archived from the original on 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  5. "Huwag isisi kay Julius Babao ang kawalan ng pangil ng ating batas sa terorismo". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  6. "ABS-CBN Dominates PMPC Star Awards". Telebisyon.net. Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  7. "ABS-CBN and the PMPC Star Awards for TV 2008 Results". Bunso-iMag. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  8. "GMA bags PMPC's 'Best Station' award". iGMA News. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  9. "PMPC bares nominees for 22nd Star Awards for TV". SunStar.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  10. "Award Acceptance Speech: Julius Babao". YouTube. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  11. "USTv AWARDS MEDIA ICONS". University of Sto. Tomas website. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  12. "Anak TV Seal 2008". Telebisyon.net - Balita. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  13. "Julius Babao". Telebsiyon.net. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  14. "Julius, Tintin expecting 2nd child". ABS-CBN Videos. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  15. "JULIUS BABAO NOW A 'DAD'". Newsflash.org. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  16. "Julius Babao's Art Collection". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  17. "Julius Babao, pals in art fundraiser". ABS-CBN.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  18. "Julius Babao to celebrate 40th birthday with an art exhibit for a cause". Cerphin.net - Balita. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
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