Alvin Elchico (; born January 30, 1974) is a Filipino field reporter, newscaster, broadcast journalist and television host working for

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and

DZMM DZMM (630 AM) Radyo Patrol is a radio station owned by Philippine Collective Media Corporation and operated conjointly with ABS-CBN Corporation under Media Serbisyo Production Corporation. The station's studios is located at the ABS-CBN Broad ...

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. A business reporter early in his career, he was the sole journalist to report from inside the Oakwood Premier building during the Oakwood mutiny in July 2003. He is currently an anchor of ABS-CBN's evening news program ''

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'' and the morning news radio programs ''Gising Pilipinas'' and ''Radyo Patrol Balita: Ala-Siyete'' (formerly ''TeleRadyo Serbisyo Balita'').

Education

Elchico graduated

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from University of St. La Salle.

Career

In 1992, Elchico started his broadcasting career as a field reporter at

Bacolod. he began also broadcasting career as a news anchor for '' TV Patrol Bacolod'' as ''TV Patrol Western Visayas'' from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he transferred to Manila and first became a news writer at

; then in 2002, he became a newsbreak (now '' News Patrol'') anchor and eventually a field reporter. Despite being originally assigned to cover business-related news, Elchico was forced to cover the Oakwood mutiny on July 27, 2003, when he was the only journalist in the Oakwood Premier building who could cover the event in detail. He also became a narrator in ''

'' and ''

Bandila ''Bandila'' () is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by ABS-CBN. Originally anchored by Korina Sanchez, Henry Omaga-Diaz and Ces Drilon, it aired on the network's Primetime Bida line up from July 3, 2006, to March 17, 2 ...

'', wherein he narrated on ''Bandila'' vignettes. From November 2011 to September 2024, Elchico was the anchor of '' TV Patrol Weekend'', replacing Alex Santos.

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was his co-anchor until 2015, followed by Zen Hernandez in 2016. Elchico and Hernandez are the longest-serving tandem of the weekend edition, with Elchico being the longest-serving anchor of the weekend edition. He is also the senior business reporter of ABS-CBN. He also performs relief anchoring duties for the main ''

'' edition when one of its anchors have been absent from October 2018 to August 2024. On September 2, 2024, he became the permanent anchor of ''TV Patrol'', replacing Henry Omaga-Diaz who migrated to

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. At

(now Radyo 630) and its television counterpart,

TeleRadyo DZMM TeleRadyo (formerly TeleRadyo Serbisyo and also known as simply TeleRadyo) is a Philippine Pay television, pay television channel owned by Media Serbisyo Production Corporation, a joint venture between Prime Media Holdings (through its s ...

(now

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), Elchico anchored ''Konsyumer ATBP.'' (now replaced by ''Bida Konsyumer'', this time with Elchico being a sole anchor) alongside the Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines) Usec. Ruth Castelo, ''Lakas ng Siyensya'' with Dr. Maria Josefina Arilay and ''SRO'' or ''Suhestiyon, Reaksyon at Opinyon'' with

Doris Bigornia Doris Agbayani Bigornia (; born February 17, 1966) is a Filipino journalist, field reporter, and news presenter. Career Bigornia is a journalist and field reporter for ABS-CBN News. In 2001, she was among the journalists who covered the May ...

. From July 23, 2011 to May 3, 2020, Elchico is one of the hosts of the weekend medical morning program '' Salamat Dok'' together with Bernadette Sembrano. Since June 30, 2023, Elchico, alongside Doris Bigornia, co-anchors ''Gising Pilipinas'' on

, the successor of

on the 630kHz frequency, and its television counterpart,

. This also marked Elchico's return to AM radio after three years. He is also anchoring ''TeleRadyo Serbisyo Balita'' alongside Joyce Balancio (now replaced by

) since July 22, 2024, replacing

Noli de Castro Manuel "Noli" Eleuterio de Castro Jr. (; born July 6, 1949) is a Filipino broadcaster, journalist politician and singer. who served as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 2004 until 2010, under the second full term of President ...

. When DZMM was relaunched in place of DWPM on May 29, 2025, he became the first anchor to speak on air, anchoring the relaunched station's inaugural news bulletin. Few days later, ''TeleRadyo Serbisyo Balita'' was relaunched as the revived ''Radyo Patrol Balita: Ala-Siyete''.

Awards and citations

* 2012 Best Public Service Program Host: Salamat Dok! (along with Bernadette Sembrano) – 6th UPLB Gandingan Isko't Iska's Broadcast Choice Awards

References

External links

ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs Group
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elchico, Alvin 1974 births Living people Filipino television news anchors Filipino radio journalists People from Bacolod University of St. La Salle alumni ABS-CBN people ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs people Visayan people Filipino television journalists Filipino reporters and correspondents