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Julius Caesar Concepcion Babao () is a Filipino
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, radio commentator and former
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for the
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stations
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and TV5. He is most notable for anchoring ''
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'' from 2003 to 2010, ''
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'' from 2010 to 2020, and currently ''
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'' since 2022.


Career

Babao started out his career as a production assistant in
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's DZBB-AM in 1990. Through hard work and perseverance, Babao was soon promoted as a radio reporter and a contributor for GMA News. In 1993, Babao left GMA for
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where he worked as a television reporter for ''
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''. That same year, he was tapped by the management of
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to be a standby anchor for Frankie Evangelista in ''TV Patrol''. In 1996, Babao was given his own show ''Alas Singko Y Medya'' which he hosted with his future wife
Christine Bersola-Babao Maria Concepcion "Christine" Peji Bersola-Babao (; born October 30, 1970), also known as Tin Tin, is a Filipina multi-media personality. She is best known for appearing in the educational television program ''Sine'skwela''. Life and career Ch ...
until 2001. The couple then went on to host a daily morning talk-show called '' Talk TV'', which lasted from 2001 to 2002. In April 2003, Babao transitioned into the weekday edition of the station's flagship news program ''TV Patrol'' and joined
Korina Sanchez Korina Maria Baluyut Sanchez-Roxas (; born October 5, 1964), known professionally as Korina Sanchez, is a Filipino broadcast journalist, television news anchor, senior field reporter, magazine show host, radio anchor, and newspaper columnist. ...
as its anchors. Sanchez was later replaced by Karen Davila and Ted Failon in November 2004, when the newscast was relaunched as ''TV Patrol World''. In 2004, he and his wife launched a morning radio program for DZMM entitled ''Magandang Morning with Julius and Tintin''. Their morning radio program would be combined with ''Radyo Patrol Balita: Alas Siyete'', the newscast they are anchoring every weekend, similar to '' Kabayan''. In 2006, he was appointed as one of 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 newscast, ''
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'', with
Ces Oreña-Drilon Cecilia "Ces" Victoria Oreña-Drilon (; born July 8, 1961) is a Filipinos, Filipino broadcast journalist. She anchored news and public affairs programs for the ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, News and Current Affairs division of ABS-CBN Corpo ...
, replacing Henry Omaga-Diaz who returned to field report. He was replaced by Noli de Castro and the latter being replaced by
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as they joined Ted Failon on November 8, 2010. He silently left the former a few days before the said date due to a vacation leave. On January 10, 2011, he anchored '' Aksyon Ngayon'' with Kaye Dacer and ''Radyo Patrol Balita: Alas-Dose'', both airing every weekdays. On January 2, 2017, Babao hosted the new daily radio show, ''Lingkod Kapamilya'', replacing ''Aksyon Ngayon'', with Bernadette Sembrano and continued to anchor the daily newscast ''Radyo Patrol Balita: Alas-Dose'' on DZMM before it got merged with ''Headline Pilipinas'' in July 2019, where he joined Tony Velasquez as the main anchor. He is also the weekend anchor of TeleRadyo's newscast ''TeleRadyo Balita'' (formerly ''Radyo Patrol Balita: Alas-Siyete'') alongside Zen Hernandez. He also hosted '' Mission Possible'', an award-winning advocacy show which airs every Monday evenings and Saturday mornings. On September 7, 2020, he returned to ''TV Patrol'' as an occasional replacement for Ted Failon after the latter's departure and later as a relief anchor for Noli de Castro and Henry Omaga-Diaz on the weekday edition and on the weekend edition for Alvin Elchico. Babao left ABS-CBN on December 31, 2021 after 28 years with television giant network, as part of its retrenchment program caused by the
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shutdown from the Philippine Congress that junked the new ABS-CBN legislative franchise to operate. He made his final appearance on ''TV Patrol'' as a relief anchor and two days later on ''TeleRadyo Balita''. In January 2022, Babao joined TV5 to anchor the network's primetime newscast ''
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'' starting February 7, 2022, replacing
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. He is the main anchor alongside former ''Alas Singko Y Medya'' and ''Magandang Umaga, Bayan'' anchor Cheryl Cosim, coinciding with the latter's birthday on that day. On March 21, 2022, ''Julius & Tintin: Para Sa Pamilyang Pilipino'', which he hosts alongside his wife, debuted on Radyo5 92.3 News FM and
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. On September 22, 2024, his program, ''Julius Babao Unplugged'' debuted on television via TV5.


Personal life

Babao is a graduate of Mass Communications, majoring in film and audio visual communication, from the
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. He is married to his former co-host Christine Bersola. They have a daughter named Antonia Julia Sofia (also known as Anya, b. 2005) and a son named Antonio Francesco (b. 2010). The couple has also raised Siberian Huskies namely Snow, Krystal, Kirby and Kamatz, to name a few. Julius and Christine are also avid art collectors where their collection was mostly bought from the Boston Gallery owned by Dr. Joven Cuanang. In July 2008 at the advent of Julius’ 40th birthday, the couple auctioned-off paintings from 125 participating artists at the Pinto Art Gallery, the proceeds went to the development of the Art 40 Village located in Bagong Silang,
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. He is also a Hypebeast item collector,
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collector (particularly those made by the brand Supreme) as well as a sneakerhead and he even has a
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channel dedicated to such lifestyle. In October 2005, news surfaced where Julius Babao was allegedly linked to a suspected terrorist named Tyrone del Rosario Santos. (alias: Dawud Santos). The reports surfaced when Dawud


Awards

Julius Babao was awarded best male newscaster in the 2008 PMPC Star Awards for TV, 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 and he was also honoured as one of the most admired male TV Personalities 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.


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