Julius Babao is most notable for anchoring TV Patrol from 2003 to 2010, Bandila from 2010 to 2020, and currently Frontline Pilipinas since 2022.
21 Facts About Julius Babao
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In 1993, Julius Babao left GMA for ABS-CBN where he worked as a television reporter for TV Patrol.
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In 1996, Julius Babao was given his own show Alas Singko Y Medya which he hosted with his future wife Christine Bersola-Julius Babao until 2001.
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Julius Babao left TV Patrol alongside Karen Davila on November 5,2010 to anchor the late evening newscast, Bandila, with Ces Orena-Drilon, replacing Henry Omaga-Diaz who returned to field report.
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Julius Babao was replaced by Noli de Castro and the latter being replaced by Korina Sanchez as they joined Ted Failon on November 8,2010.
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Julius Babao silently left the former a few days before the said date due to a vacation leave.
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On January 2,2017, Julius 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.
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Julius Babao is the weekend anchor of TeleRadyo's newscast TeleRadyo Balita alongside Zen Hernandez.
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Julius Babao hosted Mission Possible, an award-winning advocacy show which airs every Monday evenings and Saturday mornings.
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Julius Babao left ABS-CBN on December 31,2021 after 28 years with television giant network, as part of its retrenchment program caused by the ABS-CBN shutdown from the Philippine Congress that junked the new ABS-CBN legislative franchise to operate.
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Julius Babao made his final appearance on TV Patrol as a relief anchor and two days later on TeleRadyo Balita.
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In January 2022, Julius Babao joined TV5 to anchor the network's primetime newscast Frontline Pilipinas starting February 7,2022, replacing Raffy Tulfo.
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Julius Babao 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.
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On September 22,2024, his program, Julius Babao Unplugged debuted on television via TV5.
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Julius Babao is a graduate of Mass Communications, majoring in film and audio visual communication, from the University of the Philippines Diliman.
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Julius Babao is married to his former co-host Christine Bersola.
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Julius Babao is a Hypebeast item collector, Streetwear collector as well as a sneakerhead and he even has a YouTube channel dedicated to such lifestyle.
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In October 2005, news surfaced where Julius Babao was allegedly linked to a suspected terrorist named Tyrone del Rosario Santos.
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Julius Babao was awarded best male newscaster in the 2008 PMPC Star Awards for TV, he won again in 2009 from the same award-giving body, he won best morning show host in the years 1999 and 2000 respectively from the same award-giving body.
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In 2008, Julius Babao was presented the student's choice of male news and public affairs host at the USTv Student's Choice Awards and he was 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.
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Julius Babao was a two time awardee of Most Outstanding Male News Presenter of COMGUILD Center for Journalism.