1. Kim Atienza is known for his famous trivia stints on TV and radio, especially in his own show, Matanglawin.
14 Facts About Kim Atienza
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In 1984, Kim Atienza entered University of Santo Tomas, where he took up Education as a freshman college student.
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Kim Atienza started his broadcasting career in the early 1990s, as the anchor of "Mata ng Agila", an early morning newscast of DZEC Radyo Agila 1062, together with Onin Miranda.
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Kim Atienza started his stint on TV when he began hosting Magandang Umaga, Pilipinas' Animalandia as well as voice acting in the 90's.
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Kim Atienza is best known for voicing Takeru which is portrayed by Japanese Sentai actor Ryousuke Kaizu from the Super Sentai series, Hikari Sentai Maskman and he references this in later years when he was being interviewed by fellow celebrity hosts.
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Kim Atienza worked as a protege for mainstay Ernie Baron, acting as ABS-CBN's weather tracker for TV Patrol until he became the show's weather presenter when the latter died of heart attack in 2006.
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Kim Atienza left the early morning show, Umagang Kay Ganda in 2009 to host the late morning variety show It's Showtime.
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Kim Atienza returned to radio for the 2nd time in DZMM via Sakto with Amy Perez-Castillo, replacing original host Marc Logan who left the show.
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On September 29,2021, Kim Atienza announced his departure from ABS-CBN, effective October 1, revealing his move to GMA Network.
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Kim Atienza made his final appearance on TV Patrol as a segment weather presenter on the latter date.
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In July 2022, Kim Atienza became one of the leading hosts for the noontime variety game show TiktoClock, along with Pokwang and Rabiya Mateo.
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Kim Atienza is married to Felicia Hung, and they have three children: Jose III, Eliana, and Emman.
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Kim Atienza totally recovered and has since finished several marathons, as well as Ironman 70.3 and full Ironman races.
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Kim Atienza continues to compete and lead his age group to this day.