Bobby Guanzon

Roberto "Bobby" Samar Guanzon (June 20, 1948 – December 18, 2016) was a Filipino radio and television broadcaster and politician.

Career[]

Guanzon started as an anchorman and one of the pioneering members of DZAQ Radyo Patrol of ABS-CBN from 1968 until it was shut down due to martial law declaration.^[1]

He later became anchor of radio stations DZXL 558 kHz^[2] and DZBB 594 kHz ("Tawag Pansin") in the 1980s and in DWWW 774 kHz in the 1990s. It is also had a TV version aired on BBC-2 before the People Power Revolution.^[3] Guanzon also ventured into television as an anchor of GMA Balita, the network's first flagship Filipino newscast and Kape at Balita, the first simultaneous radio-TV morning commentary show, both aired on GMA Network. He also anchored , Isyu Ngayon and Tinig ng Bayan on NBN-4. In the recent years, he became part of DZRM Radyo Magasin as the anchor of "Gabay at Balita".

Guanzon was elected as congressman of the 1st district of Caloocan, serving for one term from 1995 to 1998.^[1] He run again in the same elected position in the 2010 and 2013 national elections, but lost.

Illness and death[]

On the first week of September, 2016, Guanzon suddenly lost his voice during a live broadcast over Radyo Magasin, which turned out to be his last broadcast before his death. He was later diagnosed with lung cancer. Guanzon died on December 18, 2016. He was 68.^[1][4]

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