![]() ![]() dreamt of a news-based public service radio station with a roving group of reporters. Radyo Patrol’s origins go way before DZMM’s launch in 1986, when ABS-CBN patriarch Eugenio Lopez Jr. He eventually got to lead ABS-CBN Integrated News Gathering, which now oversees both TV and radio teams.įor Dexter Ganibe, Radyo Patrol 45 and one of the more recent initiates, getting the number simply meant one had imbibed the DZMM battle cry of being “Una sa balita, una sa public service (first in news, first in public service). Zandro Ochona, Radyo Patrol 48, and Zhander Cayabyab, Radyo Patrol 49, finally got the numbers they’ve been waiting and working for for 5 years.ĭindo Amparo, Radyo Patrol 26, described it as the mark of an “exclusive and elite group” which he never forgot even as he moved to ABS-CBN television and even went abroad to head its Middle East bureau. “Noong nakita ko na naglalakad si Zandro on stage, alam ko na (When I saw Zandro also going up, I knew).” Someone opened the ballroom door and called out to him: “ Hoy pumunta ka ng stage (Hey, go up the stage)!” Zhander was taking pictures with work mates then. They even thought it might not happen since the program was already ending then. ![]() He and Zhander already had an inkling of this early in the night, but decided not to expect much. Knowing what it meant, he fought tears as he walked towards them. Inside, Zandro saw ABS-CBN Integrated News head Ging Reyes and his boss, DZMM news gathering chief Edwin Sevidal, standing on the stage. But I wasn’t scheduled to dance!)” he said. E hindi naman ako sasayaw! (A PA suddenly called me back to the ballroom, saying I was needed inside. “Bigla akong pinabalik ng PA, sabi kailangan ako sa loob. It was a party-the 30 th anniversary bash of DZMM last October 4 to be exact-and yet Zandro was working the remote TeleRadyo booth outside the ballroom of the Marriott Hotel in Pasay, interviewing Radyo Patrol veterans for a live broadcast. Zandro and Zhander were both outside the room when it happened. ![]()
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