Joe Taruc
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Joe Taruc is a news anchor currently worked at DZRH
DZRH
DZRH is a radio station in Metro Manila owned and operated by the Manila Broadcasting Company. The station's studio is located at CCP Complex in Pasay, Philippines, while its transmitter is located at Brgy. Malanday, Valenzuela...

 in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. He is one of the top-rating news anchors today on radio. Aside from being a news anchor, Taruc is also the Senior-Vice President of the station.

Currently, he is news anchor of Balitang Bayan Numero Uno (5am edition with Rey Sibayan and 6am edition doing solo), as well as Damdaming Bayan
Damdaming Bayan
Damdaming Bayan is a socio-commentary public service program of AM station DZRH in the Philippines hosted by Joe Taruc and Karen Golfo every Monday to Saturday at 7:25am to 9am...

, one of the longest-running public affairs program on the station. Taruc interviews with people in the politics, mostly the president. He also the pioneer of ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN
ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

 DZXL Radyo Patrol
DZMM
ABS-CBN DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 is the flagship AM station of ABS–CBN Corporation in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, Sgt. Esguerra Ave., cor. Mo. Ignacia St., Diliman, Quezon City, while the transmitter is located at F. Navarette St., Obando, Bulacan...

 (predecessor of DZMM) before the Martial Law regime. Then in the 1980s, Taruc joins DZBB
DZBB
Super Radyo DZBB 594 is the flagship AM station of GMA Network, Inc. in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City, while its transmitter is located at Obando, Bulacan...

 Bisig Bayan until his transfer to DZRH in 1991, which he became the station manager and newscaster.

Aside from radio, Taruc had been worked in films especially with Philip Salvador during the 1980s.

Taruc has 3 sons and a daughter, including i-Witness
I-Witness
i-Witness, originally i-Witness: The GMA Documentaries, is an award-winning documentary news and public affairs television show in the Philippines aired every Monday evenings by GMA Network.-Hosts:-2008:*January Episodes...

 co-host Jay Taruc.

TV/Radio

  • Liberty Live with Joe Taruc
  • Balitang Bayan Numero Uno
    Balitang Bayan Numero Uno
    Balitang Bayan Numero Uno is the flagship newscast of AM station DZRH in the Philippines anchored by Joe Taruc and Rey Sibayan on weekdays, while the Sunday edition are anchored by Milky Rigonan at 5am and Andy Vital at 6am...

  • Unilab Newscast
  • Pangunahing Balita
  • Damdaming Bayan
    Damdaming Bayan
    Damdaming Bayan is a socio-commentary public service program of AM station DZRH in the Philippines hosted by Joe Taruc and Karen Golfo every Monday to Saturday at 7:25am to 9am...


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