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Outstanding Professional Award 2015

Ted Failon

Filipino broadcast journalist, radio commentator, and

a former congressman representing the first district of Leyte, Philippines

Ted Failon is a veteran, respectable Filipino broadcast Ted was working as a disc jockey in a small bar down EDSA
journalist, reporter, host, anchorman, radio commentator and Cubao, Quezon City to augment his necessities as a
and a former congressman of the first district of Leyte, student. Ted then pursued a course in Bachelor in Broadcast
Philippines, from 2001 – 2004. His real name is Mario Communication degree from Polytechnic University of the
Teodoro Failon Etong , born on March 29, 1962. Ted Failon Philippines, Manila in 1996, and proceeded to study Bachelor
was born and grew up in Tacloban City, Leyte. He had of Laws program in Arellano University. He started his
completed his elementary education at St. Andrew’s School career as an announcer at Radyo DIWA in Tacloban City
in Paranaque in 1974, and his secondary education at the and became a Program Director at DWGV in Angeles City,
University of Perpetual Help System Dalta las Pinas Campus Pampanga. In 1990, he got the opportunity to join ABS-CBN
Department of Business High School in 1979. He had worked and became an executive producer and news anchor. He then
early to support his studies and pursued his college degree anchored “Hoy Gising!,” “TV Patrol,” and “Pulso, aksyon
taking up AB Economics in Colegio de San Juan de Letran. Balita.” In 1990, he joined DZMM and anchored Gising

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