Mario Teodoro Failon Etong (; born March 29, 1962), popularly known as Ted Failon, is a multi-awarded Filipino broadcast journalist both on radio and television. He also served as a representative of the 1st district of

Leyte Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has be ...

from 2001 to 2004. A broadcast journalist previously for

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...

, he previously presented news for ''Radyo Patrol Balita Alas-Siyete'' alongside

Noli de Castro Manuel Leuterio de Castro Jr. (; born July 6, 1949), professionally known as Noli de Castro, is a Filipino journalist, news anchor and politician who served as the 12th vice president of the Philippines from 2004 until 2010, under President ...

, and on his own program ''Failon Ngayon sa DZMM''. He also presented ''

Hoy Gising! ''Hoy Gising!'' ( en, Hey! Wake Up!) is a Philippine news program on ABS-CBN. Originally anchored by Ted Failon and Korina Sanchez and later in 1996 Sanchez replaced by Gel Santos-Relos, it premieres on May 4, 1992 replacing ''Isabel, Sugo ng Birh ...

'', the nightly news program ''

TV Patrol ''TV Patrol'' is a Philippine television newscast produced by ABS-CBN News. It premiered on March 2, 1987, at the former ABS-CBN television network, replacing ''Balita Ngayon''. ''TV Patrol'' is the flagship national newscast of the network a ...

'' from 2004 to 2020, and his own investigative program ''

Failon Ngayon ''Failon Ngayon'' () is a Philippine television news magazine show broadcast by ABS-CBN, hosted by Ted Failon. The program premiered on October 24, 2009, and prior to its cancellation, it aired every Saturday on the network's ''Yes Weekend!'' bloc ...

'' on television. On August 30, 2020, ABS-CBN management confirmed that Failon decided to part ways with the network. He made his final appearance on ''TV Patrol'' and ''Failon Ngayon sa TeleRadyo'' on August 31 and was later replaced by

Henry Omaga-Diaz Henry Omaga-Diaz (; born Henry Omaga on January 9, 1961) is a Filipino journalist, news anchor, and radio newscaster and commentator working for ABS-CBN. He is the current weekday anchor of ''TV Patrol'' and ''Omaga-Diaz Reports'' on TeleRad ...

as the Main Anchor on October 5, 2020 &

Karen Davila Kristine Karen Lising Davila-Sta. Ana (; born November 21, 1970), professionally known as Karen Davila, is a Filipino journalist. Early life Davila went to high school at the Colegio San Agustin – Makati. She took a degree of Bachelor of A ...

on October 11, 2021. He currently anchors ''Ted Failon at DJ Chacha sa Radyo5'', a 4-hour news magazine program, from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Radyo5 92.3 News FM with Czarina Marie Balba-Guevara, more popularly known as DJ Chacha.

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