Jun Banaag

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Manuel and the surname or paternal family name is Banaag.

Juanito "Jun" Manuel Banaag, TOSD (Tagalog: [hwaˈnitɔʔ manˈwel bɐˈnaʔag]; born June 23, 1951), also known as Dr. Love, is a Filipino radio and television personality known for his radio program, Dr. Love Radio Show, where he gives spiritual and practices advices on matters of life and love.^[3][4] He currently hosts his program on 105.9 True FM (formerly Radyo5) since December 26, 2022.^[4]

Brother Jun Banaag TOSD
Banaag at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto Shrine, San Jose del Monte in May 2015.
Born	Juanito Manuel Banaag (1951-06-23) June 23, 1951 (age 74)[1] Taguig, Rizal, Philippines[2]
Education	Far Eastern University
Occupation(s)	Radio personality, television personality
Years active	1969–present
Children	5
Career
Station(s)	DZEC (1969–1973) DWWK/DWOK (1973–1986) DWRV DWLS DWEI DZMM (1987; 1997–2020) ABS-CBN (1987; 1997–2022) Radyo5/True FM (2022–present) TV5 (2023–present)

Early life and Education

Juanito Manuel Banaag^[5] was born on June 23, 1951 in Bambang, Taguig, Philippines. He studied theater arts at the Far Eastern University and was drawn into radio broadcasting while he was still in college.^[6] He has 8 siblings: 3 brothers and 5 sisters, while he has 5 children: 3 daughters and 2 sons.

He was once a philandering husband but repented.^[7] He said: "I started in 1997, but before that, I hope you all understand. I left my family for another woman. We lived in the States for 10 years. So, I was a philandering husband — was! After 10 years, I came back and that was 1997".^[7] That experience made him a credible counselor, starting in Radio Veritas, to listeners who phone in their predicaments in love and life.^[7]

Broadcasting career

Banaag was invited to join DZMM to host the program, Dr. Love Radio Show, after his return from the United States on September 16, 1997. In addition to saying comforting advice, he is very vocal on the nation's most pressing issues, such as the ongoing discussions about the country's divorce laws.^[7]

On January 3, 2011, he anchored Dr. Love Music Show (later Dr. Love: Always and Forever), a music program that airs every weekday afternoons, until June 16, 2017.

On August 28, 2020, after 23 years of radio hosting, his radio program Dr. Love Radio Show in TeleRadyo (now DZMM TeleRadyo) has temporarily stopped as ABS-CBN tries to arrange a proper timeslot for it.^[8] The show was granted a lease in life after almost being scrapped when ABS-CBN was denied a new broadcast franchise by the Philippine Congress. After Banaag pleaded to the network management, his program aired on weekend evenings on September 5, 2020 (later on weekend afternoons on May 15, 2021) from its old weekday schedule.^[9] The show eventually returned but ended finally on December 11, 2022.^[9] However, the show moved to Radyo5 (later True FM) on December 26 of the same year, thus making the program revert to its old weekday evening schedule as well as Banaag's return to terrestrial radio and FM radio.

Since 2023, Banaag has been an on-and-off part of TV5's Face 2 Face as one of the resident Trio Tagapayo representing the clergy.^[3]

Banaag is Roman Catholic and a devotee of the Blessed Virgin Mary.^[10] As a professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, he and his wife are also involved in church ministries.^[11] He is currently the Vice Provincial of the Lay Dominicans in the Philippines.^[6]

Awards and honors

• 2008: Catholic Mass Media Awardee for Best Counseling Program on Radio^[12]
• 2015: Catholic Mass Media Awards Hall of Fame^[13]
• 2019: 26th KBP Golden Dove Awards for Best Radio Variety Program Host^[14]
• 2020: 14th Eastwood City Walk of Fame^[15]