Karambola (radio program)

Karambola is a Philippine political talk radio program. It airs every weekday mornings on DWIZ in Metro Manila, and nationwide via syndication on Home Radio Network (provincial stations) and RPN Radyo Ronda.[1]

Karambola
Title card
GenreTalk radio
Running time2 hrs. (including commercials)
Country of origin Philippines
Home stationDWIZ
Syndicates
Hosted by
  • Jonathan Dela Cruz (2005–present)
  • Conrad Banal (2015–present)
  • Trixie Cruz-Angeles (2018–present)
  • Larry Gadon (2019–present)
  • Imee Marcos (2019-present)
  • (See also past hosts)
Created byAntonio Cabangon-Chua
Original releaseApril 11, 2005 – present
No. of episodesn/a (airs daily)

Since 2018, the program has been live streaming through social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube, as well on the station's official website and mobile application.[2]

History

The program was first conceptualized by Aliw Broadcasting Corporation founder and former Ambassador Antonio Cabangon-Chua, as a way to debate and tackle issues on politics, featuring a panel of prominent journalists and broadcasters.[1]

In 2018, blogger RJ Nieto ("Thinking Pinoy") and attorney Trixie Cruz-Angeles joined the show's third batch. Robles died on May 23, 2019.[3] Senator Imee Marcos and attorney Larry Gadon joined as guest commentators in 2019, while Nieto left the program on August 3, 2020.

Hosts

Current
  • Jonathan Dela Cruz (2005–present)
  • Conrad Banal (2015–present)
  • Trixie Cruz-Angeles (2018–present)
  • Larry Gadon (2019–present)
  • Imee Marcos (2019-present)

Past hosts
gollark: (it has a spare phone repurposed as a cellular modem somewhere so that it isn't apified in the frequent network outages)
gollark: Palaiologos is a neural network running on a spare Nvidia single-board computer in my basement somewhere.
gollark: Not even that, necessarily.
gollark: I don't think you understand how surprise works.
gollark: Well, the obvious solution is to attain access to a GTech™ orbital monitoring satellite and look.

See also

References
  1. "'Karambola' merges social, traditional media". BusinessMirror. 11 July 2019.
  2. Staff, BusinessMirror. "'Karambola' merges social, traditional media". BusinessMirror. T. Anthony C. Cabangon. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. "Times columnist Jojo Robles writes 30". The Manila Times. 22 May 2019.
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