Joe Taruc

Joe Taruc (born as Jose Malgapo Taruc, Jr.; September 18, 1946 – September 30, 2017) was a news anchor who worked at DZRH in the Philippines. He was one of the top-rating news anchors on radio. Aside from being a news anchor, Taruc was also the Senior-Vice President of the station.

He was the news anchor of the 7am newscast DZRH Pangunahing Balita as well as Damdaming Bayan, one of the longest-running public affairs program on the station. Taruc interviews with people in politics, mostly the president. He was also the pioneer of ABS-CBN DZAQ Radyo Patrol (predecessor of DZMM) before the Martial Law regime. Then in the 1980s, Taruc transferred to DWWW 630 of the Kanlaon Broadcasting System (now DZMM) where he teamed up with Tiya Dely Magpayo and Noli de Castro in a morning program, and DZBB Bisig Bayan 594 (later rebranded as Super Radyo) before his transfer to DZRH in 1991, which he became the station manager and newscaster.

Aside from radio, Taruc had also worked on films especially with Phillip Salvador during the 1980s.

Taruc has 3 sons and a daughter, including i-Witness host and documentarist Jay Taruc.

He died on September 30, 2017, 12 days after his 71st birthday.

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