The GMA host has battled diabetes, and has had a kidney transplant, and heart bypass in past years
Enriquez’s home station, in its statement, said, “It is with profound sadness that GMA Network announces the passing of our beloved Kapuso, Mr. Miguel ‘Mike’ C. Enriquez, who peacefully joined our Creator on August 29, 2023.”Enriquez’s more than 50 years of broadcasting experience started from an accidental encounter in 1969.
The accidental application led to the former disc jockey going into broadcasting and journalism jobs, and later, managerial positions inside a radio network. Enriquez worked at the Freedom Broadcasting Network, and Radio Mindanao Network , where he became vice president of the company, and a board member, before he eventually transferred to GMA Network to lead its radio division and expansion inHis transfer to GMA opened doors to television broadcasting with his first on-cam appearance as an anchor in 1998 for an election coverage with broadcast journalist Karen Davila.
After his successful TV debut, Enriquez would go on to anchor the network’s top news and public affairs programs. published on the GMA website: “[GMA] found out that they lacked one more male anchor for the coverage. So Bobby [Barreiro] and Tony [Seva] said, ‘Mike, why don’t you be one of the anchors?’ I thought it was a joke, and so I told them, ‘If this is your idea of a joke, it’s not funny.’”
Enriquez continued, “It turned out they were serious, so I agreed to give it a crack. And the rest led to what I am doing today. I run the radio business, and at the same time anchor the news.”
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