Juanito "Jun" Manuel Banaag, TOSD (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.[1][2] He currently hosts his program on 105.9 True FM (formerly Radyo5) since December 26, 2022.[2]
Juanito Manuel Banaag was born on 23 June 1951. He studied theater arts at the Far Eastern University and was drawn into radio broadcasting while he was still in college.[3]
He was once a philandering husband but repented.[4] 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 philandering husband — was! After 10 years, I came back and that was 1997".[4] That experience made him a credible counselor, starting in Radio Veritas, to listeners who phone in their predicaments in love and life.[4]
Two years later, Banaag was invited to join DZMM to host the same program format. 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.[4]
On August 28, 2020, after 23 years of radio hosting, his show Dr. Love Radio Show in TeleRadyo has temporarily stopped as ABS-CBN tries to arrange a proper timeslot for it.[5] 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.[6] The show eventually returned but ended finally on December 11, 2022.[6] 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.
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.[1]
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