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Dos por Dos is a Philippine national radio program currently airing on DZRH and DZRHTV.

Dos por Dos was first aired over DZMM from April 24, 2000, to May 5, 2020, and was simulcast on it's TV counterpart DZMM TeleRadyo from its launch in March 12, 2007, until July 31, 2020. It resumed airing over DZRH and DZRH News Television on August 31, 2020.

Created by Angelo Palmones, the program is hosted by Anthony Taberna and Gerry Baja.

History[]

Dos por Dos was the brainchild of then-DZMM manager Angelo Palmones. The program name was derived from the Filipino slang term for the length and width of a wooden jack. Network promotional material touted its hard-hitting commentary format as being likened to the strength of the jack's striking when it is being utilized for construction.

Prior to getting the job of the show's program hosts, Taberna and Baja were concurrently serving as DZMM Radyo Patrol field reporters and already paired as co-anchors for the station's weekend current affairs show Ito ang Radyo Patrol which they handled from 1999 to 2002 and the weekday early-morning newscast Gising Pilipinas from 2001 to 2007.

The program premiered on April 24, 2000, as a half-hour commentary program at the 7:30 am slot. Initially, the hosts tried to emulate the formal, high-brow and seriously-toned commentary programs of the time before retooling to exchanges of wacky banter interspersed between interview segments and field reports. This proved to be successful. The program expanded to an hour in 2006. Upon the launch of DZMM TeleRadyo in 2007, the show was expanded to the late afternoon slot as a lead-in to the radio station's simulcast of TV Patrol, a position it held until 2020.

In 2011, due to programming changes, most notably with Noli de Castro's Kabayan moving to the 6:00 am slot, the morning edition of Dos por Dos was moved to 5:00 am, more concentrating on early-morning field reports. With Gerry Baja's addition as co-host to ABS-CBN's morning show Umagang Kay Ganda in January 2012, the program was retooled again with its first fifteen minutes acting as a news rundown on a three-way simulcast with the morning show (also simulcast on ANC), TeleRadyo and DZMM-AM. This lasted until 2013 when Taberna decided to concentrate on television duties, leaving Baja alone to host a new program titled Garantisadong Balita, which replaced the morning edition.

On May 5, 2020, Dos por Dos aired its final broadcast on 630 AM as a part of breaking news coverage surrounding the issuance of a cease and desist order from the NTC against ABS-CBN's terrestrial broadcast assets as its legislative franchise expired the day before, with Taberna, Baja, and Alvin Elchico anchoring the proceedings. It resumed on May 8 through cable on the provisionally-rebranded TeleRadyo, with occasional pre-emptions on days when the House of Representatives scheduled hearings concerning the ABS-CBN legislative franchise.

However, as a result of retrenchments following the House committee vote denying the network a fresh legislative broadcast franchise, the show ended on July 31, 2020, with both Taberna and Baja's contracts terminated on the same date. Its vacated timeslot was absorbed by its former lead-in Pasada sa TeleRadyo effective August 3, 2020.

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