From an oratorical protégé into a simple and low-key taxi driver, who would have thought Daniel Razon would earn the moniker Kaka and become one of the first-rate media personalities to hit the Philippine broadcast circle?
His showcase of talents seems endless. Being endowed with a golden voice and the skill to give life and personify written script, he is also one of the most sought-after voice-over talents in the country.
Daniel is also a director, a disc jockey, a TV annotator, a product endorser, an educator, a PR Consultant, a singer-composer and a public servant.
He worked for the biggest and the more popular radio and tv stations in the country, such as the ABS-CBN, GMA-7, NBN-4 and presently in UNTV37 as TV show host, creative consultant and director at the same time.
His shows include, among others, the primetime news and current affairs programs in the said tv networks.
Aside from newscasting, he also managed to conceptualized and produce his own public affairs programs and hosting and directing them as well.
Daniel's golden voice served as an easy passport to the world of broadcasting. Soon after graduation, he became a disc jockey, first, at GV 99.1 in Angeles City Pampanga. Then at KYFM, DZXQ, DWST, DZME, DWRR and at YES FM, where he was known to his listeners as "Dr. Clark".
In DZMM he anchored Gising Pilipinas, DZMM Network News, Pasada 630, Compañero y Compañera, Kung May relos may Razon, Usapang de Campanilla and Razon sa likod ng mga Balita.
The voice, the talent and the looks opened another gateway of opportunity to him by way of commercial or product endorsement. With the wholesome good looks and personality fit to represent health products, companies consider him admirable and well-accepted by the consumers. Thus, he has a long-list of health products and clothing apparel under his endorsement.
As if, the graces are not enough, he is also gifted with the ability to compose varied kind of songs, most of them in the mellow side, for commercial and charitable purposes. Most of these songs are sang by him personally, hence, at the moment, he has several blockbuster albums under his name.
And to top it all, his knowledge and wisdom in broadcasting do not remain hidden for he is also an educator who shares his im-measureable wealth of broadcasting and mass communication knowledge by serving as a University Professor in one of the most prestigious universities in the country. In so doing, he has discovered and developed untapped talents from his students, grooming them to be the next pillars of broadcasting in the country.
Back to his school days, he was awarded as the national champion in the field of oration in the entire country, that is aside from his academic achievements. From gradeschool until college he has proven himself unbeatable in speech and oration. No wonder, the moment he graduated from the university, he was immediately taken in by one of the most popular radio stations in the country. From then on, he had risen from being a radio and tv reporter to a newscaster, an anchorman and tv show host.
He had also ventured into being a radio station manager and tv show producer and director which has proven his dexterity in the field of broadcasting.
His hand in mass communication seems to be everywhere. For as long there is a way for mass media to reach to the people, his name crops up as a leader.
For two consecutive years, www.danielrazon.com has won the highly coveted People’s Favorite Celebrity Website and the Best Website awards in the Annual Philippine Web Awards. His website, which offers a variety of useful and relevant information, has divested not only its celebrity competitors but the other rivals as well, of the most important award in the web arena.
Furthermore, Daniel is also the present chairman and CEO of fast growing tri-media company, the Breakthrough and Milestone Network Incorporated that runs UN Television.
Notwithstanding all the above-mentioned achievements and the distinctive status that Daniel Razon enjoys at the moment, he remains the humble man as he was from childhood. Reared from a religious and closely-knit family, his principles centers on being deeply-rooted on the ground believing that learning is a lifetime endeavor and that more opportunities are waiting for further growth and advancement. |