Banaag was invited to join
DZMM to host the program,
Dr. Love Radio Show, after his return from the United States on September 16, 1997. 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. 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. 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 as well as Banaag's return to terrestrial radio and FM radio. 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. As a professed member of the
Third Order of Saint Dominic, he and his wife are also involved in church ministries. He is currently the Vice Provincial of the Lay Dominicans in the Philippines. ==Awards and honors==