Early career Enriquez started his career in broadcasting as a staff announcer at the Manila Broadcasting Company (now
MBC Media Group) in 1969. Enriquez subsequently worked in various positions, as a broadcast reporter, a news editor, program director, and station manager, until he became manager of a medium-sized radio network. He also had stints in other radio networks such as
Freedom Broadcasting Radio Network and
Radio Mindanao Network (RMN), where he became vice president for the company. He was the man behind the huge success of
DWKC 93.9, which stayed in the number 1 spot for so many years before he left in 1995. He was the voice behind the
Mellow Touch 94.7 signature and introduction.
With GMA Network In 1994, after leaving RMN, Enriquez joined
GMA Network to head its radio division and expand its radio networks, with only four originating stations at that time. In 1995, Enriquez was convinced by the network to be the anchor, in what would be his first on-cam appearance. Months later, the network executives called for him to come back; he anchored a 15-minute newscast, in the early evening slot, together with
Karen Davila. The late-afternoon news program, entitled
Saksi: GMA Headline Balita premiered on October 2, 1995. In July 1998, Enriquez landed his anchor duties into the late-night newscast
GMA Network News with
Vicky Morales. Since his first months on Network News, they decided to change the language to
Taglish, and later changed to Filipino in November that year; in August 1999, he returned to
Saksi this time with Morales as co-anchors. In February 2000, Enriquez returned to radio via
Super Radyo DZBB, with his new program based on his former newscast,
Saksi sa Dobol B. In August 2000, Enriquez hosted the public affairs program entitled
Imbestigador; earning him the monicker
"Imbestigador ng Bayan". On March 12, 2004, Enriquez left
Saksi to become an anchor of GMA's then newly-inaugurated primetime newscast
24 Oras, reuniting with former
Frontpage anchor
Mel Tiangco. Throughout his career as a news anchor, he covered numerous events ranging from the
EDSA II, the
September 11 attacks, the eve of the
US Invasion of Iraq, the
Funeral of Pope John Paul II, the aftermath of
Typhoon Ondoy, the
siege of Marawi, and the aftermath of
Supertyphoon Haiyan in
Tacloban. Enriquez was also known for his trademark line
"Hindi namin kayo tatantanan" () which he usually uttered at the end of stories involving crime and corruption. His habit of saying
"Excuse me po!" (
po being a term of politeness) after coughing or sneezing on-air was also one of his trademark lines. Enriquez was fondly called by his fellow GMA employees by his nickname as “Booma” (named after an elephant character featured in the 1961 issue of
Pinoy Komiks created by
Mars Ravelo) due to his booming voice in the industry as his nickname was used in radio communications. ==Personal life==